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ROME: The secretary-general of the Muslim World League has offered economic support to the Islamic community in Florence to buy a building to host a new Center. “If the Islamic community of Florence officially asks for funds for the new mosque, we will study how to support it financially,” Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa said at an event in the Italian city attended by Arab

LONDON: Sophie, the duchess of Edinburgh, made the UK royal family’s first-ever trip to Baghdad, on a visit to support victims of sexual violence. She spent two days in the Iraqi capital, visiting a girls’ school and meeting with the country’s president and prime minister. The trip was unannounced due to security reasons. She delivered a speech at the annual Women’s Voices

RIYADH: Crude prices went up on Wednesday after US fuel supplies tightened and a warning from the Saudi energy minister to speculators raised the prospect of further output cuts from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, known as OPEC+. Brent crude futures rose 56 cents, or 0.73 percent, to $77.40 a barrel at 11 a.m. Saudi time, while the US

DUBAI: The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) Film Productions has launched a new fund designed to attract international filmmakers to shoot fully financed movies in Saudi Arabia during the Cannes Film Festival. Ithra Film initiative targets aim to fund up to five flicks a year. During a panel discussion, Majed Samman, head of performing arts and cinema at Ithra,

MANILA: The past 10 years have not been easy for Vicente Berosil and other fishermen in Masinloc, since their livelihoods disappeared when Chinese ships suddenly entered the waters they had known for generations as their own. Berosil’s home, a small coastal municipality in Luzon, the largest island of the Philippines, has in its territorial jurisdiction waters that have been

RIYADH: Qatar, along with other Gulf countries, is seeing significant growth in non-oil activities as the region diversifies and seeks independence from oil, as shown by figures highlighted by the country’s prime minister. Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani stated his country’s non-oil sector grew by 9.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022, and oil

Fintechs in the Middle East and North Africa are booming, thanks to funding increases and revised licensing regimes.

RIYADH: Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as investor concern over the risk of a US debt default dampened risk appetite, although a tighter market due to a seasonal rise in gasoline demand and supply cuts from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, known as OPEC+, lent support. US President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ended talks on

CAIRO: The British Embassy in Cairo is hosting a high-level exhibition to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by archaeologist Howard Carter and his Egyptian-UK team. The exhibition tells the story of Carter, the excavation of Tutankhamun’s tomb, and the subsequent fascination with the discovery. The embassy said in a statement that the event was being

KATMANDU: A Nepali sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 28th time on Tuesday, an official said, completing his second ascent in just a week, as the toll in this year’s climbing season reached 11.Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, reached the 8,849-meter summit by the traditional southeast ridge route, said Nepali tourism official Bigyan Koirala, following his 27th climb