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Hajj 2023 will be free from restrictions, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced, following three years of limits on the number of pilgrims due to the Covid-19 pandemic
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Saudi Arabia will remove COVID-19 restrictions for the 2023 Haj season and host pre-pandemic numbers of pilgrims, the Kingdom's Ministry of Haj and Umrah said on Monday, Reuters reports....
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January 5, 2023
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Elif Selin Calik
In 2022, the biggest energy issue in the Middle East was Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil cut as the world economy entered into a period of...
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Several buses of Syrian refugee families were repatriated Wednesday morning from different areas in Lebanon
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Rival Palestinian factions today agreed to resolve 15 years of discord through elections that will be held within a year, a Palestinian and an Algerian official said, according to Reuters.
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Overlooking the Tigris River in Baghdad, a 100-year-old Iraqi mansion stands dilapidated and neglected. Visitors hoping to catch a glimpse of its faded glory are warned off by a...
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The world is unlikely to meet the goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030, according to a new World Bank study. The bank's Poverty and Shared Prosperity report showed...
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The OPEC+ group of oil producers is discussing output cuts of more than 1 million barrels per day (bpd), OPEC sources said, and voluntary cuts by individual members could...
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Fans attending the World Cup in Qatar must show proof of a negative COVID-19 test, regardless of their vaccination status, organisers said in a statement on Thursday, Reuters reports....
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday pledged to solve the problem of the shortage of production requirements resulting from the restrictions on imports within two months, adding that he...
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African ministers meeting in Cairo two months ahead of the COP27 climate summit called on Friday for a sharp expansion of climate financing for their continent while pushing back...
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Policymakers, lawmakers and insufficient oil and gas sector investments are to blame for high energy prices, not OPEC, the producer group's new Secretary-General, Haitham Al Ghais, told Reuters on...
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Egypt's external debt rose to $157.8 billion in March, from $145.5 billion last December, an increase of about $12.3 billion in three months, while total deposits with the Central Bank amounted...
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Israel's GDP grew by 6.8 per cent on an annual basis in the second quarter of 2022, after contracting by 2.7 per cent in the first quarter, the Israeli...
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Israeli tourism continued to recover following the COVID-19 pandemic in July although it was 22.6% below its 2019 level, the Tourism Ministry said on Monday, reports Reuters. Tourism Minister...
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The Moroccan government has extended the state of medical emergency for two extra months to face the rise in COVID cases. Last December, Morocco had imposed the state of...
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People with disabilities are the largest and most diverse minority within the population, representing all abilities, ages, races, ethnicities, religions and socio-economic backgrounds. According to the World Health Organisation,...
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The number of people affected by hunger globally grew to as many as 828 million in 2021, swelling by about 46 million from 2020 and 150 million from the...
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Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest sites in Makkah and Madinah, allowed back foreign travellers this year to perform the Hajj.
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Saudi Arabia's population has decreased by at least 2.6 per cent over the past two years, due to the significant amount of expatriate workers who left the Kingdom throughout...
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Family of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat, who was murdered last year, yesterday called on international donors to stop funding the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s institutions, a statement said. Nizar Banat...
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Global airlines hit out at governments on Monday for what the industry's leading ambassador termed their "shambolic" handling of the COVID-19 crisis, and urged nations to rip up the...
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June 13, 2022
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Anadolu Agency
With a mandate to expand trade and economic interactions, New Zealand's new ambassador to Turkiye says she draws inspiration from "historical foundations" laid in Gallipoli to promote bilateral relations....
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A new political action committee (PAC) plans to unseat Palestinian American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib over her clear support for the people of occupied Palestine, the Intercept revealed on Friday....
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Morocco jails 162 people for publishing fake news
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Saudi Arabia's flag carrier, Saudia, has restarted flights to the Turkish city of Istanbul, after being halted for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. On Saturday, the first...
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OPEC+ will likely stick to modest oil output increases on Thursday, arguing it is not responsible for geopolitics and supply disruptions while stressing its worries over the demand outlook...
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday the problem of global food security could not be solved without restoring Ukrainian agricultural production and Russian food and fertilizer output to...
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Turkey registered 1,480 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, according to official data released Sunday, reports Anadolu Agency. The Health Ministry said 12 virus-related fatalities and 2,113...
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Article
April 22, 2022
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Turan Kislakci
The Russian invasion of Ukraine clearly reveals that the world is witnessing a Cold War. The rivalry between the US and China is also following the pattern of a Cold War. In...
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Article
April 21, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
While the world endured global supply chain issues and delays for over two years throughout the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, markets suffered, economies buckled, and there were real...
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Communal meals, in which hundreds of people packs around long tables to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan, have returned to Egypt's streets after being widely...