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Saudi Arabia stops issuing taxi licenses in Makkah
Riyadh: The Minister of Transport and Logistics Services in Saudi Arabia, Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, has issued a decision to stop receiving applications for issuing licenses and adding cars in the public taxi activity…
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Saudi Arabia: Visit visa holders can’t perform Haj
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Haj and Umrah on Sunday reaffirmed that the visit visa holders are not allowed to perform the Haj. The ministry emphasized that the visit…
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Patnaik flags off maiden flight from Bhubaneswar to Dubai
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday flagged off the maiden flight from Bhubaneswar to Dubai at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here. A total of 174 travellers aboard the first…
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Saudi bans residents from entering Makkah without permit
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Public Security has announced that residents without valid entry permits will be denied access at security checkpoints on roads leading to Makkah, effective…
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Video: First look of the world’s largest residential tower being built in Dubai
Abu Dhabi: Dubai’s real-estate agent Al-Habtoor Group founding chairman has shared a video of the first look at the upcoming world’s largest residential tower. On May 11, Al Habtoor Group had announced…
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Watch: UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi shows how water looks in space
United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, who is currently on a six-month space mission to the International Space Station (ISS) shared a video of how water looks in space. The…
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World’s tallest woman participates in Turkish elections
Ankara: Turkey’s Rumeysa Gelgi, the world’s tallest woman, cast her vote in the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections, on Sunday. Through a mobile ballot box that was brought to her home, Gilgi,…
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Nakba 75: UN marks Palestinian displacement for the first time
Every year, on May 15, Palestinians mark the anniversary of the ‘Nakba’, which permanently displaced nearly 800,000 Palestinians from their homes and land in Palestine in 1948 during the establishment of Israel.…
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Pakistan in Israel to promote tolerance through Holocaust education
Jerusalem: Holocaust education will go a long way in clearing the “misconceptions” about Jews in Pakistan and promoting greater tolerance and understanding about the Abrahamic faith in the country, a member of the…
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Endangered seal spotted for first time on Israeli beach
Tel Aviv: A rare Mediterranean monk seal was spotted on an Israeli beach, the first time the endangered mammal has made land in Israel. “This is the first sighting of its kind…
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Dubai retains top spot for greenfield FDI projects
Abu Dhabi: Dubai retained its first spot globally for attracting Greenfield FDI projects in 2022, further reinforcing its position as the world’s top foreign direct investment hub, according to the latest data…
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Iran, Egypt to restore ties, reopen embassies soon
Tehran: An Iranian lawmaker said negotiations between Iran and Egypt are going on in Iraq and the two countries’ relations will be restored in the near future. Fada Hossein Maleki, a member…
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Iranian FM lauds progress in Tehran-IAEA cooperation
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the exchange of delegations between Tehran and the IAEA is continuing and both sides are “satisfied” with the progress being made in the technical aspect.…
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Israel hits back after rocket fired from Gaza amid fragile truce
Jerusalem: Israeli tanks fired shells into two Hamas posts in the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket fired at Israel amid a fragile truce after days of deadly fighting between Israel…
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Erdogan calls to refrain from early vote announcement as count underway
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged to avoid “hastily” announcing the presidential election’s results as the counting of votes is still underway. While the presidential election was held in such…
