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The Philippines has reported its first case of the monkeypox virus, detected in a citizen who returned from abroad earlier this month, a health ministry official said on Friday. The 31-year-old had recovered but was isolating at home, while 10 peo..
Expats, Saudis were allowed to host overseas Muslims to undertake umrah Saudi Arabia has cancelled a plan allowing its citizens and foreign Muslim residents to host relatives from abroad to perform umrah or lesser pilgrimage, dubbed the “hos..
A strong earthquake set off landslides and damaged buildings in the northern Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least five people and injuring dozens. In the capital, hospital patients were evacuated and terrified people rushed outdoors. The 7-m..
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the plans for The Line development at NEOM on Monday. The prince said the design would clarify the internal structure of the multi-layered city and address the problems of t..
The Kiswa of the Kaaba will be replaced on Saturday to coincide with the beginning of the new Islamic year, the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has announced. 166 technicians and craftsmen will take part in the ann..
A Bahraini minister lost her job after refusing to shake hands with the ambassador of Israel, which has ties with the tiny island kingdom. A Bahraini minister has been sacked after refusing to shake hands with the country’s Israeli..
Russian leader Putin was shown in a video fidgeting and moving his mouth awkwardly before being joined by Turkish President Erdogan, in what appeared to be a calculated snub. A video of Russian President Vladimir Putin being forced to wait before ..
Launching construction of the $25-billion El-Dabaa power plant "means that Egypt has joined the nuclear club," says chief of Russia's state atomic energy corporation Rosatom, which is building the plant. Russia's state atomic ene..
Extreme fires have swallowed up huge swathes of land, destroyed homes and threatened livelihoods across the world in the first half of 2022. Below is a list of the bigger blazes - once relatively rare events that scientists say have become increas..