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Hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a Palestinian official. The official with the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department told Anadolu Agency that…

Saudi Arabia late Saturday condemned the ongoing Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, which left at least 29 Palestinians dead and dozens injured. A statement by the Saudi Foreign Ministry said the kingdom stands by the Palestinian…

A United Nations panel yesterday ruled that France had violated an "international human rights treaty" by preventing a Muslim woman from wearing her headscarf in school. The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) said in a statement that the…

Saudi Arabia's budget has witnessed a fiscal surplus of 135.4 billion riyals ($36.1 billion) during the first half of 2022 amid a rise in crude oil revenues. The kingdom's Ministry of Finance yesterday said in a statement that the…

Israeli airlines have obtained Saudi permission to cross its airspace, Israeli media reported, Anadolu News Agency reports. The official I24NEWS channel said, Thursday, that the Israeli airlines El Al, Israir and Arkia, obtained the…

Israel's national airline, El Al, has been given official approval from the Saudi Arabian authorities to operate flights in the kingdom's airspace, Israeli broadcaster Kan has confirmed. "This approval will go into effect today, which is…

Saudi Arabia's envoy to the United Nations, Ambassador Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohamed Al-Wasel, has warned of the repercussions of "Iran's nuclear practices" and Israel's non-accession to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. "The…

French Interior Minister, Gerald Darmanin, announced on Tuesday that Morocco is ready to receive Moroccan preacher, Hassan Iquioussen, after he is deported from France, AFP reported. Iquioussen is accused of using hate speech against the…

Latest News / Aramco, Sinopec sign MoU to collaborate on new projects in Saudi Arabia / Saudi Arabia welcomes extending Yemen truce for two months / UN Mission calls for urgent solutions to Iraq…

Saudi Arabia welcomed, on Wednesday, the two-month extension of the truce in Yemen, and stressed on the need to open the humanitarian crossings in Taiz. "The Kingdom hails the efforts of the United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans…

Latest News / US State Department approves billions of dollars' worth of arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE / Hindu activists force Muslim University to remove writers Qutb, Maududi from syllabus / PFLP…

India's Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has decided to remove books by renowned Islamic thinkers and scholars, Maulana Abul Ala Maududi and Syed Qutb from its syllabus taught in the Department of Islamic Studies. "In order to avoid the…

The authorities in Saudi Arabia have removed the protective barriers cordoning off the holy Ka'bah in the Grand Mosque in Makkah after two and a half years of restrictive measures aimed at enforcing social distancing among pilgrims to…

The bombings which targeted Argentina's Jewish community in the 1990s have returned to haunt Arab and Muslim communities in the South American country following a new investigation by the Israeli Mossad spy agency in which Hezbollah is…

Schools in Saudi Arabia operating under Turkiye's National Education Ministry will reopen soon, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a statement, the Ministry said the schools will reopen as diplomatic contacts between Turkish and Saudi…