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Doha-based media network says the demand by Saudi Arabia and allies aims 'to suppress people's right to information'. Al Jazeera Media Network has condemned a demand by Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries to shut the media organisation, calling it "nothing short than a...

Defence minister says Ankara has no plans to review ties with Qatar, after Arab states issue demands to end Gulf crisis. Turkey has rejected a call from four Arab countries to shut down its military base in Qatar, saying the base was a guarantor of...

Horndiplomat-The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) Authority has partnered with Dahabshil group to raise funds for the recently launched aid campaign named “For Your Sake, Somalia” meant to help the more than six million people who desperately need humanitarian assistance following droughts in Somaliland and...

Agreement reached on increasing efforts to end tension between Gulf states and Qatar, sources from Erdogan's office say. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken with Saudi Arabia's King Salman and its new crown prince over the phone and they agreed to increase efforts to...

By Mohamed Muse,           The decision which has taken by the led Saudi governments to cut ties with sister country of Qatar is categorically presenting a significant political interest. Saudi has accused Qatar that they have provides support to the extremist groups who were categorized as...

MAKKAH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has ordered the extension of Eid holidays for all public sector employees by one week. Government offices, which were scheduled to reopen after Eid holidays on July 2, will now open on July 9. Eid Al-Fitr...

Qatar's government announces the arrival of the first group of Turkish soldiers to participate in joint drills. The Qatari defence ministry has announced the arrival of the first group of Turkish soldiers in the capital, Doha, to take part in joint military exercises. The forces conducted...

Pakistan is refusing to abandon its neutrality after being asked by Saudi Arabia to take a stance amid growing tensions between a number of Gulf Arab states and Qatar. Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif  held a meeting Monday in...

By:Shafaat Shahbandari, Staff Reporter Dubai: Competition at the 21st Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA) is heating up as the annual programme reaches the half-way mark. Several contestants, including Esmail Omar from Somalia, Magomedov Gadzhimurad from Russia and Naadih Abdul Hameed from Maldives, have made their...

The United Nations migration agency has said it is "deeply concerned" about some 260 Somali and Ethiopian migrants allegedly held and mistreated by criminal gangs in Libya. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said it believes that a harrowing video of them posted on social...