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The A Spaniard who had vowed to walk from France to Makkah to perform Umrah has left Kuwait and entered Saudi Arabia. Ishaq has reportedly walked for more than 9,000 kilometres since he left the French capital Paris, the start of his journey, about five...

Move is in retaliation for wave of ejections of Russian officials after alleged poisoning on ex-spy and daughter. Russia has expelled 59 diplomats from 23 countries as the dispute over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in Britain worsens. The move on Friday was...

A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen called on Sunday for the United Nations to place a strategic port under its supervision after 42 Somalis were killed in an attack on their refugee boat nearby. The refugees had departed from the western port city of Hodeidah...

Janet Jackson, who embraced Islam in 2012 after marrying Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana, has been spotted wearing a beautiful Islamic compliant attire whilst clearly showing her being heavily pregnant. She looks content and at peace as she with her husband Wissam Al Mana expect...

US secretary of state Rex Tillerson called for an end to the blockade by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Qatar on Friday, saying the “troubling situation” was imposing hardship and hindering US military efforts in the campaign against Isis. “We call on the kingdom...

New York Post reports FBI evidence in a lawsuit alleges Saudi Arabia's US embassy may have funded test run for Sept 11. New evidence in a 9/11 lawsuit against the government of Saudi Arabia alleges the kingdom's embassy in Washington, DC may have funded a...

Draft resolution to UN also urges oil embargo and textile exports ban in response to Pyongyang's sixth nuclear test. The United States has asked the UN Security Council to freeze the assets of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and slap an oil embargo on the...

Türkiye and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed 13 agreements on various areas during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the Gulf country. The agreements on Monday were signed during the meeting between the Turkish and UAE delegation chaired jointly by Erdogan and Abu...

  DUBAI: Russia on Saturday (Jun 10) called for dialogue to resolve a dispute between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours, as Riyadh and its allies welcomed US President Donald Trump's demand that Doha stop funding extremist groups. Rights group Amnesty International warned of "heartbreak and fear"...

Saudi authorities have prevented Qatari nationals from entering the Grand Mosque in Mecca, marking a sharp escalation in the Gulf diplomatic crisis, Doha-based Al Sharq newspaper has reported. Qatar's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) received complaints from Qatari citizens that pilgrims from Qatar were barred...