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Foreign missions in Kabul issue joint call for Taliban cease-fire
Fifteen diplomatic missions and the NATO representative in Kabul joined hands on Monday to urge the Taliban to halt military offensives across Afghanistan, just hours after a peace meeting in Doha failed to agree on a cease-fire.
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Modern tech at hospitals serving pilgrims
The Ministry of Health has activated modern medical technology in hospitals at the holy sites to facilitate treatment and services for Hajj pilgrims.
A telemedicine unit will be activated in these hospitals in cases where a doctor is not…
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Pilgrims arrive at Mount Arafat
Amid strict health measures, Hajj pilgrims flocked to Mount Arafat early Monday morning after converging in Mina for Tarwiyah, the eighth day of Dul Hijjah.
At the mosque of Namirah, they will perform combined and shortened Dhuhr and Asr…
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Zuma graft trial to resume despite deadly protests across South Africa
The dragging corruption trial of South Africa’s jailed ex-president Jacob Zuma resumes on Monday despite deadly violence that swept the nation after his imprisonment in an unrelated case.
Zuma faces 16 charges of fraud, graft and…
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South Korea to bring home sailors aboard coronavirus-hit destroyer
South Korea is sending military aircraft on Sunday to replace the entire 300-member crew of a navy destroyer on an anti-piracy mission off East Africa after nearly 70 of them tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said.
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Turkey condemns EU court ruling on headscarf ban as violation of freedoms
Turkey on Sunday slammed a ruling by a top European Union court allowing the banning of headscarves under certain conditions as a “clear violation of religious freedoms,” adding the move would exacerbate prejudices against Muslim women in…
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Makkah sees safe arrival of pilgrims as Hajj begins
Pilgrims have arrived at the Grand Mosque in Makkah to perform tawaf in the first Hajj act of the year after reaching the city on Saturday through four entry points designed to limit the spread of coronavirus.
Saudi Arabia, which…
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Killers of Iraqi analyst Hisham Al-Hashimi arrested, says PM Al-Khadimi
Authorities arrested multiple people who were involved in the murder of Iraqi analyst Hisham Al-Hishimi, Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi said on Friday.
Al-Hashimi was killed near his home last July in the Ziyouna district of…
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Saudi businesses to remain open during prayer times
For decades, commercial businesses in Saudi Arabia have shut their doors as soon as the first call of prayer is heard. Cars would queue up waiting for petrol stations to open, while patrons and customers at pharmacies, restaurants, and…
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’I numb myself’: Hospital fire deepens Iraq’s COVID crisis
No beds, medicines running low and hospital wards prone to fire — Iraq’s doctors say they are losing the battle against the coronavirus. And they say that was true even before a devastating blaze killed scores of people in a COVID-19…
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