Hajj pilgrimage to begin on June 4: Saudi state media
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that the annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage to Mecca would begin on...
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Is Cristiano Ronaldo leaving Saudi Arabia? Cryptic post fuels speculation
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia --Â Questions swirled over Cristiano Ronaldo's future in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, hours after the superstar indicated...
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Facebook blocks Taliban’s WhatsApp accounts
Taliban had set up Whatsapp hotline to receive complaints
- Due to US sanctions, Facebook has moved to shut down a WhatsApp hotline the Taliban had set up to receive complaints about violence and looting
- A WhatsApp spokesperson said in an email to AFP that the company is required to follow US sanctions.
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US to announce Covid vaccine booster campaign
US officials are considering whether a third dose should be the same type of vaccine as a person's first two
- The move could be announced as early as this week, The New York Times reported
- US officials are considering whether a third dose should be the same type of vaccine as a person's first two
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Lebanon grapples with power, telecom outages
The outages come less than two days after a fuel tank exploded in the village of Al-Tleil, scorching people clamouring...
- The outages come less than two days after a fuel tank exploded in the village of Al-Tleil, scorching people clamouring to fill petrol that the army was distributing
- Lights and phone lines went out across the impoverished and marginalised region that has long suffered from an ailing power grid
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Iran, Turkey anticipate refugee crisis as Taliban takes over Kabul
Both already host large refugee populations — 3.6 million Syrians in Turkey and 3.5 million Afghans in Iran
- Both already host large refugee populations — 3.6 million Syrians in Turkey and 3.5 million Afghans in Iran
- Both countries are battling the coronavirus pandemic and facing economic difficulties.
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Israel asks for international help to fight forest fires
Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat told AFP Greece and Cyprus had agreed to send firefighting planes to Israel
- Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat told AFP Greece and Cyprus had agreed to send firefighting planes to Israe
- Israel and other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea have had a searing summer, with deadly wildfires in Algeria, Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey
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Most forest fires under control: Algerian authorities
Algeria is Africa’s biggest country by surface area, and although much of the interior is desert, the north has over...
- More than 74 fires had been extinguished in the past 24 hours, a spokesman for Civil Protection Authority said.
- The government has blamed arsonists and a blistering heatwave for the dozens of blazes, but experts criticize authorities for failing to prepare for the annual phenomenon.
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Iran imposes new restrictions as Covid hits new records
The country of 83 million has seen upwards of 98,000 deaths from Covid-19, making it already the Middle East's deadliest...
- The country of 83 million has seen upwards of 98,000 deaths from Covid-19, making it already the Middle East's deadliest outbreak
- Since late June, Iran has seen what officials have called a "fifth wave" of cases and deaths
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Firefighters battle second day of blazes near Jerusalem
Police and local officials "began evacuating hundreds of families" from communities on the western outskirts of Jerusalem
- Police and local officials "began evacuating hundreds of families" from communities on the western outskirts of Jerusalem
- Fires have flared this summer around the Mediterranean basin, including in Greece, Turkey, Algeria and Morocco
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Crisis-hit Lebanon reels from latest deadly explosion
At least 28 people were killed when the fuel tank blew up
- At least 28 people were killed when the fuel tank blew up
- The Lebanon grapples with an economic crisis described by the World Bank as one of the world's worst since the 1850s
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Death toll in Haiti quake jumps to over 1200
In hard-hit cities on the southwestern peninsula most of the population spent the night sleeping outdoors in front of their...
- In hard-hit cities on the southwestern peninsula most of the population spent the night sleeping outdoors in front of their houses
- Rescuers faced new pressure with Tropical Depression Grace approaching, raising fears of torrential rainfall
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Hajj pilgrimage to begin on June 4: Saudi state media
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Hamas urges US diplomat to end Israeli aggression in Gaza
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has called on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to use his current...
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Fired over 60 rockets at Israeli military base, says Hizbollah
Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanon's Hizbollah fired on Saturday over 60 rockets at an Israeli military base, the group said, describing the...
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Death toll from IS twin bombings rises to 91, says Iran
TEHRAN, IRAN - A bombing attack in southern Iran claimed by the Islamic State group has killed 91 people, state media...
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France and Jordan airdrop seven tonnes of aid to Gaza
The French leader posted a photograph of an airman standing on the cargo ramp of a military plane, with parachutes...
- Jordan and France sent C-130 transport plane with mixed French-Jordanian crews, bringing a total of seven tonnes of "humanitarian and health" aid, the presidency said
- At least 22,600 people have been killed in Gaza in Israel's response to the October 7 attack by Hamas, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry
Iraq PM says determined to end presence of US-led coalition
Sudani, whose government relies on support from Tehran-aligned parties, has repeatedly said in recent weeks he would like to see...
- A US drone strike on Thursday killed a military commander and another member of Harakat al-Nujaba, a faction of Hashed al-Shaabi
- Washington labelled the attack in Iraq's capital an act of self-defence, while Sudani's government decried it as an act of "blatant aggression"
Blinken to tackle Gaza, NATO expansion with Turkey’s Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has turned into one of the Muslim world's harshest critics of the scale of death...
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Istanbul late Friday for the first leg of a trip that includes visits to Israel and West Bank, along with five Arab states
- Blinken's fourth crisis tour since the start of the Israel-Hamas war three months ago comes with fears mounting that the conflict will engulf swathes of the Middle East