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The head of Ukraine’s Orthodox church asked clergy and the faithful on Wednesday to forgo night Easter services in areas of the country affected by fighting, fearing Russian bombardments will…
Karbala: Envisioned as a lush fortress against worsening desertification and sand storms, the “green belt” of Iraq’s Karbala stands as a wilted failure. Sixteen years after its inception, only a…
BAGHDAD: Baghdad International Airport suspended flights on Wednesday due to bad weather conditions, the Iraqi News Agency said.
CAIRO: Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares discussed boosting bilateral relations in Madrid. Shoukry affirmed his aspiration to see an increase in trade and…
DUBAI: A two-year-old boy in Saudi Arabia’s Khafji Governorate was seriously injured after a group of stray dogs viciously attacked him. Nine dogs attacked Saif Al-Yami in a stadium, leaving…
JEDDAH: King Salman has announced that the Eid Al-Fitr school holiday will begin on Thursday, four days earlier than originally planned. The revised date, based on a recommendation by Crown…
The number of women in Lebanon dying from pregnancy-related complications has nearly tripled amid a crushing three-year economic crisis that has seen doctors and midwives leave the country, the UN…
CAIRO: The long-standing Egyptian-Ethiopian clash over the monastery Deir Al-Sultan, owned by the Coptic Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, saw a flare-up yesterday after Ethiopian monks raised a large Ethiopian flag…
JERUSALEM: A group of Israeli ultra-nationalists said it is determined to go ahead with a flag-waving march around predominantly Palestinian areas of Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday. The group said…
NEW DELHI: India has sharply criticized a forthcoming World Health Organization study which reportedly claims coronavirus killed four million people nationally, the latest analysis suggesting a significant undercount of the…