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Saudi Arabia approves law allowing foreigners to own property
Jeddah: In a landmark policy shift aimed at boosting foreign direct investment and expanding real estate opportunities, Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet, chaired by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, has approved…
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Ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sinks in Red Sea, 6 of 25 aboard rescued
Dubai: A Liberian-flagged cargo ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sank Wednesday in the Red Sea, with a European naval force in the Mideast saying that only six, including an Indian, of…
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100 Islamic scholars declare Trump and Netanyahu ‘Enemies of God’
A group of 100 Islamic scholars and intellectuals from over 30 countries has issued a powerful joint statement labelling United States (US) President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as…
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‘Trump might be hit in his navel at Mar-a-Lago’: senior Iran official
Tensions in Iran-US relations have reached a boiling point as a senior Iranian official claimed that President Donald Trump could be at risk of an attack while at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida residence. …
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Saudi Arabia sees 101 pc rise in foreign pilgrim arrivals in 2024
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) recorded a 101 percent increase in pilgrim arrivals in 2024 compared to 2022, according to the Pilgrim Experience Programme’s annual report. The sharp rise is…
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Google co-founder calls UN ‘antisemitic’ over Gaza genocide report
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has called the United Nations “transparently antisemitic” following a report accusing the tech giant of profiting from what it described as “the genocide carried out by Israel” in…
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Indian engineer dies on ship in Sharjah, family demands probe
Abu Dhabi: Anurag Tiwari, a 33-year-old marine engineer from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, India, died on June 29 while working aboard a Panama-flagged vessel docked at Sharjah Port in the United Arab…
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Rescuers search for survivors after Houthi attack on cargo ship in Red Sea
Tel Aviv: Rescuers launched a search Wednesday for survivors of a Liberian-flagged cargo ship that came under attack from Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, authorities said. At least three mariners…
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Gaza doctors say Israel’s killing of prominent colleague leaves hard-to-fill void
Jerusalem: When the onetime director of a Gaza Strip hospital was killed by an Israeli airstrike last week, he joined a growing list of prominent Palestinian doctors who have died during 21…
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Turkiye bans X’s Grok chatbot for insulting Erdogan
Ankara: A Turkish court ordered Wednesday a ban on access to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok from Turkiye, after the platform allegedly disseminated content insulting to Turkey’s president and others. The…
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Gaza ceasefire talks: Trump, Netanyahu meet again in Washington
Washington: United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held their second meeting in two days on Tuesday in Washington, amid ongoing ceasefire negotiations related to the war in…
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Indian nurse Nimisha Priya to be executed in Yemen on July 16
Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse from Kerala, convicted of murdering a Yemeni citizen in 2017, is set to be executed in Yemen on July 16. The Save Nimisha Priya Action Council said…
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Haj 2026 application process to end on July 31
New Delhi: The Ministry of Minority Affairs announced on Tuesday, July 8, that pilgrims can submit their applications for Haj 2026 through the online Haj Application Form until July 31. The process…
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Israel PM Netanyahu nominates Donald Trump for Nobel Prize
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Monday, July 7 nominated United States President Donald Trump for a Nobel Prize. Netanyahu wrote to the Nobel committee after his meeting with Trump at the…
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Indian students make up 43 percent of Dubai’s global intake
Indian students made up 43 percent of foreign pupil in Dubai for the 2024-2025 academic year according to a recent report. Indians are followed by students from Russia and Pakistan which make…
