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SRK, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar meet Saudi Arabia’s Culture minister
Mumbai: Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, and Saif Ali Khan recently met Bader bin Farhan Alsaud, Minister of Culture of Saudi Arabia in Mumbai. Taking to Instagram, Alsaud…
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Turkey agrees to transfer Khashoggi murder case to Saudi
Ankara: Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said he will accept a local prosecutor’s demand to transfer a case against suspects in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to the Saudi authorities, as Ankara…
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Ramzan 2022: First Taraweeh prayers performed at Ka’batullah, Prophet’s Mosque
Riyadh: The worshippers on Friday night performed first Taraweeh prayers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah on the first night of the holy month of Ramzan 1443-2022. The moon sighting committee…
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Turkey requests transfer of Khashoggi trial to Saudi Arabia
Ankara: Turkey’s justice minister said Friday that the government will recommend that an Istanbul court close a trial in absentia against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist…
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Saudi-led Arab coalition reaffirms commitment to ceasefire in Yemen
Sanaa: The Saudi Arabia-led coalition involved in the civil war in Yemen said that it remained committed to a ceasefire that it announced two days ago. The coalition affirmed that its air forces…
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Ramzan 2022: Saudi calls on Muslims to sight moon on April 1
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday has called on all Muslims living in the kingdom to sight the crescent moon of the holy month of Ramzan 1443-2022 on Friday evening, April 1, Shaban…
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Saudi Arabia to ease restrictions on overseas Umrah pilgrims
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is set to ease restrictions to allow overseas Muslims to come to the country to perform Umrah or lesser pilgrimage, reported the cal media. According to…
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Yemen war: 7 years and counting, peace talks bear no results
On March 27, the war in Yemen entered its eighth year as the military escalation continues between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the Yemeni government, and the Saudi-led Arab coalition on various fronts.…
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Saudi-led coalition refutes allegations on human rights violations in Yemen
Riyadh: The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) in Yemen has said that it has investigated allegations on human-rights violations against the Saudi-led coalition fighting a war in Yemen and found out that…
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Saudi begins its global campaign to host Expo 2030 in Riyadh
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has began its global campaign to promote its bid to host Expo 2030 in Riyadh, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Monday. The announcement…