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Saudi Arabia scarps restrictions on Hajj pilgrim numbers
Date: 2023-01-10 06:57:30 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:9961177
Saudi Arabia will welcome pilgrims to preform Hajj this year with pre-COVID numbers, according to the Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq Al-Rabiah. The Kingdom will scrap all age requirements for pilgrims, after three years of restrictions ....
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UN envoy reports ‘sharp increase’ in violence this year in Israel-Palestine conflict
Date: 2022-12-20 10:07:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:9931050
More than 150 Palestinians and over 20 Israelis have been killed in the West Bank and Israel so far in 2022 - the highest number of deaths in years, UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland told the Security Council. He reiterated deep concern over ....
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AL chief condemns Israel over lawyer's deportation to France
Date: 2022-12-20 07:09:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:9930645
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit condemned in the strongest possible terms the deportation of human rights lawyer Salah Hammouri to France. The deportation policy runs counter to international rule and constitutes a flagrant ....
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UN to vote on Palestinian motion seeking ICJ opinion on Israeli occupation next week
Date: 2022-12-13 06:40:08 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:9919632
The UN General Assembly is expected to vote on Palestinian motion seeking a legal opinion from International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legal implications of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory next week. The motion was prepared by ....
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Abul Gheit offers condolences on death of Yemen's great poet Abdulaziz Al-Maqaleh
Date: 2022-11-29 09:35:31 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:9898041
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has offered his sincerest condolences to Yemen on the death of its great poet Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Maqaleh, who died Monday in Sana'a at the age of 85 years. In a tweet, Abul Gheit said: "I offer my ....
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Three Palestinians killed by Israeli occupants gunfire in West Bank
Date: 2022-11-29 08:25:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:9897912
The Israeli occupation forces shot and killed three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, one in Beit Ummar in the south of the West Bank, and two others, siblings, near Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Ministry of ....
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Bahraini king issues royal decree forming new cabinet
Date: 2022-11-22 06:49:58 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:9887323
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has issued Royal Decree No. 68 of 2022 forming the cabinet, state news agency BNA reported Monday. Under Article 1 of the decree, Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa is appointed as Deputy Prime Minister. ....
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Host of Arab leaders, heads of delegations arrive in Algeria for Arab Summit
Date: 2022-11-01 06:17:34 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:9851740
A host of Arab leaders and heads of delegations have arrived in Algeria to take part in the 31st Arab League Summit, set to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday. President Othman Ghazali of Comoros, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Iraqi ....
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Death toll from Israeli assault on Nablus, Ramallah rises to 6: Palestinian health ministry
Date: 2022-10-25 08:27:25 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:9839984
The death toll from the Israeli assault on Nablus and Ramallah rose to 6, announced the Palestinian Health Ministry. In a brief press release, the ministry said that Wadih Al Houh, a militant leader of "The Lions' Den", had been among those ....
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Abbas makes urgent contacts to stop Israeli aggression in Nablus
Date: 2022-10-25 08:18:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:9839971
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has made urgent contacts to bring to a halt an Israeli aggression in Nablus. The Israeli military assault on the northern West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday morning left four Palestinians dead and 21 injured. ....