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6 kg hair removed from 20-year-old girl’s stomach in Jordan
Amman: Doctors at Al-Bashir Hospital in Jordan removed 6kg of hair that had accumulated in a 20-year-old girl’s stomach, local media reported. According to Arabic daily Skynews Arabia, a medical team was…
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Saudi Arabia likely to witness harsh winter this year
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) has issued a warning that the Kingdom is likely to witness a harsh winter in which temperatures will reach below zero…
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Photos: Normalcy returns at Grand Mosque, Prophet’s Mosque
Riyadh: Normalcy has returned after one and half years of COVID-19 restrictions at the two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Madinah in Saudi Arabia on Sunday amid decreasing cases of COVID-19 in…
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Saudi Arabia starts operating airports at 100% capacity
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said it has started operating airports at full capacity from Sunday, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. A new circular from the General…
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Saudi Arabia launches first offshore platform tourism project
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) on Saturday announced the launch of “THE RIG”, a new tourism project inspired by offshore oil platforms. THE RIG will be located in the Arabian…
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50km sand bike track to be set up in Dubai
Abu Dhabi: Dubai’s Mushrif National Park will have a new 50 km sand bike track, the first track of its kind to be built by Dubai Municipality. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin…
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Woman fined Dh 2,000 for violating husband’s privacy on Instagram
Abu Dhabi: A 40-year old woman in Dubai was fined 2,000 dirhams for breaching the privacy of her husband by posting his phone number and photos on Instagram while they were in…
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Man gets 30 years in jail for gouging out wife’s eyes
Amman: A 31-year-old Jordanian man has been sentenced to thirty years in prison for gouging his wife’s eyes out in Jerash, the local media from the Middle-east reported on Saturday. According to…
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Two years since mass uprising against the government, Lebanon still suffers
Beirut: Lebanon on Sunday, marked the second anniversary of its popular uprising wherein demonstrators took to the streets against government corruption and austerity measures in the country’s largest protest movement in years.…
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Social distancing ends at Ka’batullah, Prophet’s Mosque after 1.5 years
Riyadh: After one and a half years of COVID-19 restrictions, the worshippers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah in Saudi Arabia have been offered Fajr (dawn) prayer…
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Explainer: The Etihad rail project in UAE
Abu Dhabi: Etihad rail network, the United Arab Emirates (UAE’s) biggest mega project intending to connect all of the UAE’s major ports with distribution centres, will soon link industrial hubs with urban…
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Saudi Arabia appoints Al Rabiah as new Hajj and Umrah minister
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has relieved health minister Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, from his post and appointed…
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Dead Iraqi woman wins Parliamentary elections, social media goes beserk
Baghdad: An Iraqi woman who passed away two months ago has won the country’s parliamentary election that took place on Sunday, October 10, the local media reported. The independent candidate Ansam Manuel…
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Saudi man offers 1m Riyals to win his wife back, she instead asks for divorce
Riyadh: A Saudi man has offered his wife one million Saudi Riyal as a gift to persuade her back. But in a surprising turn of events, he was met with a request…
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Saudi Arabia discovers new marine creatures, islands north of Red Sea
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s NEOM company has announced the discovery of giant and rare sea creatures and new islands in the northern Red Sea, local media from the gulf country…
