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Madinah Governor Thanks Pilgrims for Making Hajj a Success


Madinah’s Governor Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz thanked pilgrims visiting the Prophet’s Mosque for their role in making this year’s Hajj a success.

The Prince said during a ceremony honoring those who served pilgrims this year, in the presence of Madinah’s Deputy Gov. https://ift.tt/1p5TKH4 http://bit.ly/2DOz6Vx

Google Celebrates its 20th Birthday


Google celebrated on Tuesday its 20th anniversary. When Larry Page and Sergey Brin unveiled Google on September 4, 1998, Microsoft had just become the most valuable company in the world at over $260 billion with the release of Windows 98. Apple had just released the iMac and popular films of the year included Titanic, Armageddon, Mulan, and Saving Private Ryan.

Today, the global search engine, which also owns YouTube and Google Maps, is used by about 1.17 billion people in 100 countries and is valued at about $500 billion.

How was life before Google? https://ift.tt/1p5TKH4 http://bit.ly/2DOz6Vx

Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq Acknowledges Iran’s Support


Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq described on Friday a report released two days ago on how Iran maintains contact and support with it as “worthless.”

“Information published in the US report is worthless, to say the least,” official spokesman of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH) and newly-elected MP Naim al-Aboudi told Asharq Al-Awsat on Friday.

On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal cited recently declassified documents including interrogations held a decade ago by US-led forces in Iraq of Qais al-Khazali, who now heads the Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq that won 15 parliamentary seats in the country’s May elections.

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Iran Arrests 67 People amid Approval for Special Corruption Courts


The Iranian judiciary said Sunday that the authorities have arrested 67 people in a drive against financial crime, as special courts were being set up to try suspects quickly upon the orders of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

“Sixty seven suspects have been arrested, some of whom were released on bail, and more than 100 people including government employees and officials, as well as private employees and others have been given travel bans,” judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said in remarks carried by state television.

Earlier this month, the head of the central bank was sacked https://ift.tt/1p5TKH4 http://bit.ly/2DOz6Vx

Over 500,000 Hajj Pilgrims from Various Countries, Except Qatar, Arrive in Saudi Arabia


Governor of the Makkah region and Advisor to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Prince Khalid al-Faisal announced on Wednesday that, so far, some 558,000 pilgrims had arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform the Umrah and annual Hajj.

The pilgrims have come from all over the world, except Qatar, he revealed.

An official from the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah accused authorities in Doha of hindering citizens from performing the Hajj.

Prince Khalid, who is also Chairman of the Hajj’s Central Committee, said that the largest number of pilgrims have arrived from Indonesia with 103,000. https://ift.tt/1p5TKH4 http://bit.ly/2DOz6Vx

ووتش: أميركا تنتهج سلوك منتهكي حقوق الإنسان


علمت الجزيرة أن مندوبة أميركا بالأمم المتحدة راسلت منظمات حقوقية غير حكومية تحملها فيها مسؤولية انسحاب واشنطن من مجلس حقوق الإنسان. بالمقابل، انتقدت ووتش إلقاء واشنطن اللوم على الآخرين بإخفاقاتها.

توابع جديدة لعدم تصويت دول عربية لـ”المغرب 2026″


عبّر المتحدث باسم الحكومة المغربية مصطفى الخلفي عن أسف بلاده لعدم تصويت عدد من الدول لملف استضافة المغرب كأس العالم 2026، وأكد إصرار المغرب على الاستمرار بتنفيذ المشاريع الرياضية المبرمجة.

Damascus Constitutional Committee List Prompts Debate over ‘Presidential Powers’


Damascus handed Moscow, Iran and United Nations envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, a list of candidates to a committee tasked with reviewing the Syrian Constitution. https://ift.tt/1p5TKH4 http://bit.ly/2DOz6Vx

When Science Gets Demoted: The Case of Vitamins


Proponents of science-based medicine are fond of saying that there’s a name for alternative treatments that pass scientific tests: medicine. But what they don’t mention are those parts of long-established medicine that get demoted to “alternative” status — or should be.

For years, doctors pestered me — and apparently many other people — to take a daily multivitamin and a calcium supplement. There was nothing wrong with me; doctors said it was a kind of insurance. https://ift.tt/1p5TKH4 http://bit.ly/2DOz6Vx

إنقاذ مئات المهاجرين وغرق 11 قبالة سواحل ليبيا


أنقذت قوات خفر السواحلِ الليبية مئتي مهاجر غير نظامي كانوا على متن قاربين مطاطيين قبالة السواحل الليبية بعد ساعات من انتشالها 11 جثة لمهاجرين وإنقاذها 83 آخرين من الغرق.