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Inside Gauahar Khan’s luxurious stay in Makkah [Video]

Mumbai: TV diva Gauahar Khan is celebrating the holy month of Ramzan in the ‘most beautiful place’ — Mecca and Madina. The Bigg Boss 7 winner and her husband Zaid Darbar, along…
Pakistan

Pakistan’s new PM Shehbaz Sharif likely to visit Saudi Arabia, China: Report

Islamabad: Shehbaz Sharif is expected to travel to Saudi Arabia and China in his first foreign trip after taking charge as Pakistan’s new Prime Minister, according to a media report on Tuesday.…

Middle East

Saudi Arabia launches iftar distribution project in Djibouti, Somalia

Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance on Sunday launched the Ramzan iftar project in Djibouti and Somalia as part of the King Salman Ramzan Assistance Programme,…
Television News

Mesmerised Gauahar Khan shares pics from Makkah

Mumbai: Actress Gauahar Khan is currently on her religious trip to Makkah and Madina to perform Umrah along with her family and husband Zaid Darbar. Bigg Boss 7 winner has been dropping…
Middle East

Saudi: Over 1000 women volunteers to serve Makkah pilgrims in Ramzan

Riyadh: In the significant move toward women’s empowerment, the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has approved 1018 female volunteers to serve in the Grand…
Middle East

Saudi Arabia: Haj 2022’s largest percentage to be for foreign pilgrims

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Haj and Umrah said that the largest percentage and share of Hajj for this year, 1443 AH-2022 AD, will be for pilgrims coming from outside the Kingdom,…
Middle East

Modern technology to be used to facilitate Haj 2022: Saudi ministry

Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Hajj and Umrah on Saturday said that major projects will adopt the use of modern technology in Haj 2022. Speaking to Arabic TV Al-Ekhbariya,…

Middle East

Watch: Fistfight between two pilgrims at Makkah’s Grand Mosque

Riyadh: A video clip of a fight between two pilgrims that broke out in the Grand Mosque in Makkah Al-Mukarramah on Thursday has gone viral on social media. The video, that has been…
Middle East

Preparations to reopen Sanaa airport in Yemen underway

Sanaa: Preparations are underway to reopen Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Sanaa airport, nearly six years after it closed to commercial flights. Since 2016, the Saudi-led Arab coalition has halted air navigation at Sanaa airport…
Middle East

Saudi Arabia: World’s largest cooling stations installed at Grand Mosque

Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has installed the world’s two largest cooling stations at the Grand Mosque to ensure that worshipers perform their rituals in a cool and fresh atmosphere, local media…
Middle East

Quba Mosque: Saudi Crown Prince announces biggest expansion in history

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Friday announced the launch of the biggest expansion in the history of Madinah’s Quba Mosque, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA)…
Middle East

Saudi Arabia to allow one million pilgrims for Haj 2022

Riyadh: Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, this would be the first time Saudi Arabia has decided to allow one million people from all over the world, to perform Hajj this year, the Saudi…
Middle East

Saudi Arabia announces $3 billion in urgent support for Yemen

Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Thursday welcomed the decision by Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, President of Yemen, to form the Presidential Leadership Council, and announced the provision of urgent…
Middle East

Saudi Arabia to send back ambassador to Lebanon

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday the return of its ambassador to Lebanon, in a positive sign of a thaw in their tense ties. The move came after Lebanese Prime…
Middle East

Turkey to transfer trial of Khashoggi suspects to Saudi Arabia

Ankara: A Turkish court decided Thursday to transfer the trial of 26 Saudis accused in the gruesome killing of Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, raising fears that those responsible for the death…