Qatar’s Jama Masjid, file photo Citizens in Qatar get 11 days off on Eid-ul-Fitr, the Gulf nation’s Eid holidays will be from April 19 to 27. Due to weekly holidays on Friday and Saturday, total holidays will be 11 days. Yesterday, the government announced Eid holidays for ministries, government agencies, public departments and institutions. Eid…
Tehran: The Iranian government has invited King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia for a visit in view of further improvement in relations. Iranian news agency Tasnim reported with reference to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Iran has officially invited King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia to visit the country. Spokesperson of…
A paramilitary force has rebelled against the Sudanese army, which seized power after a military coup in 2021. After three days of clashes between the army and the paramilitary force (RSF) in Sudan, the Sudanese army chief ordered the disbandment of the RSF as rebels. According to the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Army Chief…
The foreign ministers of Iraq and Ukraine are shaking hands. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kaliba has arrived in Iraq to seek diplomatic support This is the first time that a Ukrainian foreign minister has visited Iraq since Russia invaded Ukraine last year. According to the foreign news agency, they want to get diplomatic support from…
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the Iranian Shah who was deposed in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, will visit Israel this week. This was announced by the government of Israel in a press release yesterday. The statement said that Reza Pahlavi wants to close the gap between the people of Israel and Iran. According to…
The death toll in the ongoing fighting between two factions of the army in Sudan’s capital Khartoum has risen to 97. The Arab media from Khartoum told through the Sudanese Doctor Association that 97 people have been killed and 1126 people have been injured so far in the clashes that have been going on for…
During the last decade of Ramadan, a unique record of more than 1 million pilgrims and pilgrims has been established in Masjid al-Haram (Makkah). On the night of Saturday 25th of Ramadan, 1.246 million (about twelve and a half lakh) Umrah pilgrims were present in Masjid Haram. Thus, in this Ramadan, an extraordinary number of…
Collage Photo: File Iran has officially invited Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz to visit Tehran. According to the report of the foreign news agency, the spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Office, Nasser Kanani, says that Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi has sent an invitation to Saudi King Salman. He said that the Iranian president has…
“We are worried that despite positive reforms undertaken by the Government of Zambia, the delays in sovereign debt restructuring compromise its ability to mobilise and maximise resources for the full realisation of human rights, as per its obligations under international human rights law,” the independent human rights experts said. Roadblocks to economic reform In August 2022, Zambia secured…
“Diplomacy, not isolation, is the only way forward,” the senior official from the Department of Peace Operations said. “The lack of unity and action in the Security Council does little to slow the negative trajectory on the Korean Peninsula.” The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), more commonly known as North Korea, “is unconstrained, and…
