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Cricket: Zimbabwe thrash Afghanistan to level series

Brendan Taylor scored a majestic 125 as Zimbabwe thrashed Afghanistan by 154 runs in the second one-day international at Sharjah on Sunday to level...

UN thanks Saudi Arabia for helping Syrian refugees

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed its thanks to Saudi National Campaign for Syrian refugees for the provision of dates...

Soccer-Lacklustre Germany beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 in World Cup warmup

World champions Germany failed to hit top gear as they edged to a 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia in a lacklustre World Cup dress...

Ban virginity tests – Afghanistan rights panel

KABUL (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Afghanistan's human rights panel on Thursday backed an "unconditional ban" on virginity tests, saying they violate rights, lack scientific...

Into the gym: first Saudi female head of sports should get women exercising

By Heba Kanso BEIRUT, Oct 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Saudi Arabia's appointment of its first female head of sports should attract more women into...

Israeli MPs vote to make Arabic language classes compulsory in schools

Israeli lawmakers voted Wednesday to make Arabic classes compulsory for students from the age of six, in a move backers hoped would help improve...

2 electrocuted in Saudi Arabia amid severe thunderstorms

Saudi officials say two people were killed when they were electrocuted by a downed lamp post in Jeddah as severe thunderstorms forced schools and...

Afghan skipper Stanikzai to miss start of World Cup qualifiers

Afghanistan suffered a blow ahead of their 2019 World Cup qualifying campaign Monday when captain Asghar Stanikzai was ruled out of the start of...

Egypt banking on Salah’s Liverpool form at World Cup

Egypt coach Hector Cuper is hoping star striker Mohamed Salah can transfer the stellar form he's shown for Liverpool this season to the national...

Illegal kitchen raided in Makkah

Teams from Makkah Municipality stormed into a residential apartment where expatriates were preparing food illegally. According to a municipal official, the apartment was not...

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