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Expo 2020 Dubai: India Pavilion to host media & entertainment fortnight
New Delhi: The India Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is set to host the ‘media & entertainment fortnight’ from March 18 to March 31, said Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) on…
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World should not forget suffering in Syria: UN
Geneva: The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday issued a global appeal for the plight of Syrians displaced by the 12-year war in the country not to be forgotten. “11 years since…
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Ramzan 2022: UAE announces working hours for private sector employees
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has announced the Ramzan working hours for private-sector employees throughout the holy month of Ramzan. The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) on…
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Car bomb in Yemen targets security commander; four killed
Sanaa: At least four people were killed by a car bomb on Tuesday in war-torn Yemen. At least eight people, including a senior security official, were injured, officials said. The explosion took…
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Egypt launches measures to curb increasing prices ahead of Ramzan
Cairo: The Egyptian government has introduced a package of measures aimed at curbing rapidly growing prices in local markets, which are driven by a combination of the global supply chain interruption due…
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Palestinian PM stresses to make political progress to break deadlock with Israel
Ramallah: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye stressed that it is need to continue making political progress to break the deadlock with Israel. According to a statement, when meeting with US Deputy Assistant…
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Israeli government websites crash in cyberattack
Jerusalem: A number of Israeli government websites went down in an apparent cyberattack as the country’s cyber authority confirmed it was a DDos attack that had blocked access to government websites, and that…
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Yoga soon to be introduced in Saudi schools as a sport
Riyadh: Yoga will soon be introduced in schools in Saudi Arabia as part of the sports curriculum due to its significance for mental and physical health, the president of the Saudi Yoga…
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UAE: Mansour bin Zayed chairs meeting on financing of terrorism
To discuss the UAE’s progress in countering financial crime the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan chaired a high-level meeting. Officials from the Ministry…
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Iranian Revolutionary Guards claim ballistic missile attacks
Taking responsibility for ballistic missile attacks in Iraq’s northern Kurdish regional capital of Erbil, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, in a statement said it targeted the Israeli “strategic center” in the country. “Any…
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Saudi Arabia: Raif Badawi released but serves 10-year travel ban
Freed blogger Raif Badawi will be serving a 10- year travel ban, officials in Saudi Arabia said. The blogger was arrested in 2012 on charges of “insulting Islam” and recently released on…
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Saudi-led coalition repels Houthi advances in Yemen’s Marib
Sanaa: Forces of the Saudi-led coalition have repelled advances by the Houthi militia on two fronts in Yemen’s oil-rich province of Marib, a military source said. Coalition airstrikes targeted the Houthi combatants…
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Iran’s economic benefits must be ensured in Vienna talks: Spokesman
Tehran: Iran’s economic benefits has been the focal point in the indirect talks between Tehran and Washington for the past months in the Austrian capital Vienna, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh. “The…
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Saudi Arabia launches project to aid Syrian orphans in Jordan
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) on Saturday has launched a project for the care of Syrian orphans in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,…