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- Andhra Pradesh
56 Andhra expatriates stranded in Sudan
Amaravati: A total of 56 expatriates from Andhra Pradesh are stranded in strife-torn Sudan and efforts are on to bring them back safely, officials said. Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has…
- Middle East
Operation Kaveri in full swing, MoS Muralidharan in Saudi to oversee the rescue
Jeddah: Saudi Arabia has emerged as a key country which is ferrying out stranded citizens. The Kingdom is playing a very important role in the evacuation process and India has already established…
- Middle East
Geologist’s Red Sea earthquake prediction dismissed as ‘personal opinions’
Authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have dismissed predictions about a potential quake in the Red Sea by a prominent Saudi geologist as ‘mere personal opinions’. The warning comes after…
- Middle East
Saudi to allow women in bikinis at country’s Red Sea project
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will be allowing women to wear bikinis at the Kingdom’s giga project— Red Sea Project now known as Red Sea Destination, which is set to…
- Middle East
Mariam bin Laden becomes 1st Arab woman to swim from Saudi to Egypt
Riyadh: The Saudi swimmer and doctor, Mariam Saleh bin Laden, succeeded in swimming from her country to the coast of Egypt through the Strait of Tiran in the Red Sea, becoming the…
- Middle East
Iran briefly seizes 2 US ‘surveillance vessels’ in Red Sea
Tehran: The Iranian Navy briefly seized two “surveillance vessels” of the US Navy in the Red Sea, according to state media reports. On Thursday, while carrying out a counter-terrorism mission in the…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia opens the largest mobile game city on Red Sea
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has opened the city of Jeddah Pier, which is the largest mobile game city on the Red Sea coast, as part of the Jeddah Season 2022.…
- Middle East
Yemen’s Houthis criticize new U.S.-led task force in Red Sea
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthis criticised a new U.S.-led task force that will patrol the Red Sea following a series of attacks by the Iran-backed rebels in a waterway that’s essential to global trade.…
- Middle East
Israel to reward airlines flying to Red Sea resort city of Eilat
Jerusalem: Every airline operating international direct flights to Ramon Airport near Israel’s Red Sea resort city of Eilat will be awarded 60 euros ($65) for each arriving passenger, the Ministry of Tourism has…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia launches OXAGON, largest floating industrial complex in the world
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday announced the launch of NEOM’s industrial city, known as OXAGON, which is set to be the largest floating industrial…
- Middle East
Saudi-led coalition destroys Houthi vessels, bomb-laden boats site
Sanaa: The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen announced that it has destroyed four Houthi vessels in the Red Sea and a site for bomb-laden boats in the city of Hodeidah. The coalition confirmed…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia discovers new marine creatures, islands north of Red Sea
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s NEOM company has announced the discovery of giant and rare sea creatures and new islands in the northern Red Sea, local media from the gulf country…
- Middle East
Explosive-laden ‘drone’ boat targets Saudi port of Yanbu
Dubai: A remotely piloted boat packed with explosives targeted the Saudi port of Yanbu in the Red Sea on Tuesday, the kingdom said, with the blast sending black smoke into the sky off…
- Middle East
Blast in Red Sea slightly damages Iranian ship
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday confirmed that authorities are looking into an explosion in the Red Sea that left a ship slightly damaged. Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that no…
- World
Explained: Suez Canal blockade is costing world trade in billions every day
Cairo: The report that the massive container ship that blocked the stretch of the Suez Canal is finally re-floating in the right direction is a piece of good news for the global…
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