- Middle East
Proud of my roots: Bella Hadid at Palestine Exhibition in Doha
Palestinian-American supermodel Bella Hadid expressed her love for Qatar and Palestine, after visiting an exhibition on Palestinian embroidery in Doha, on Tuesday, October 25. The American model, born to a Palestinian father and Dutch…
- Middle East
Iran: Spanish football fan arrested while walking to Qatar for FIFA
A spanish traveller and football fan, Santiago Sanchez Cogedor, who set out to walk from Madrid to Qatar to watch the FIFA World Cup 2022, has been allegedly arrested in Iran. 41-year-old…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia celebrates Halloween; netizens have mixed reactions
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) celebrated the festival of Halloween alongside activities of the Riyadh Season 2022 between Thursday to Saturday, October 27 to 29. Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority…
- Hyderabad
MS Academy to conduct test for free residential IIT– NEET coaching
Hyderabad: Like in the past, the city based MS Education Academy is gearing up to conduct MS Lateefi 40 scholarship test for free residential IIT/JEE – NEET coaching across the country. Students studying…
- Middle East
Abu Dhabi scraps EDE, thermal screening for COVID-19 in public places
Abu Dhabi: The authorities in Abu Dhabi have scrapped the requirement for COVID-19 thermal screening and EDE scanners at malls, commercial, hospitality, event and tourism facilities. The move comes as COVID-19 precautions are being…
- Technology
Saudi Prince ‘2nd largest shareholder’ in Twitter after Elon Musk
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince Al Waleed bin Talal and the Saudi Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) have completed transferring their shares in Twitter to the new company, becoming the “second…
- Middle East
Israel, Turkey restore defence ties post a decade
Ankara: Israel and Turkey renewed their official security relationship during the meeting of the two countries’ defence ministers in Ankara on Thursday. Gantz’s visit to Turkey is significant because it was the…
- Middle East
UN: Iran accused of withholding bodies of those killed in protests
Tehran: With dozens of deaths during the ongoing protests in Iran since September 16, against the background of the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, the authorities are still tightening the noose around the families…
- Middle East
Saudi traveller arrives in Qatar on foot to attend FIFA World Cup
Doha: The Saudi traveller Abdullah Alsulmi, on Friday arrived at the Abu Samra border port on the Saudi border with Qatar after he travelled on foot from Jeddah to attend the FIFA…
- Middle East
511 Syrian refugees in Lebanon repatriated
Beirut: Lebanon on Thursday announced that it had secured the voluntary return of 511 Syrian refugees, in coordination with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). In a statement, the Lebanese…
- Middle East
Israeli court sentences Palestinian footballer to 4 years in prison
The Israeli Occupation Court has sentenced Palestinian football player Tariq Mohammad Al-Araj to four years in prison and a fine of 4,000 shekels ($1,145), the Palestinian Information Centre reported. The human rights office of…
- Middle East
UAE: Two Keralites killed in a car accident in Sharjah
Abu Dhabi: Two United Arab Emirates (UAE) based Indian expatriates from Kerala, were killed in a car accident on Thursday afternoon in Sharjah, local media reported. The deceased were identified as 43-year-old…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia reports divorce cases every 10 minutes in 2022
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recorded an unprecedented increase in divorce rates during 2022 in the Kingdom, reaching 168 cases per day, with 7 divorce cases every hour, and at a…
- Middle East
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid calls on UAE to celebrate flag day
Abu Dhabi: UAE vice president Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is also the Prime Minister and the ruler of Dubai, on Friday called on his country to celebrate the UAE flag day on…
- Middle East
2 Palestinian civil defence officers killed by Israeli forces in Nablus
The two Palestinian civil defence officers were killed on Friday by the Israeli forces near the Hawara military checkpoint, south of Nablus, the Wafa News Agency reported. The Palestinian Ministry of Health…
