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Saudi Authorities Allow Ashura Commemoration in Baqi: Video
Saudi authorities have reportedly allowed Shia Muslims to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) in Baqi cemetery in the holy city of Medina. Unlike previous years, Shia Muslims have been allowed to hold Ashura and Muharram mourning ceremony in Baqi cemetery. Videos circulated on social media showed a group of Saudi Shiites mourning near the Baqi while chanting slogans like 'Ya Hossain' and 'Labaik Ya Hossain.' 'The Muharram mourning took ...
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Millions of Pilgrims Throng Holy Mecca for Huge Hajj
Millions of worshippers have reached Mecca — Islam's holiest city — for the biggest Hajj pilgrimage in years, despite the sweltering Saudi Arabian heat. This year's Hajj one of the world's biggest annual religious gatherings, could break attendance records, Saudi officials said, expecting that the number of pilgrims in 2023 to reach pre-pandemic levels as this year's Hajj will be the first without the curbs imposed during the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly ...
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Blinken Meets Bin Salman in Saudi Arabia Visit Aimed at Rebuilding Strained Ties
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday on a three-day trip to strengthen strained ties with the oil-rich kingdom as the long-time US ally forges closer relations with Washington’s rivals. Blinken met Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman late Tuesday, with the State Department saying they discussed their “shared commitment to advance stability, security, and prosperity across the Middle East and beyond.” “The ...
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Iran Embassy in Saudi Arabia Reopened: Video
Iran’s embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital city of Riyadh was reopened after seven years. According to Al Arabiya, Iran’s embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital city of Riyadh was reopened after seven years on Tuesday afternoon. Earlier on Monday, a diplomatic source in Riyadh told AFP that the opening of the Iranian embassy will take place Tuesday at 6:00 pm local time (1500 GMT) with the presence of the newly appointed Iranian ...
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Abdollahian Arrives in Muscat for High-level Talks
The Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, has arrived in the Omani capital of Muscat, leading a delegation of high-ranking political officials. The visit was made at the invitation of Oman's Foreign Minister, Sayyid Badr Albusaidi. The purpose of the visit is to hold talks with officials from Oman to discuss bilateral relations as well as major international and regional issues. This is not the first time that Amir-Abdollahian has visited Oman. He ...
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Qatar’s Emir Slams Delay of Aid to Earthquake Victims in Syria
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said on Sunday he was puzzled by the delay in aid to victims of the earthquake in Syria, adding that it was wrong to abuse humanitarian aid for political purposes. Speaking at the opening of the UN Least Developed Countries conference in Qatar’s capital Doha on Sunday, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani stressed the need to help Syrians “without hesitation” and support Turkey’s efforts to ...
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Qatari Energy Minister: Europe Will Return to Russian Gas
Qatar's Energy Minister Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi predicted on Saturday that European countries will eventually resume higher imports of Russian gas, warning that market volatility could last for years. Russian gas exports to Europe plunged after Moscow's operation of Ukraine, but Al-Kaabi, who is also the head of QatarEnergy gas company, said the situation could change in the future. 'The Europeans today are saying there's no way we're going back' to Russian gas, ...
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Morocco Makes Historic World Cup Win over Spain: First Arab Team Qualified to Quarter Finals
Morocco dumped Spain out of the World Cup in a last-16 penalty shootout on Tuesday with Spanish-born Achraf Hakimi scoring the decisive spot-kick after Spain squandered all three of their attempts, following a 0-0 draw over 120 minutes. Hakimi, a product of the Real Madrid youth system, calmly slotted his penalty past Unai Simon in Spain's goal to seal Morocco's 3-0 win in the shootout. During the 90 minutes plus extra time, ...
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Qatar, ermany Agree on Long-term Gas Supply Deal
Qatar and Germany signed a 15-year deal Tuesday to ship liquefied natural gas from Doha to the European economic powerhouse as it scrambles to replace Russian gas supplies that were cut during the ongoing war in Ukraine. Officials gave no dollar value for the deal, which would begin in 2026 and see Qatar send up to 2 million tons of the gas to Germany through an under-construction terminal at Brunsbuettel. The deal ...
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