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LONDON: Islamic charitable groups in the UK donated £20.2 billion ($24.4 billion) to local and international causes last year, according to an official report. More than 165,000 groups or individuals contributed to the total, according to the study by the National Council for Voluntary Organizations, reported Kuwait News Agency on Wednesday. According to a separate study by

AL-MUKALLA: Eritrean authorities have released 166 out of 267 detained Yemeni fishermen, but have refused to hand back their vessels or their personal belongings. Locals said on Wednesday that the first group of 115 released fishermen arrived in the Red Sea town of Khokha on Tuesday, while a second group of 51 arrived on the same day in the coastal region south of the port

ISLAMABAD: Embattled Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan returned to court on Wednesday, as the nation’s human rights watchdog warned all sides are to blame in a rapidly deteriorating democratic crisis. Khan’s brief arrest earlier this month sparked days of deadly unrest before Islamabad orchestrated a crackdown on his party, including mass arrests and a pledge to try some

RIYADH: Saudi border guards in the Jazan region recently foiled attempts to smuggle 100 kilograms of qat. The seized drugs have since been handed over to the relevant authorities, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Anyone with information or suspicions about drug-related activities or promotion can call 911 in the Makkah, Riyadh, and Eastern Province regions, and 999 in the rest

Mukesh Kapila is Professor Emeritus of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs at the University of Manchester and a former senior official at the United Nations and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

ROME: The Italian government on Wednesday lifted restrictions on the export of military weapons to Saudi Arabia, ending an embargo which began in 2019. The move was announced in a communique at the end of a Council of Ministers presided over by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The decision was made “in accordance with the foreign and defense policy of Italy,” the official

RIYADH: The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Hissein Brahim Taha recently held a meeting with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen in Dhaka. The two men expressed their satisfaction with the level of cooperation between the OIC and Bangladesh and discussed ways and means to enhance it. Taha commended the leadership of Bangladesh for providing

LONDON: Al Pacino is preparing to welcome his fourth child with Kuwaiti-American girlfriend Noor Alfallah, The Independent reported on Wednesday. The 83-year-old Hollywood actor and his partner have been dating since the pandemic, according to Page Six. Alfallah, 29, is reportedly eight months into her pregnancy, with TMZ saying that Pacino’s representatives had confirmed the

LONDON: Only 271 out of 270,000 Afghans judged as needing protection were resettled in the EU last year, with a charity criticizing member states for failing refugees, The Guardian reported on Wednesday. The International Rescue Committee said the figures represent “staggering neglect” of Afghan refugees, with EU member states falling short of meeting their resettlement

In an address to Ukrainians last year, President Volodymyr Zelensky said: “The recovery of Ukraine is not only about what needs to be done later, after our victory, but also about what needs to be done at this time. And we have to do it together with our partners. Do now.” More than 450 days have passed since the start of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. The