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Saudi Arabia registers 1,301 pilgrim deaths during Haj
Riyadh; Saudi Arabia has announced that it recorded 1,301 deaths among pilgrims during the Haj season, 83 per cent of whom were unregistered individuals.
The Saudi Health Minister Fahd Al-Jalajel said on Sunday that the kingdom's…
Death toll of Tunisian pilgrims in Mecca reaches 53
Tunis: The death toll among Tunisian pilgrims who performed Haj in Saudi Arabia has risen to 53, the media reported.
"Until this Saturday, the number of Tunisian pilgrims who died in holy places in Saudi Arabia while performing the…
20 Moroccan pilgrims die during Haj in Saudi Arabia
Rabat: Moroccan authorities have said that 20 pilgrims from Morocco have died during this year's Haj rituals in Saudi Arabia.
The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs said on Friday in a statement that those deaths are…
US Army kills senior Islamic State official in Syria
Washington: The US Army has said they have killed a high-ranking member of the Islamic State terrorist militia in Syria in an airstrike.
"US Central Command conducted an airstrike in Syria, killing Usamah Jamal Muhammad Ibrahim…
Hezbollah head says ‘fight without limitations’ in case of war with Israel
Beirut: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has pledged a fight "without limitations" if Israel starts a war with the militant group.
Speaking during a memorial ceremony for a Hezbollah commander killed last week by an Israeli strike,…
US says civilian mariner injured in Houthi attack on cargo vessel
Washington: A civilian mariner on board a trade ship in the Gulf of Aden has been severely injured as the vessel was hit in an attack carried out by Yemen's Houthi rebels, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) has said in a statement.
The…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch boat-borne bomb attack against Greek-owned ship in Red Sea
In a warning to shippers, the British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center described the vessel as being hit in its stern by a small white craft southwest of the Houthi-controlled port city of Hodeida.
US-British coalition conducts 3 airstrikes on Yemen’s Red Sea port city
Sanaa: The US and British coalition conducted three airstrikes on Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, the media reported.
The airstrikes hit targets in the district of al-Salif, northwest of the coastal city, al-Masirah TV reported…
Yemen’s Houthi group claims strikes on British warship, commercial vessels
Aden; The Houthi group in Yemen said that it had carried out strikes targeting a British naval destroyer and two commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.
In a televised statement broadcast on the group's Al-Masirah channel,…
Egypt continues airdropping aid to northern Gaza: Army
Cairo, June 9 (IANS) The Egyptian Air Force, along with its counterparts from other friendly states, continued to carry out airdrops of humanitarian aid over the north of the Gaza Strip, said the Egyptian military.
The international…
4 killed, 5 injured in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon
Beirut: Four people, including two Hezbollah members, were killed, and five others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on villages in southern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources told the media.
The sources, who spoke anonymously, said on…
Houthis claim attacks against 2 commercial vessels in Red Sea
Sanaa: Yemen's Houthi group has claimed responsibility for launching missile and drone attacks against two commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement on Friday that the attacks targeted…
US envoy meets with Egyptian ministers in Cairo over Gaza crisis
Cairo: White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk has held separate meetings with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Defence Minister Mohamed Zaki here to discuss the latest developments of the crisis…
Houthis claim launching missiles at Israeli port city
Sanaa: Yemen's Houthi group has said they launched a ballistic missile attack on southern Israel's port city of Eilat, the group's Military Spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement.
The missile forces of the Houthi group targeted on…
Qatar, Egypt, US urge Hamas, Israel to reach agreement
Doha: Qatar, the US, and Egypt have jointly called on Hamas and Israel to finalise an agreement based on the principles of a US proposal, according to a statement from the Qatari Foreign Ministry.
The three countries jointly call on…
Yemen’s Houthis shoot down MQ-9 Reaper drone
Sanaa, May 30 (IANS) Houthi group has said it shot down an MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen's central Marib.
Yahya Sarea, the group's military spokesman, said on Wednesday in the statement broadcast by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV that "a…
Ship attacked, takes on water in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen
No group immediately claimed responsibility, but suspicion immediately fell on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have launched a number of attacks targeting ships over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
UAE President to make state visit to S. Korea
Seoul: United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will make a state visit to South Korea on Tuesday to discuss ways to expand cooperation in energy, defence and other areas.
Mohamed will visit South Korea for a…
Iran prepares to bury late president, foreign minister and others killed in helicopter crash
President Ebrahim Raisi's burial in Mashhad caps days of processionals through much of Iran, seeking to bolster the country's theocracy after the crash killing him, the country's foreign minister and six others.
Likely attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targets a vessel in the Red Sea
The Houthis did not immediately acknowledge any attack there, though suspicion fell on the group