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The US Army is testing robot dogs mounted with AI-enabled guns at a military facility in the Middle East, according to Military.com. Photos shared by the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) show one such robot dog undergoing “rehearsals” at the Red Sands Integrated Experimentation Center in Saudi Arabia in mid-September as part of a…
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia expressed its “great concern” at the conflict in Lebanon on Monday, calling for the country’s “sovereignty and territorial integrity” to be respected. A foreign ministry statement said: “the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is following with great concern the developments taking place in the Republic of Lebanon.” As the country’s health…
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Saudi Arabia, the only bidder for the 2034 World Cup, will host the 48-team tournament in fifteen stadiums across five cities, including eight in the capital, state media said on Wednesday. The announcement came days after the kingdom submitted its official bid to the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). Saudi Arabia plans…
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud is seen. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Saudi Arabia, which restored ties with Tehran last year following a years-long rift, on Saturday congratulated Iran’s new president-elect, the reformist Masoud Pezeshkian. King Salman, in a message to Pezeshkian, expressed hope for the “continued development of relations which…
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Saudi TV creator Abdulaziz Almuzaini, whose animated Netflix show has made waves for breaking social taboos, said he had been convicted by an anti-terrorism court, prompting condemnation from rights advocates. The kingdom’s Specialised Criminal Court, established in 2008 to try suspects accused of terrorism, “issued against me (a sentence of) 13 years, followed by a…
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Students raise slogans during a protest over the alleged irregularities in NEET 2024 results. | Photo Credit: – 48% of 1,563 candidates skip NEET-UG re-exam Of the 1,563 candidates eligible to appear for the re-exam of the undergraduate National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG), only 813 (approximately 52%) took it on Sunday. Another 750 candidates (approximately 48%)…
Muslim devotees walk around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca. File | Photo Credit: FADEL SENNA The number of deaths during this year’s haj pilgrimage totaled 1,301 people, Saudi Arabia’s health minister Fahad Al-Jalajel said on Sunday. The minister, quoted by state television, said that…
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Muslim pilgrims holding umbrellas walk on the third day of the Satan stoning ritual, amid extremely hot weather, during the annual haj pilgrimage, in Mina, Saudi Arabia, on June 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters A diplomat in Saudi Arabia said on June 19 that 68 Indian nationals died during the haj pilgrimage this year…
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Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun during the annual haj, in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on June 18, 2024. Muslim pilgrims were wrapping up the Haj pilgrimage in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday | Photo Credit: AP Diplomats on Tuesday said at least 550 pilgrims…
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Muslim pilgrims take part in the annual haj pilgrimage in Mina, Saudi Arabia, June 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters At least 19 Jordanian and Iranian pilgrims have died while on the haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, authorities from their countries said on June 16, as temperatures soar in the kingdom. “Fourteen Jordanian pilgrims died…