DUBAI: A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit the Arabian Sea at 11:02 a.m. on Thursday, the Earthquake Monitoring Center at Sultan Qaboos University said. The earthquake hit 594 kilometers from Salalah at a depth of 32 kilometers, the center added. There was no mention of a tsunami warning. زلزال بقوة ٥.٥ في بحر العرب ، الساعة ١١:٠٢صباح […]
Israel’s regional cooperation minister said today that he had asked Saudi Arabia to admit direct flights from Tel Aviv for Muslim pilgrims, pointing to a possible new accommodation by Riyadh ahead of next week’s visit by US President Joe Biden, Reuters reports. Israeli officials have also been seeking expanded permission for their airlines to fly over Saudi […]
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 outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a United Nations report said Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The UN report shows the world is moving further away from […]
Health experts in the United Arab Emirates are urging the public to exercise caution and to comply with COVID-19 safety protocols during the upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday, amid rising cases across the country. Last year the country’s health body recorded an increasing number of infections after Eid celebrations and this year have urged people across […]
Security forces fired tear gas and used water cannon as they tried to prevent the swelling crowds from marching on the presidential palace, according to witnesses
The strain placed on the Kingdom’s health services by the COVID-19 outbreak highlighted the need for more robust apps
Over 70% homes destroyed in some areas, about 1,000 killed in Paktika province, according to official estimates
Pilgrims will leave the Strip over a period of two days, with approximately three batches of 736 pilgrims heading out together to board planes at Cairo airport. A further two batches of 596 pilgrims will head out today. Earlier, the Saudi authorities announced an increase in the number of people allowed to perform the Hajj […]
Earlier this month, the kingdom lifted measures imposed to prevent the spread of the virus
The earthquakes rattled Dubai and other areas across the Arabian Gulf