- The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom has increased to 248,948
- A total of 3,093 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far
- Fatani was appointed as one of the Kingdom’s first female cultural attaches
- She holds a doctorate in pharmacology and toxicology from the University of Strathclyde
- The search for those missing since Tuesday’s blast intensified overnight, as rescuers sifted rubble in a frantic race to find anyone still alive after the explosion
- The government has promised a full investigation and put several port employees under house arrest
- The 34-year-old suspect had a history of mental health illness and spent time in a psychiatric hospital after taking several hostages in another bank in 2013
- French police: He constantly asked for Palestinian children to be freed from Israeli jails, and Palestinians under 40 to pray in Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem
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- Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, the Saudi Arabian energy minister, and his Iraqi counterpart, Ihsan Ismail, reaffirmed their commitment to the cuts
- Under tough economic pressure, Iraq had struggled to meet the full cuts, but Ismail promised to reach 100 percent this month
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Zamzam is the name of the well in Makkah that comes from the phrase Zome Zome, meaning ‘stop flowing,’ a command repeated by Hagar during her attempt to contain the spring water. Zamzam has over 60 names, including, Zamam, Taybah, Barah, Maymounah, Siqayatu-l Hajj, Barakah, Mubarakah, Kafiyah, Afiyah, Muathibah.
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- Mohamed Zeyada has secured his place in sporting history by winning a spot at the Olympic Games
- A big challenge for Zeyada has been Egypt’s longstanding ban on the import and export of horses
- The Lebanese news agency LBCI has said it will no longer provide coverage of any politician’s press conference, including Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah
- “Let your accomplishments speak for you and don’t distract people with storytelling,” an LBCI presenter said
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- A number of sunrise sectors have emerged in response to pandemic-linked business and lifestyle challenges
- In the GCC bloc, funding to MENA startups was up 2 percent in the first quarter compared with a year earlier
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