The expansion of the emerging economies was announced at the 3-day BRICS summit that took place in Johannesburg earlier this week. The six additional countries that will be part of the BRICS string include Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Argentina. The criteria and determining factors[…]
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is establishing two new companies to increase the number of pilgrims that the Kingdom can host at Two Holy Mosques. The Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund said the companies — Rou’a Al-Haram and Rou’a Al-Madinah — will develop residential and commercial areas around the Grand Mosque[…]
Sustained and continuous expansion of the Two Holy Mosques and other holy sites and consummate services provided by the government have played a major role in increasing the number of pilgrims arriving here perform Haj in recent years. Upgradation and improvement of services and infrastructure including communications, roads, airports, hotels[…]
Israel’s Civil Administration advanced plans for the development of 1,065 housing units in eight different settlements throughout occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, a settlement watchdog announced Thursday. The civil administration — Israel’s governing body for the occupied West Bank — approved 15 plans for various planning stages in[…]
A UN official has warned that Israel’s plans for further settlements in East Jerusalem could ignite more violence and threaten the viability of the future Palestinian state. UN political chief Jeffrey Feltman called on Israel on Wednesday “to rescind” its plan to build 1,000 new homes, which he said was[…]
More than 2 million pilgrims, who are to perform Haj this year, can use the newly expanded areas of the Grand Mosque in Makkah for prayers, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered. In accordance with the royal directives, pilgrims will be able to perform prayers inside[…]
India’s prime minister has dismissed al-Qaeda’s plan to set up a South Asia branch, saying it was “delusional” to think the country’s Muslim minority would follow orders to wage a struggle based on religion against their country. It was Narendra Modi’s first reaction to al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri’s announcement this[…]
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