Tue 19 September 2023: Houthi negotiators are planning to leave Riyadh on Tuesday, after a five-day round of talks with Saudi officials on a potential agreement paving the way to an end to the eight-year-old conflict in Yemen, four sources familiar with the plans said, Reuters reports. Some progress has been made on the main sticking points, […]
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Tue 19 September 2023: Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman yesterday defended OPEC+’s oil production cuts stating that the aim of the cuts is to achieve stable and sustainable markets. The minister made his remarks during a speech at the World Petroleum Congress held in Canada, as reported by the Saudi state-owned channel Al Arabiya. “We […]
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Mon 18 September 2023: Iran has released five American citizens as part of a Qatari-mediated prisoner exchange with the United States, which also freed five Iranians. The US citizens and two of the five Iranians have landed in Qatar’s capital, Doha, before making their way to their own countries. The three other released Iranians are not returning to Iran, […]
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Sun 17 September 2023: Israel has shut the flashpoint Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron for marking Jewish holidays, according to the mosque director on Saturday. “Israeli forces closed the Ibrahimi Mosque on Friday night to Muslim worshippers, while it was opened to Israeli settlers,” Ghassan al-Rajabi told Anadolu. He said the […]
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Sat 16 September 2023: The authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) announced a set of guidelines pertaining to the dress code for women who wish to perform Umrah at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. Taking to X, formerly Twitter, the Ministry of Haj and Umrah outlined suitable clothing for female pilgrims visiting the holy sites. […]
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Sat 16 September 2023: Security forces have been positioned in Tehran and other cities as Iran marks one year since the death of Mahsa Amini. Tehran, Iran – Saturday marks one year since Mahsa Amini died, sparking protests across Iran and leading to a chain of events, the effects of which remain fresh in the minds […]
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Sat 16 September 2023: A recent report highlights the pivotal role played by the EU in the shipment of Captagon pills from the Middle East to the Gulf region. Europe has become a pivotal transshipment point for the Syrian-made amphetamine known as Captagon as it moves from the Middle East to the Gulf region, a report has […]
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Fri 15 September 2023: In the Palestinian settlement of Ain Al-Helweh, which is close to the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, a truce was negotiated on Thursday after fighting there during the previous week killed about 20 lives, local media reported. This followed a day of negotiations spearheaded by the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, […]
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Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Palestine, Riyad Al-Maliki, and Bogota City Council member, Ana Teresa Bernal, inaugurate ‘the State of Palestine’ street in the Colombian city on 14 September 2023 [@ConcejoDeBogota/Twitter] Fri 15 September 2023: Colombia’s capital, Bogota, yesterday unveiled ‘State of Palestine’ street as a gesture of solidarity with the […]
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Thu 14 September 2023: Influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr has sparked controversy on social media platforms after blaming the floods in Libya that have left more than 5,000 people dead on the country’s involvement in the disappearance of Lebanese cleric Musa Al-Sadr in 1978. “As for Libya, its sin is unforgivable in not revealing the […]
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