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Yemen looks for fresh funding, wheat supplies amidst escalating food crisis
Yemen is looking for new wheat sources, but will require assistance to pay for increasingly expensive imports, informed an official and a major importer, as the World Food Programme warned of food…
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Saudi Arabia: Expats will now need permits to enter Makkah
Riyadh: Expatriates living in Saudi Arabia will require a permit to enter the Holy city of Makkah beginning from Thursday. The decision will be applicable to those who do not have Umrah…
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Kuwait: Food security committee to be set up amid poultry price hike
Dubai: A number of Kuwaitis and expats have been complaining of unprecedented price rise of food items including poultry. The prices of poultry products have shot up by 20 percent, however officials…
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20-yr-old fakes abduction, demands ransom 30 mn Syrian pounds
Damascus: In a strange incident, a 20-year-old Syrian boy faked his own abduction to extract a ransom of 30 million Syrian pounds from his father, local media reported. The young boy sent…
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2 Indian expats in Dubai win Rs 7 Cr each in Duty-Free draw
Abu Dhabi: Two United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian expatriates won the grand prize of one million dollars (Rs 7,76,16,500) in Dubai Duty-Free draw on Wednesday, May 25. Indian expatriate Rahul Ramanan, won one…
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UAE gas cylinder explosion claims 1 Indian, 1 Pak life: Report
Dubai: An Indian national and a Pakistani citizen were killed in a gas cylinder explosion at a restaurant in UAE’s capital Abu Dhabi early this week that also left 120 others injured,…
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Yemen’s warring sides negotiate on lifting siege on Taiz
Sanaa: Representatives of the Yemen government and the Houthi militia have started meetings in Jordan’s capital Amman to discuss lifting of a siege on Taiz city, which holds strategic significance in the…
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Jordan to end defence law enacted to fight COVID-19
Amman: Jordan’s King Abdullah II announced that the kingdom’s defence law enacted to fight the COVID-19 spread will be deactivated in the coming months, adding that the pandemic is declining. The King…
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Oman to receive the youngest pilot in the world by May end
Muscat: The Oman Civil Aviation Authority on Tuesday agreed to receive the youngest pilot in the world at Muscat International Airport at the end of May, as part of his round-the-world trip.…
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‘Jalebi Baby’ singer Jason Derulo to headline concert in Dubai
Abu Dhabi: American singer, songwriter, and dancer Jason Derulo is all set to perform a live concert in Dubai on Thursday, May 26. The singer will perform at New Soho Garden or NSG (the…
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Saudi govt warns against possible contamination of Jif peanut butter
Riyadh: The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has warned against peanut butter products of the JIF brand, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The authority warned against batch numbers starting from 1274425…
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Israeli forces partially demolish stairs of Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque
Israeli occupation forces on Monday began demolishing a part of the white stairs of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron in the West Bank, Sana News Agency reported. The occupation…
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Amnesty calls on Saudi Arabia to halt execution of two Bahraini men
The human rights organization Amnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of two Bahraini men convicted on terrorism-related charges. This came in a statement published by the organization on…
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Israeli army demolishes mosque in West Bank’s Qalqilya
Jerusalem: Israeli occupation army on Tuesday demolished a mosque under construction in the northern occupied West Bank, Wafa News Agency reported. The Palestinian Ministry of Endowments said in a statement that the…
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2 Saudi nationals held at Mumbai airport with US Dollars worth Rs 5.6 cr
New Delhi: The customs official at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai, detained two Saudi nationals and recovered 7,24,700 US Dollars worth Rs 5.6 crore from them, a senior customs official said…
