This year, Eid al-Adha will be held on May 28 in Saudi Arabia; (Photo: File) Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has said that preparations have been completed to host more than 2 million pilgrims from 160 countries in the Holy Land. According to Al-Arabiya News, Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiyyah, released a documentary…
An estimated 6.1 million are internally displaced, a 17 per cent increase from October, according to its Displacement Tracking Matrix. IOM said civilians have been killed or forced to flee their homes due to a surge in violence and attacks by armed groups. Deadly attack, intolerable dangers At least 46 people were killed in the…
“Being a child in Haiti today is harsher and more dangerous than it ever has been in living memory. The threats and hardships children face are simply unimaginable. They desperately need protection and support,” said UNICEF Haiti Representative Bruno Maes. Displacement and violence Children find themselves in the crossfire, or directly targeted, as armed groups…
Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat and South Korea’s Ambassador to Egypt Kim Yong-hyun sign the agreement. A $460 million contract was signed between Egypt and South Korea for the metro train in Cairo. According to the Ministry of International Cooperation of Egypt, under the agreement, 40 trains containing 320 bogies will be provided…
The announcement comes as the European Union gears up to host the seventh Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region, beginning on Wednesday in Brussels. WFP took the decision, after exhausting all other options, to prioritize the three million Syrians who are unable to make it from one week to the next without…
A Russian court fined WhatsApp 3 million rubles for not removing banned content. Last year, Moscow declared WhatsApp’s source company, Meta Platforms, an ‘extremist’ organization. Other Metta services Facebook and Instagram are banned in Russia, and have also been fined for their content. Russia fined WhatsApp for refusing to comply with the country’s data laws…
The total population of Saudi Arabia has exceeded 32.1 million. According to the Department of Statistics of Saudi Arabia from Riyadh, the Department of Statistics has announced the population data until 2022. According to Arab media, the number of Saudi citizens in the total population is 188 million. The Saudi Department of Statistics said that…
Russia has given passports to 1.5 million citizens of the annexed territories of Ukraine. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that passports have been given to citizens of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson of Ukraine. Moscow announced the annexation of these areas to Russia in September last year. According to the foreign news agency, Russia…
America needs 1 million electricians for its environmental goals. According to Rewiring America, the U.S. needs 1 million electricians to install solar panels, build electric vehicle charging stations and heat pumps by 2035 as part of its carbon-free electricity plan. According to data from the Bureau of Labor, the annual salary of an electrician in…
A Singapore court ordered Credit Suisse to pay $926 million to the former Georgian prime minister. Credit Suisse was bought by another Swiss bank, UBS, in March amid fears that the bank might go bankrupt due to various scandals. Former Prime Minister of Georgia Budzina Ivansholi filed lawsuits against Credit Suisse in Singapore, New Zealand…
