Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels and debris that fell on a neighborhood near Dammam wounded at least two children, the kingdom said Sunday.

Kabul: With the foreign troops leaving Afghanistan to fend for themselves and the Taliban taking over, there seems to be widespread hunger and a possible economic crisis all over the country. Taliban is hoping to rely on funding from China, Taliban Spokesperson Zahibullah Mujahid said in an interview with an Italian paper that the group considers china as the “most important partner".

A stunned U.S. East Coast faced a rising death toll, surging rivers and tornado damage Thursday after the remnants of Hurricane Ida walloped the region with record-breaking rain, drowning more than 40 people in their homes and cars.

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga won't run for the leadership of the governing party, indicating he will step down as Japanese leader at the end of this month, a party official said Friday.

United Nations: The United Nations' food stockpiles in Afghanistan could run out this month and there is a critical need for USD 200 million to provide food to the most vulnerable, a senior UN official has warned.

Islamabad/Dhaka: A Bangladeshi vaccine scientist and a microfinance pioneer from Pakistan were the among the five recipients of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award -- regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize announced on Tuesday.

A bomb-laden drone on Tuesday targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, wounding eight people and damaging a civilian plane, Saudi state television reported, the latest assault on the kingdom amid its grinding war in neighboring Yemen.

 The Taliban triumphantly marched into Kabul's international airport on Tuesday, hours after the final U.S. troop withdrawal that ended America's longest war. Standing on the tarmac, Taliban leaders pledged to secure the country, quickly reopen the airport and grant amnesty to former opponents.