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Visa on Arrival resumes in Qatar
New Delhi: As of December 23, Hayya card requirements will be replaced with Visa on Arrival regulations in Qatar. Visa on Arrival is available to travellers from more than 95 different countries,…
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Video: Giant umbrella protects Burj Khalifa from Dubai rains
Abu Dhabi: Dubai woke up to a rainy morning on Tuesday, with overcast skies and waterlogged roads. It has been raining in the United Arab Emirates for the past two days. In…
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Turkey revises up reserves in offshore gas fields: Minister
Ankara: Turkey has revised up its natural gas recoverable reserves in the Sakarya gas field off the Black Sea coast after a re-evaluation work in the existing wells and a new discovery…
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Israel launches project to keep water level of Sea of Galilee
Jerusalem: Israel has launched a first-of-its-kind project to flow desalinated water from the Mediterranean to the Sea of Galilee in the northeast of the country. With a cost of about 1 billion…
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Israel arrests Palestinian suspected of Jerusalem twin bombings
Jerusalem: Israeli authorities have announced the arrest of a Palestinian man suspected of carrying out deadly twin bombings in Jerusalem on November 23. Israeli police and the internal security agency Shin Bet…
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UAE condemns Taliban for banning women from working with NGOs
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has condemned the ban imposed on Afghan women from working in Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) by the Taliban. The UAE’s Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation…
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Iranian footballer Ali Dafamiie’s family deboarded from flight
Iranian Football legend Ali Dafamiie’s family were deboarded from a Mahan Air flight on Monday after it was rerouted to Iran’s Kish island. Daei said his wife and daughter had flown on a…
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‘Nearly 100 Starlinks active in Iran’: Space X founder Elon Musk
Space X founder Elon Musk on Monday said that nearly 100 Starlinks are currently active in Iran. The business tycoon promised to set up the satellite in the country in September. Musk…
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British MP urges western citizens to leave Iran after UK citizen’s arrest
British MP Alicia Kearns on Monday urged all persons from the West to leave Iran after seven persons linked to the United Kingdom (UK) were recently arrested. The persons were arrested while…
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Saudi Arabia: Grand Mosque in Makkah launches lessons in Chinese
Makkah: The grand mosque in Makkah on December 25 launched Islamic lessons in Chinese. The translation department of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has supervised the…
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2 Indians to pay blood money for causing guard’s death in Dubai
Dubai: The Dubai Court of Appeals has upheld the sentences of two Indians for causing the death of a security guard, who was crushed between a crane and a lorry at a…
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Saudi Arabia: CPR saves man who collapsed in Prophet’s mosque
An Asian man who visited the Prophet’s mosque in Madina for Umrah, on Monday was saved after a medical team performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on him. The medical team at the Bab…
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Window of negotiations to revive n-deal still open: Iran
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the “window of negotiations” to revive the 2015 nuclear deal is still open from Tehran’s side, the media reported. At a weekly press…
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Saudi Arabia, Australia ask citizens in Pakistan to limit movement
Islamabad: In the wake of recent terror incidents in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia’s Embassy and the Australian High Commission in Islamabad have asked their citizens to remain alert and limit their movements in…
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Israel’s overnight tourist stays in November hit highest in 3 years
Jerusalem: The number of overnight tourist stays in Israeli hotels reached 922,300 in November, the highest monthly figure since December 2019, showed the data issued by the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics.…
