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More than 12.3M Syrian children in need of help: UNICEF report
Damascus: More than 12.3 million Syrian children are in need of humanitarian assistance, a record number since 2011, the date of the outbreak of the Syrian revolution. United Nations International Children’s Emergency…
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MoS External Affairs Muraleedharan interacts with Indians in Qatar
Doha: Union Minister of State for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan on Monday interacted with the Indian community in Qatar during a three-day official visit to the country from May 8 to 10.…
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Video: Three songs by Rabindranath Tagore translated to Arabic in Dubai
Abu Dhabi: On the occasion of 161st birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian Consulate in Dubai released three of Tagore’s iconic songs translated into Arabic. Consul General of India…
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Updated COVID-19 travel guidelines to UAE; here’s all you need to know
Abu Dhabi: With things slowly and gradually returning to normalcy after the COVID-19 pandemic, United Arab Emirates (UAE), like many countries around the world, has also eased COVID-19 travel restrictions. Over the…
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flydubai records 114% jump in passenger traffic in Q1 2022
Abu Dhabi: Dubai-based airline flydubai has recorded an exceptional performance in the First Quarter of 2022. A 114% increase in the number of passengers carried compared to 2021, the airline said in…
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Gas ship allowed into Yemen’s Hodeidah port as part of truce
Sanaa: The Houthi militia have announced that a ship carrying gas was allowed to enter Yemen’s blockaded Red Sea port of Hodeidah as part of the ongoing truce between the country’s warring…
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Two Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank
Ramallah: Two Palestinians were shot dead in separate incidents in the northern and central West Bank amid flaring tensions in the region, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources. On Sunday night, Mo’tasem…
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Israel to establish civilian national guard to fight attacks: PM
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has announced that the country was establishing a civilian national guard to “fight terrorism”. His announcement was made in public remarks shortly after two Palestinians suspected…
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Turkish President Erdogan vows to send 1 million refugees back to Syria
Nicosia: Last Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a reversal of his previous policy, declared that his government was working on a project for “the voluntary and honourable return of 1…
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Lebanon starts 2nd phase of expat voting in parliamentary elections
Beirut: The second phase of Lebanese expatriates voting in parliamentary elections kicked off in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and 48 other countries on Sunday. More than 25,000 Lebanese voters residing in…
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Syria President Assad on a rare visit to Iran
Tehran: Syrian President Bashar Assad met with Iranian leaders in Tehran on Sunday, Iranian and Syrian media reported, marking his second trip to major wartime ally Iran since Syria’s civil war erupted…
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King Salman had a colonoscopy, result is fine: Royal Court
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud had a colonoscopy procedure at a specialist hospital in Jeddah, and the results were fine, media reports said. After the medical checkups, doctors…
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Morocco: Algerian athletes boycott sports event over Israel participation
Algerian lawyers have announced a boycott of the FIFA World cup football competition for lawyers, which kicked off Saturday, May 7 in Morocco; because of the presence of Israeli representatives in it, local media reported.…
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Arab countries, GCC condemn terrorist attack on Suez Canal
Several Arab countries, in the strongest terms, condemned the attack on a water lifting station, east of the Suez Canal in the Arab Republic of Egypt, which resulted in the death and injury…
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OIC commends the release of 163 Houthi prisoners
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Saturday welcomed the release and repatriation of 163 Houthi prisoners of war as part of the Saudi humanitarian initiative. The general secretariat of the OIC Hissein…
