New Delhi: Saudi Arabia has informed India that pilgrims will be able to travel to that country for Haj this year and the Indian quota has been fixed at 79,237 pilgrims due to Covid limitations, Ministry of Minority Affairs officials said on Friday.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Saturday announced that it will allow one million Haj pilgrims from inside and outside of the kingdom to perform Haj this year.

Makkah (Saudi Arabia): The crescent Moon for the Holy month of Raman was sighted in Saudi Arabia which will now mark first day of Ramadan on Saturday.

Jeddah: Saudi Arabia on Thursday released a fresh list of the Kingdom’s designated terrorists. The list includes 25 names including two Indian nationals among others.

Dubai: A rockslide that sent giant slabs of stone cascading into a quarry in the northwest of Oman earlier this week has killed at least 10 people, rescue services said on Thursday.

Dubai: The UAE Unit of Uchila Jamath on Monday elected its new executive committee for the next term of the office. Mohammed Ali Uchil was elected as the President of the Unit while Abdul Majeed Uchil, Basheer KK and Raheem Uchil will serve as Vice Presidents.

Sanaa: A Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen unleashed a barrage of airstrikes on the capital and a strategic Red Sea city, officials said Saturday. At least seven people were killed.

Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked an oil depot on Friday in the Saudi city of Jiddah ahead of a Formula One race in the kingdom. It was the rebels' highest-profile assault yet, though Saudi authorities pledged the upcoming grand prix would go on as scheduled.