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Fifa World Cup 2022: Advance flight bookings between Dubai and Qatar
Dubai: As football fanatics gear up for Fifa World Cup 2022 which is going to be held in Qatar from November 21 to December 18, several Middle Eastern airlines have opened up…
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Turkey: Salt Bae owner may sell 20% stake to Qatar wealth fund
Ankara: The Turkish owner of the Nusr-Et steakhouse, known by its founder chef’s meme Salt Bae, is in talks to sell a stake to Qatar’s $450 billion wealth fund, local media reported.…
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Kuwait, Oman ban ‘Samrat Prithviraj’ in run up to its release
Mumbai: The historical epic ‘Samrat Prithviraj’, which stars Akshay Kumar in the titular role, has been banned in Kuwait and Oman. The film tells the story of king Prithviraj Chauhan, who fought…
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Saudi Arabia allots camps to domestic Haj 2022 pilgrims
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday allotted camps to companies catering to domestic pilgrims ahead of Haj 2022. The camp allocation is related to Mina, around 7 kilometres from the holy city of…
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GCC to be home to 1M hotel rooms amidst staff shortage: Report
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will be home to one million hotel rooms by 2026, with Saudi Arabia accounting for the largest number among them. The increased number of hotel rooms is…
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Sanjay Dutt named brand ambassador for Dubai Women’s Run
Abu Dhabi: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has been named brand ambassador of Dubai Women’s Run— the largest sporting event for women in the Arab world. Speaking at a press conference in Dubai on…
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Pakistani TV channel fires journalist over visit to Israel
Islamabad: Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) fired a journalist for going to Israel along with a delegation comprising Pakistani Americans, announced the Pakistan Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Monday. Marriyum said that the…
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UAE grants golden visa to Indian student for inventing life-saving device
Abu Dhabi: A 16-year-old United Arab Emirates (UAE) based Indian student is the latest recipient to be honoured with the golden visa for inventing a life-saving device. Sabeel Basheer, a Grade 10…
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Saudi female graduates outnumber males in job-training programs
Riyadh: Female graduates in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia have outnumbered Saudi men in the on-the-job training programme (Tamheer) launched by the Human Resources Development Fund— Hadaf. Hadaf said 74 percent female…
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Two Yemeni govt soldiers killed in roadside bomb
Aden: Two soldiers of the Yemeni government armed forces were killed and four more injured when a roadside bomb struck a military pick-up truck in Yemen’s southern oil-rich province of Shabwa, a…
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Palestinian President confirms taking measures to confront Israeli escalation
Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said the Palestinian leadership would take measures to confront the Israeli escalation against the Palestinians. Abbas made the remarks on Tuesday during a meeting with visiting…
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Iran: Death toll reaches 36 in building collapse
Tehran: The toll in a 10-storey commercial building collapse in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan has risen to 36, semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted a top provincial official. Speaking to reporters,…
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Saudi Arabia: Entry ban on visit visa holders at four airports from June 9
Riyadh: The holders of Saudi Arabia visit visas of all kinds will be banned from entering the Kingdom through four airports, starting from June 9, local media reported. The four Saudi airports comprised—…
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Yemen expresses concern over Houthi’s recruitment of children
Sanaa: Yemen’s Minister of Information criticized the continued silence of the international community regarding the recruitment of children by Iranian terrorist Houthi militia in select areas of control. According to a statement released by the…
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Sheikha Mozah bint Marwan becomes first woman to pilot AW609 tiltrotor
Abu Dhabi: Crown Princess of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikha Mozah bint Marwan Al Maktoum on Monday became the world’s first female to pilot the AW609 tiltrotor aircraft. The granddaughter of the Emir…
