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Saudi ambassador to Iran presents credentials to President Raisi
Tehran: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Iran Abdullah bin Saud Al-Anazi has presented his credentials to President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday, October 24, as reported by the Saudi Press Agency…
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Dubai uses AI to monitor 7,200 vehicles, 14,500 drivers
Abu Dhabi: Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) under RTA has begun using artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor and track drivers’ performance, the Dubai Media Office (DMO) reported. As many as 7,200 vehicles including,…
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Watch: 10 Sharjah taxi drivers honoured for safe driving
Abu Dhabi: Ten taxi drivers in Sharjah were honoured with the Traffic Safety Award for their outstanding performance in 2022, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. The award given by Osool Transport…
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Saudi Arabia to increase 30 million pilgrims annually by 2030
Riyadh: As part of achieving the ambitious goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) plans to increase more than 30 million Haj and Umrah pilgrims and over…
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Immunisation rates of Yemeni kids plummet amid conflict: WHO
Sanaa: The World Health Organization (WHO) said that Yemen is facing a significant drop in immunisation rates among children as millions cannot be reached by routine vaccinations campaigns in the war-torn country.…
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Leaders of Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad meet as war with Israel escalates
Amidst the war between Israel and Hamas, the secretary-general of Lebanese group Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday, October 25, met with deputy leader of Hamas, Saleh Al-Arouri and leader of the Islamic…
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UN chief Guterres warns of Gaza conflict ‘spiralling’
United Nations: While UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that the Gaza war “risks spiralling throughout the region”, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Iran that Washington will “swiftly and…
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‘Hamas treated us well’: Israeli hostage recalls experience
An 85-year-old Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifshitz who was released by Hamas, described her ordeal of two weeks of captivity on Tuesday, October 24, at a press conference outside Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital.…
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Attacks by Hamas didn’t happen in a vacuum: UN chief
New Delhi: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said that the attacks by Hamas on October 7 did not happen in a vacuum. “Palestine has been subjected to 56 years of suffocating…
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Balancing act: India’s evolving ties with Israel, Palestine
On the morning of October 7, the world was taken aback by surprising Hamas attack on Israel. Thousands of rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip, and Hamas fighters entered Israeli ‘territory’…
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UAE: Dubai police crack Dh 1 million heist case with a shoeprint
Dubai: The excellence of investigation on the part of the Dubai police and heavy surveillance in UAE, is a combination that ensures a lower rate of crime across the Emirates. In one…
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Watch: Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital loses power, 130 premature babies at risk
As the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas sees no sign of abating, Indonesian Hospital, the largest in northern Gaza, plunged into darkness following a power outage at dawn on…
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Saudi Arabia: Visit visa can be extended 7 days before expiry
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) urged all holders of visit visas currently in the Kingdom to extend validity electronically at least seven days before its expiry date. In a statement…
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Video: Hamas releases two elderly hostages from captivity in Gaza
Tel Aviv: Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, the terrorist group on Tuesday released two more hostages, The Times of Israel reported, adding that they were identified as Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz.…
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Turkish Prez signs protocol on Sweden’s NATO bid
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed Sweden’s NATO accession protocol and has submitted it to the Parliament for ratification, his office has said. The protocol will initially be discussed at the…
