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Qatari citizens and expats in the tiny Gulf country have been allowed to perform Umrah in Saudi Arabia amid year-long diplomatic row opposing the gas-rich country and its neighbors namely Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain plus Egypt. Read more
Iran’s supreme leader Monday brushed off the demand by the US and its European allies that the Islamic republic calls time on its ballistic missile program as he argued that the demand is a dream that will not come true. Read more
A first group of Saudi women received Monday their driving licenses ahead of June 24, the date set for women to start driving. State-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) removed the lid on the information. “The first group of women today Read more
Prominent anti-corruption journalist Said Boudour was arrested late last week after publishing some alleged factual evidences about the seizure of cocaine in the port of Oran, the second city of the country. Boudour, according Algerie Part, a media that he Read more
Qatar has distanced itself from a potential war against Iran as its defense minister questions Israel’s and the White House’s hardline on the Islamic Republic. “Is it wise to call the United States and to call Israel to go and Read more
An Emirati court has pressed a 10-year sentence against country’s prominent activist and government critic Ahmed Mansoor for insulting authorities and tarnishing the image of the Gulf country through social media. The Abu Dhabi court also instructed that Mansoor be Read more
World football governing body FIFA had decided to drop Saudi referee selected for next world cup in Russia after the Saudi football Federation (SAFF) banned him for life over match fixing attempt early May. FIFA decided that the Saudi referee, Read more
Winner of May 12 election Muqtada al-Sadr headed to neighboring Kuwait Tuesday as part of plan to develop Iraq’s ties with regional neighbors as he seeks to end US and Iranian influence in Iraq. Al-Sadr this month was tussled at Read more
Prime Minister Saad Hariri flew to Riyadh a day after French President Emmanuel Macron indicated that he played a critical role for his release after he was allegedly kept hostage in November. The Tuesday trip is the second by the Read more
Croatia’s Supreme Court has turned down a request by Tunisian authorities to extradite a Bosnian suspected in the killing of Mohamed Zaouari described by the Palestinian movement of Hamas as one of its drone experts. Zaouari was killed in November Read more