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Saudi Arabia: Houthi attack causes massive fire at Aramco’s oil facility
Riyadh: The Arab coalition in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia, announced that Iran-backed Houthi militia attacked a Saudi Aramco oil facility setting off a huge fire visible from Jeddah’s Formula 1 track as…
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Israel plans to build ten new settlements in Naqab region
Jerusalem: The Israeli government has decided to vote, next Sunday, March 27, on a plan to establish ten new settlements in the occupied Naqab (Negev) region, local media reported on Thursday. Israeli…
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Emirates Airlines to restore flight capacity to India to pre-COVID levels
Abu Dhabi: Dubai-based carrier Emirates on Friday announced that it will restore pre-pandemic flight frequencies between Dubai and India, starting from Friday, April 1. This step comes in the wake of the…
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Saudi oil export revenues recorded a big jump in January 2022
Riyadh: The oil export revenues of Saudi Arabia have recorded a large jump during the month of January, according to government data issued by the Saudi General Authority for Statistics (GaStat). The data…
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14 Indian school teachers in UAE donate hair to student battling cancer
Abu Dhabi: In a gesture of compassion, fourteen United Arab Emirates (UAE) based Indian school teachers on Thursday have donated their hair to support a grade five student with cancer. A few…
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Rights group denounces Israel for house arresting Palestinian teenagers
A human rights group on Thursday has denounced Israel’s policy of placing Palestinian teenagers under house arrest, Anadolu News Agency reported. In a statement, the Palestinian Association for Human Rights, known as…
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UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant unit 2 starts commercial operations
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has added 1,400 megawatts of zero-carbon emission electricity to its national grid, following the start of commercial operations of Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant’s Unit 2.…
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In a first, woman appointed board member to Saudi Bar Association
Riyadh: For the first time in the history of Saudi Arabia, a woman has been appointed as a member of the Saudi Bar Association (SBA) board of directors, the Saudi Press Agency…
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Iran blames US for nuclear deal delays
Tehran: Iran’s foreign minister claimed Thursday that his country is ready to reach a lasting agreement with world powers, blaming the latest failure to revive Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal on an allegedly…
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Tamil Nadu CM Stalin in UAE, likely to meet investors at Expo 2020 Dubai
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, who is in the United Arab Emirates to attend Dubai Expo 2022, is expected to meet chief executive officers of industries, UAE government officials…
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Israel concludes international Noble Dina naval drill
Jerusalem: The Israeli military has announced the conclusion of a naval exercise in the Mediterranean Sea joined by Greece, Cyprus, France and the US. The drill, dubbed as “Noble Dina,” was conducted…
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Iran ready to cooperate with Lebanon in various fields: FM
Beirut: Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said Iran is ready to cooperate with Lebanon in various fields, the National News Agency reported. “The Islamic republic of Iran is always…
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Iran says Yemen faces worst humanitarian crisis in ‘destructive war’
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry has said the Saudi-led coalition’s “destructive war” on Yemen has caused the country to face the biggest humanitarian catastrophe in the century. It added on Thursday in a…
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Russia, Iran developing alternative to SWIFT
Moscow: Russia and Iran have been cooperating to connect their interbank messaging systems in order to bypass the SWIFT financial transactions network, Kazem Jalali, Ambassador of Iran to Russia, said on Thursday.…
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Israel demolishes Al-Araqib village for 199th time
The Israeli authorities on Tuesday demolished the village of Al-Araqib in the Negev region for the 199th time in a row, local media reported. This is the second time that the village has been demolished…
