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The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has stated that the last date for pilgrims to take the vaccines is 10 days before the Hajj season. The receiving of vaccines is a condition to enable them to perform the Hajj rituals. This came while the Ministry ..
Pictures of a Saudi woman soldier cradling an infant boy who fell asleep in her arms during his evacuation from war-torn Sudan became an instant hit on social media. One of the pictures, showing the baby boy wearing a white and yellow t-shirt and ..
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evacuated a total of 1687 people from Sudan, including its own citizens and nationals of 58 other countries. The evacuees, who included 13 Saudis, arrived in Jeddah, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Among the ..
Singapore is set to hang a man for trafficking cannabis, in the city-state's latest controversial execution. Activists say Tangaraju Suppiah was convicted on weak evidence. Authorities say he received due process, and have scheduled his execut..
India will overtake China to become the most populous country in the world by the end of this week, the United Nations has said. India's population is expected to reach 1,425,775,850 people by the end of April, the new data shows. A differe..
A cheetah has died in India's Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh state, the second in less than a month. The cause of death was cardiac failure, according to a preliminary autopsy report. More details are awaited. Officials at the Kuno Na..
President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to “finish this job” and extend the run of America’s oldest president for another four years. Biden,..
Airport advises travellers to avoid cloth-wrapped baggage, as well as bags tied with ropes King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah has urged travellers to avoid bringing unauthorised baggage to facilitate their travel procedures. In an i..
Egypt has announced plans to build an artificial river, spanning 114,000 kilometres in length. The project, which is valued at 160 billion Egyptian pounds ($5.25 billion), will be the longest of its kind in the world, surpassing the Nile. The nati..
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