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Saudi women’s football team plays first international game at home

Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s women’s national football team made history on Saturday after playing their first-ever international fixture on home soil. The team known as the Green Falcons, led by German…
Korean band BTS releases song for FIFA World Cup 2022

The South Korean band BTS has released a song dedicated to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, which is scheduled to officially kick off on November 20. The South Korean band released the…

Yemen’s Houthi group rejects accusation of threatening ongoing truce

Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has rejected the accusation that its recent military parade in the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hodeidah has threatened the truce in Yemen, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV…
Yemeni leader, UN chief discuss peace efforts in war- torn country

Sanaa: Rashad Al-Alimi, Chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, has met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over peace efforts to end the civil war in Yemen, national Yemeni TV reported. The meeting…
73 dead as migrant boat capsizes near Syrian shore

Damascus: At least 73 people died from a boat that sank off the Syrian coast, the Syrian Health Ministry said. Twenty others have been rescued and sent for medical treatment at the…
Saudi Arabia announces 5 renewable energy projects

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has announced five new projects to produce electricity using renewable energy. The Saudi Power Procurement Company said the projects are the fourth phase of the kingdom’s National Renewable Energy…
Iraqi soldier, 2 IS militants killed in Iraq

Baghdad: A soldier and two Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in clashes in a rugged area in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, the Iraqi military said. An army force clashed with…

Iran FM urges US to prove goodwill if willing to reach nuclear agreement

Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian urged Washington to prove its determination and goodwill to reach an agreement on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal with realism, the official news…
Egyptians campaign online to save toddler with rare genetic disease

Cairo: A 15-month-old Egyptian girl Celine suffers from a rare genetic disorder Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which requires an injection that cost 40 million Egyptian pounds (Rs 16,57,17,803). Radwa Hamdi, the mother of…
Saudi: Items worth over SAR 60,000 must be disclosed during travel

Riyadh: The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) stated that every traveller arriving or departing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia must disclose if they are carrying in their luggage a sum of…
Win Etihad flight tickets with Abu Dhabi’s ‘1B steps challenge’

Abu Dhabi: The capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abu Dhabi, has launched a one billion steps challenge that aims to encourage the public to walk one billion steps, collectively,…
PM Modi wishes his Israeli counterpart on Jewish New Year

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid and Israeli people on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. “Warmest greetings for Rosh Hashanah…
Demonstrations in Iran pose biggest threat to hardline regime in 13 years

Tehran: Demonstrations have spread to most of Iran’s 31 provinces and almost all urban centres, pitting anti-government demonstrators against regime forces, including the military, and posing the most serious test to the…
Poverty, inflation, fear: Egypt’s economy pushed to brink

Stores are selling winter clothes from last season in the middle of summer. Repair shops lack spare parts for appliances. There’s a waiting list to buy a new car. Egypt, a country…
Iran anti-hijab protests: Journalists arrested, internet restricted

Tehran: Iranian police have arrested a number of activists and journalists against the backdrop of the protests that prevailed in the country after the death of Mahsa Amini who was arrested by…