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Saudi: King Salman hosts kin of Christchurch victims for Haj 2022
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) received 60 pilgrims from New Zealand for this year’s Haj pilgrimage as guests of King Salman, local media reported. According to Arabic daily Asharq Al-Awsat, a…
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Indians account for 55% of suicides in Kuwait
Kuwait: The Indian community in Kuwait topped the suicide list, accounting for 342 cases or 55 percent of the total 620 suicide cases that have been recorded in the last seven years,…
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For the first time, Saudi women step up to lead crowds during Haj
Riyadh: For the first time, Saudi women are at the forefront of female crowd management during this year’s Haj. This comes as per the directives of the General President for the Affairs…
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UAE preparing to run Kabul airport in deal with Taliban: Report
Kabul: The Taliban and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are set to strike a deal for the Gulf nation to run several airports in Afghanistan, media reports said on Thursday. A deal,…
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Iran rejects UK claim of seizing Iranian weapons en route to Yemen
Tehran: The spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Friday rejected the British government’s claim that it had seized the shipment of Iranian weapons to Yemen, according to the ministry’s website. Nasser Kanaani…
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Haj 2022: After spending a day at Mina, pilgrims flock to Mount Arafat
Riyadh: As the sun rose, nearly a million pilgrims flocked to Mount Arafat on Friday, the ninth Zul Hijjah to perform the greatest pillar of the Haj, after spending the day of…
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli defense minister Benny Gantz meet
Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Israeli Minister of Defence Benny Gantz in the West Bank city of Ramallah. During the meeting at the presidential headquarters on Thursday , Gantz extended congratulations…
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Jeddah: 1.1 million livestock imported to cover Haj needs
Jeddah Islamic Port imported 1,172,168 million head of livestock since the beginning of June 2022, in order to cover the needs of the current Haj season, and to meet the requirements of…
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Iran to ban Mashhad metro use for women without headscarf
Tehran: Women in Iran will be banned from taking the Mashhad metro if they are not wearing a headscarf, local media reported on Wednesday. The deputy prosecutor of Mashhad wrote to the…
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Israeli airlines to resume flights to Turkey after 15 years
Tel Aviv: Israeli airlines are ready to resume flights to Turkey after a 15-year suspension, the government said. Under an aviation agreement signed between the two countries, the first of its kind…
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Alarming increase in loss of open landscapes in Israel
Tel Aviv: The latest Israeli State of Nature Report found an alarming increase in the loss of open landscapes and in the frequency and scale of wildfires across the country, the Ministry…
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Saudi Arabia announces health, security measures for Hajj season
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Thursday announced comprehensive health and security measures at ritual sites to protect the safety of pilgrims during the Hajj season. As many as 25,000 medics and more than…
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Qatar brings back mandatory wearing of masks in closed places
Doha: Qatar government has reinstated the mandatory wearing of masks in closed public places due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 infection, after it had canceled the rule in May. This…
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Saudi Arabia sacks senior officials of Haj services company
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Haj announced the dismissal of chief executive and another senior official in one of the Haj companies operating services for this year’s pilgrimage, the Saudi…
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Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar shares rare view of holy Kaaba
Riyadh: Pakistan’s former cricketer Shoaib Akhtar has shared a rare view of the holy Kaaba from the Makkah Clock Tower. 46-year-old cricketer took to Instagram, shared a view and captioned the post,…
