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Eleven people including nine schoolteachers died in a head-on road crash south of Baghdad as they returned from a Ramadan meal, Iraqi officials announced Saturday, Arab New reports. A police source indicated the crash was caused by speed, adding that Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Commander of the Faithful, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan and Prince Moulay Rachid, prayed Tuesday at the grave of the late King Mohammed V, on the occasion of the 10th day of the Read more
The Saudi-led coalition battling Iran-supported Houthi rebels said Tuesday it would cease military operations in Yemen today March 30 to help peace efforts by the UN and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). This, Arab News reports citing the coalition, comes in Read more
The Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry has banned the exportation of a number of commodities including wheat, flour pasta, for three months. Trade minister Nevine Gamea in a statement said the decision targets cooking oils, freekeh, corn, fava beans, Read more
Qatar’s Embassy in the U.S is backing World Central Kitchen (WCK), a global non-profit organization to donate more than 27,000 meals across the country during Ramadan, Business Wire reports. Meshal bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Gulf country’s envoy to the U.S Read more
Tunisia will earmark over $1.6 million to grant assistance to needy families to muddle through the holy month of Ramadan, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has announced. Speaking to governors on Saturday, Mechichi indicated that the financial aid will be distributed Read more
Qatar sent Wednesday aid support valued at around USD 711,747 for 15,000 needy families in three Tunisian governorates, for the month of Ramadan, Webdo Tunis reports. The aid, the media notes, will be distributed respectively to 4,000 families in Tozeur, Read more
US President Donald Trump’s planned summit with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is likely to be postponed until September, after the wholly month of Ramadan, Reuters has learned. Five US sources knowledgeable of the conference who requested to Read more
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the explosion that brought down the famous leaning minaret at Mosul’s mosque where al-Baghdadi announced the establishment of the Islamic Caliphate in June 2014 marks the official victory over the extremist group. “Daesh’s bombing Read more
President Erdogan has questioned Trump’s administration claim of respecting the freedom of religion during an Iftar dinner in Ankara. In a message directed at Washington during his address, the Turkish president raised concerns about Trump administration’s decision to not host Read more