Tag: Gulf
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India ‘Shocked’ At Qatar Death Penalty For 8 Citizens
India said Thursday that eight of its citizens had been sentenced to death by Qatar in a case that media reported involved high-ranking ex-naval officers accused of spying. New Delhi said it would “take up the verdict with Qatari authorities” and would continue to “extend all consular and legal assistance” to the prisoners, the foreign…
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Grieving son spent two years of his life at mother’s grave
An Algerian boy has received empathy from thousands of social media users after he was found in a derelict state, living next to his mother’s grave in a local cemetery. Ismail Beraba, a young man from the province of Adrar in southern Algeria, has been living in the cemetery for years after his mother died.…
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‘We don’t look at Israel as an enemy’: Saudi Crown prince reveals in rare interview
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Israel a “potential ally” of Riyadh, in an interview with a United States (US) monthly magazine, The Atlantic. “But we have to solve some issues before we get to that,” he added. “We don’t look at Israel as an enemy, we look to them as a potential ally,…
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In Saudi Arabia, women riders debut in camel beauty contest
For the first time in the kingdom, Saudi women paraded camels in a beauty pageant for the “desert ship”. “I hope today to reach a certain social standing, InshaAllah (God willing),” said Lamia al-Rashidi, 27, who participated at the weekend contest in the Rumah desert northeast of the capital Riyadh. Part of the famous King…