19+ hour, 27+ min ago  (707+ words) MAKKAH: Private sector establishments in Makkah have recorded growth exceeding 129 percent since 2020, an indicator reflecting the accelerating economic transformation in the holy city. This growth highlights the private sector's increasing role as a key driver of development, fueled by integrated…...

14+ hour, 23+ min ago  (432+ words) BERLIN: The German government is working on a draft budget for 2027 which includes total borrowing of 196. 5 billion euros ($229. 73 billion) as it aims to bolster infrastructure and defense, sources told Reuters on Tuesday. This compares with 50. 5 billion euros in 2024 under the…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago  (113+ words) Arab News Libyan court jails four human traffickers for up to 22 years, attorney general says - Libya has become a transit route for migrants "fleeing conflict and "poverty "to Europe "via dangerous routes across the desert TRIPOLI: Libya's Tripoli Criminal Court…...

18+ hour, 33+ min ago  (281+ words) AMMAN: A new group of wounded or ill Palestinian children from Gaza have arrived in Jordan to receive medical care, the kingdom's army said on Tuesday. They are the 26th group of children transported to Jordan since the start of the…...

15+ hour, 11+ min ago  (556+ words) NEW'DELHI: When a video showing factory workers sewing clothes with small cameras on their heads went viral this month, it sent chills across social media. It also reignited a familiar fear among Indian labor activists: that people are already training…...

9+ hour, 29+ min ago  (113+ words) Arab News Young Palestinian artists in Gaza exhibit their impressions of war as a fragile ceasefire holds - Reconstruction likely will cost over $70 billion and take a decade, a report by the United Nations and the European Union said last week…...

7+ hour, 2+ min ago  (98+ words) Arab News Morocco rapper's jail term for "insulting public body' upheld - The 23-year-old rapper, also a member of the banned but tolerated Islamist movement Al Adl Wal Ihssane, was arrested and sentenced in March RABAT: A Moroccan rapper and Islamist…...

10+ hour, 14+ min ago  (82+ words) Arab News Trump hits back at German chancellor after Iran criticism - "He doesn't know what he's talking about!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post - Merz said on Monday that Iran's leadership was humiliating the United States WASHINGTON: US President…...

9+ hour, 47+ min ago  (510+ words) KARACHI: Fans waited a month to watch Pakistan Super League games in person after the Twenty20 tournament was impacted by the Iran war. They waited a few more hours Tuesday because of a ticketing problem. A day after Prime Minister Shehbaz…...

16+ hour, 1+ min ago  (197+ words) PARIS: Cement maker Lafarge and eight other defendants have appealed their condemnation for funding terrorism during Syria's civil war, Paris prosecutors told AFP. All were found guilty on April 13 following a Paris trial of having paid nearly 5. 6 million euros (now…...