Dalian: Following is the starting list of Saudi Arabia against China in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier here on Tuesday:

Goalkeeper: 21-Mohammed Al Owais

Defenders: 4-Ali Lajami, 12-Saud Abdulhamid, 14-Hassan Kadish, 17-Hassan Al Tambakti

Midfiel…

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged efforts to make solid progress toward the strategic goal of building China into a leading country in education.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and cha…

Brussels: A Belgian historian has hailed Beijing’s old city as an architectural masterpiece, emphasizing how its layout showcases centuries of urban evolution, with a central axis that stands unparalleled in its design.

The recent recognition of Beij…

Beijing: Chinese lawmakers are considering a draft revision to the Law on National Defense Education.

The draft has been submitted to an ongoing session of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee for a second reading.

The draft improves pr…

Sanaa: The Houthi group on Tuesday claimed that they had shot down a U.S. MQ-9 drone in northern Yemen, while the U.S. military said it had destroyed two Houthi missile systems.

“We shot down an American MQ-9 drone while it was carrying out hostile, …

Beijing: China’s auto sales grew 3 percent year on year in the first eight months of 2024, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed Tuesday.

Total sales came in at about 18.77 million units for the January-August period, the…

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) says it will henceforth issue Outline Business Case (OBC) Certificate of Compliance and Full Business Case (FBC) Certificate of Compliance within seven days.

This follows a directive from Pr…

Tokyo: A former accountant of a faction within Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Tuesday received a two-year prison sentence, suspended for five years, for underreporting income from fundraising events.

Hitoshi Nagai, 70, was responsib…