Saudi Arabia issues warning against fraudulent Hajj 2024 operators
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia is warning potential Hajj pilgrims to be cautious of fake Hajj companies that may...
Sudanese artists escaping war seek revival in Cairo
When the first bombs rang out in Sudan, Amjad, Fatima and Mazin abandoned their paintbrushes, musical instruments and studios, leaving...
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More Saudi men go for ‘Misyar’ marriages
Saudi clerics say the practice has proliferated since 1996, when the then grand mufti legitimized it with an Islamic edict...
DEWA water pipeline extension project worth $69.7 million is 96.4% complete
The AED256-million ($69.7 million) project by DEWA to extend water transmission by 36.6 km across Dubai is a fraction away...
Sharjah Police arrest 6 for smuggling drugs worth $9.5 million
Sharjah Police’s Anti-Narcotics Department recently seized 215 kg drugs with a market value AED35 million ($9.53 million) The cops seized...
Lebanon crisis plunges women into period poverty
The price of menstrual pads, the vast majority of which are imported, has risen by almost 500 percent since the...
Aries Group to make dowry-takers leave, face legal action
The group had announced anti-dowry policy on International Women’s Day The clause incorporated in the employment contract Any employee of...
825 eye surgeries conducted in Pakistan during KSrelief campaigns
Pakistan fifth-largest recipient of KSrelief after Yemen, Palestine, Syria and Somalia 8500 people examined in Karachi and Shikarpur area of...
Real Madrid star praises UAE’s healthcare system
Vieria was speaking to media at Burjeel Hospital for Advanced Surgery, Dubai The hospital exclusively caters to sports medicine and...
MBR University launches PhD program in biomedical sciences
Genetics of developmental diseases, reproduction, cancer biology, diabetes, etc., the focus of research Applicants can apply for the program by...
Cyber crime soars during Covid pandemic as fraudsters fleece gullible people
Swindlers passing themselves off as representatives of big companies are cheating people of money using Internet Experts say fraud has...
Emirates Foundation, BP partner to support mental health initiative
Emirates Foundation is an independent organization that works hand-in-hand with both public and private sector partners to respond to society’s...
Saudi Arabia issues warning against fraudulent Hajj 2024 operators
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In troubled Libya, young robotics fans see hope in hi-tech
Libya has seen more than a decade of stop-start conflict since a 2011 NATO-backed revolt toppled strongman Moamer Kadhafi, with...
Year after the slap, Chris Rock hits back at Will Smith in Netflix special
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Festive spirit in Bethlehem after dull pandemic years
With a giant evergreen tree, colorful balloons in the streets and selfies in the Church of the Nativity, Christmas tourism...
- With restrictions lifted in Palestine and Israel, where the closest international airport with access to Bethlehem is located, West Bank town has taken on a festive air
- Tourists converged on the streets, shops and stone buildings of this Palestinian town, where Christians and Muslims live side by side
Tanzanian aircraft with 49 people on board plunges into a lake
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania— A domestic passenger plane plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania early on Sunday due to bad weather...
- No information was immediately available on the number of passengers aboard the plane, but local media reports said around 49 people were on the flight
- The accident comes five years after 11 people died when a plane belonging to a safari company crashed in northern Tanzania
At least 35 dead in Iran protests: new state media toll
Amini died after spending three days in a coma after her arrest by Iran's morality police, a unit responsible for...
- Demonstrators have taken to the streets of major cities across Iran, including Tehran, for eight straight nights since the death of Mahsa Amini
- The 22-year-old Kurdish woman was pronounced dead three days after her arrest in the Iranian capital for wearing the hijab headscarf in an "improper" way