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Saudi Arabia: Haj 2022’s largest percentage to be for foreign pilgrims
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Haj and Umrah said that the largest percentage and share of Hajj for this year, 1443 AH-2022 AD, will be for pilgrims coming from outside the Kingdom,…
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Modern technology to be used to facilitate Haj 2022: Saudi ministry
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Hajj and Umrah on Saturday said that major projects will adopt the use of modern technology in Haj 2022. Speaking to Arabic TV Al-Ekhbariya,…
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Watch: Fistfight between two pilgrims at Makkah’s Grand Mosque
Riyadh: A video clip of a fight between two pilgrims that broke out in the Grand Mosque in Makkah Al-Mukarramah on Thursday has gone viral on social media. The video, that has been…
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Preparations to reopen Sanaa airport in Yemen underway
Sanaa: Preparations are underway to reopen Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Sanaa airport, nearly six years after it closed to commercial flights. Since 2016, the Saudi-led Arab coalition has halted air navigation at Sanaa airport…
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Saudi Arabia: World’s largest cooling stations installed at Grand Mosque
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has installed the world’s two largest cooling stations at the Grand Mosque to ensure that worshipers perform their rituals in a cool and fresh atmosphere, local media…
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Quba Mosque: Saudi Crown Prince announces biggest expansion in history
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Friday announced the launch of the biggest expansion in the history of Madinah’s Quba Mosque, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA)…
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Saudi Arabia to allow one million pilgrims for Haj 2022
Riyadh: Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, this would be the first time Saudi Arabia has decided to allow one million people from all over the world, to perform Hajj this year, the Saudi…
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Saudi Arabia announces $3 billion in urgent support for Yemen
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Thursday welcomed the decision by Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, President of Yemen, to form the Presidential Leadership Council, and announced the provision of urgent…
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Saudi Arabia to send back ambassador to Lebanon
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday the return of its ambassador to Lebanon, in a positive sign of a thaw in their tense ties. The move came after Lebanese Prime…
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Turkey to transfer trial of Khashoggi suspects to Saudi Arabia
Ankara: A Turkish court decided Thursday to transfer the trial of 26 Saudis accused in the gruesome killing of Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, raising fears that those responsible for the death…
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Yemen’s president steps aside amid efforts to end war
Sanaa: Yemen’s exiled president stepped aside and transferred his powers to a presidential council Thursday, as international and regional efforts to end the country’s long-running civil war gained momentum with a two-month…
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Turkey suspends trial of Saudi suspects in Khashoggi killing
Istanbul: A Turkish court ruled Thursday to suspend the trial in absentia of 26 Saudis accused in the gruesome killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and for the case to be…
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Hyderabad girls turn into entrepreneurs
Syed Qamar Hasan Hyderabad: Marie Antoinette last French Queen maligned for her often-cited remark “qu’ils mangent de la brioche,” (let them eat cake) that historians say was wrongly pinned on her, was…
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Ramzan: Over 500k litres of Zamzam water distributed daily at the Grand Mosque
Riyadh: Over half a million litres of Zamzam water is distributed daily in the Grand Mosque in Makkah to the fasting worshippers by the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand…
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Over 100 doors opened to ease entry, exit of worshipers at Makkah’s Grand Mosque
Riyadh: The authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have opened more than 100 doors to the Grand Mosque in Makkah, to ease the entry and exit of Umrah pilgrims and…