- Middle East
Thousands of Israelis protest for 27th week against judicial overhaul
For the twenty-seventh week in a row, thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the…
- Middle East
New Hampshire bans investments in companies that boycott Israel
Governor Christopher Sununu of New Hampshire signed an executive order barring the state from investing in companies that boycott Israel or their trade partners, on Thursday. The declaration was made in the…
- Middle East
Saudi man wakes from 4 yr coma to a post-COVID-19 world
Riyadh: Fares Abu Batin, a Saudi man, who has been in a coma for four years, woke up to a world transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic and societal changes in his homeland. In his first interview…
- Middle East
Palestinian prisoner Bashir Al-Khatib walks free after 35 years
Palestinian prisoner Bashir Abdullah Kamel Al-Khatib was released by Israeli authorities after being held in prison for 35 years, Wafa News Agency reported. Sixty-year-old Al-Khatib was detained on January 1, 1988, and…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia: Pilgrims banned from carrying 30 items in air baggage
Riyadh: The King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah has announced a list of 30 items prohibited from being carried in the baggage of flight passengers. Airline officials have warned the items…
- Middle East
Travel agents in UAE predict drop in airfares in coming weeks
Abu Dhabi: During the summer season airfares are high due to people travelling to the home or new destinations. Travel agents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) suggest that airfares may drop…
- Middle East
UAE private sector hiring surges for 14th consecutive month
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) job market sees the 14th consecutive month of growth in June, driven by non-oil sectors’ acceleration, according to S&P Global UAE Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI),…
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UAE: 3.2 magnitude earthquake recorded in Fujairah
Abu Dhabi: An earthquake of 3.2 magnitude struck in Fujairah in United Arab Emirates on Saturday at 10:51 am. The National Center of Meteorology in the Emirates said that the mild tremor…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia: Over 1,70,000 Haj pilgrims visited Madinah until Thursday
Riyadh: The number of pilgrims who arrived in Madinah after completing their Haj rituals in Makkah until Thursday reached 173,905, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. Haj 2023 ended on July 1,…
- Middle East
Saudi: Syrian conjoined twins successfully separated in 7-hr surgery
Riyadh: A team of doctors at the King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Thursday successfully separated Yemeni conjoined twins in an seven-and-a-half hour surgery, the Saudi Press…
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Two Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in West Bank’s Nablus
Two Palestinians were killed and three others injured during raid carried out by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Friday morning, Shehab News Agency reported. According to the…
- Middle East
UAE announces USD 15M aid to rebuild Jenin refugee camp
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday pledged dollars 15 million to help rebuild the Jenin refugee camp after Israel’s largest military operation in the occupied West Bank in nearly two decades.…
- India
Indian matchmaker Sima Aunty to join Mahzooz Draw Live on Saturday
Abu Dhabi: In a sensational partnership that will leave hearts aflutter, Sima Taparia, popularly known as Sima Aunty from Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking is all set to collaborate with Mahzooz, the United Arab Emirates’…
- Middle East
BBC apologizes after anchor says ‘Israeli forces are happy to kill children’
The BBC issued an apology on Wednesday after one of its anchors made a provocative statement that “Israeli forces are happy to kill children.” The Israeli attack on Jenin and its refugee camp on…