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Saudi Arabia begins direct flights to Iraq’s Erbil from early October
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) will begin direct flights to Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan from early October, according to Saudi Press Agency. The new route comes after Saudia resumed flights to Baghdad in October, following the warming of ties
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Indian Expat won first prize in Quran recitation contest
Abdullah Abdul Mateen Usmani, an Indian expatriate won the first prize at the annual Quran recitation contest. The contest was organized by Jamia Tahfiz-ul-Quran, Makkah region. According to the report published in Saudi Gazette, out of one
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Five divorces every hour : Justice Ministry
According to Justice Ministry and carried on Saturday by Makkah daily, there were 46,300 divorce cases in the Kingdom during 2018 at a daily rate of 129 cases and five divorces every hour, saudigazette reported. The rising divorce cases were a
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Salah scores 2, Egypt wins 6-0 in African qualifying
Liverpool or Egypt, the goals keep coming from Mohamed Salah. He can even afford a penalty miss or two. Salah scored twice — he also had two
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Attorney General issues warrant to arrest expat
The Attorney General Sheikh Saud Bin Abdullah Al-Muajab has issued a warrant to arrest an expatriate under charges of harassing several female
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Yasmin Al-Maimani – The first Saudi woman to get a pilot license
5 pilot licenses to Saudi Women: Recently it was reported that the General Authority of Aviation issued five licenses for Saudi female pilots that
Read More1,000-year-old mosque discovered in UAE
A mosque, believed to be 1,000 years old, has highlighted what the UAE was like when the religion of Islam came to its shores. This was a period of time which ushered in a wave of change across the area that is now known as the UAE. The new religion
Read MoreEarthquake of 6.4 magnitude strikes southern Philippines - USGS
An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck the southern Philippines on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The tectonic quake struck at 3:16 p.m. and has a depth of 28 kilometers.
Read MoreSaudi Arabia to host four-team international football tournament in October
Saudi Arabia will host a four-team international football tournament in early October, featuring Brazil, Argentina, Saudi Arabia and a fourth team to be named shortly, Turki Al-Sheikh, the head of the Kingdom's General Sports Authority,
Read MoreRide-sharing apps end ‘good days’ for taxi drivers in Saudi Arabia
Taxi drivers say that they had “good days” before the arrival of Uber, Kareem and other ride-sharing apps in Saudi Arabia. Abrar Hussein, a Pakistan taxi driver, said that previously cabbies used to earn from SR350 ($93) to
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