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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud has sent a cable of congratulations to President Samia Suluhu Hassan of the United Republic of Tanzania on the anniversary of her country’s Union Day.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the president constant good health and happiness and the government and people of the United Republic of Tanzania steady progress and prosperity.
Source: Saudi Press Agency
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah yesterday met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Republic of Yemen Dr. Shaya Mohsin Zindani.
At the outset of the meeting, the Saudi Foreign Minister offered his congratulations to Dr. Zindani for his recent appointment as Yemen’s foreign minister, wishing him all success in his new position. The two ministers reviewed the aspects of bilateral relations and ways of enhancing them in various fields along with discussing issues of common interest.
The meeting was attended by Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Jaber.
Source: Saudi Press Agency
Under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, Chairman of the General Sports Authority, and President of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, the fifth edition of the Bahrain Comic Con kicked off today at the Bahrain International Circuit.
HH Shaikh Khalid’s sons, HH Shaikh Faisal bin Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa and HH Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa opened the Bahrain Comic Con 2024, in the presence of senior guests and invitees.
While touring the event, Their Highnesses were briefed about the most prominent activities, including various comic books, films, television programmes and games.
With a distinguished array of activities, and in the presence of guests and celebrities from around the world, the event offers the attendees a unique and unforgettable experience.
Bahrain Comic Con 2024 offers the attendees the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities, including exploring the designated
shopping area, viewing the artists’ exhibition, competing in the e-gaming hall, enjoying shows in the cinema hall, indulging in delicious food at the food festival, and engaging in Q and A sessions and autograph signings with all celebrities, providing fans the chance to meet their favourite stars.
The two-day Bahrain Comic Con is a major event that promotes the kingdom globally, as it attracts an elite of celebrities, offers a variety of activities, and draws a large number of visitors.
Source: Bahrain News Agency
Ma’an – The Council of Endowments, Affairs and Islamic Holy Sites held an urgent meeting today, Thursday, to examine the bitter reality that the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is suffering from, including the growth and encroachment of extremist groups in their incursions into the courtyards of the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and desecration of it under the pretext of religious holidays, and the occupation authorities’ persistence in planning this behavior based on imposing The facts are based on the logic of force, and within the dimensions of a replacement narrative that ignores the facts of our Islamic and Arab history in the city of Jerusalem and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, which spares no effort in canceling and obliterating them.
The Council of Endowments, Affairs and Islamic Holy Sites in Jerusalem confirmed its growing fears of the state of official Arab and Islamic negligence and helplessness regarding the issue of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, which extremist groups translated by organizing central and massive i
ncursions into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, in conjunction with preventing masses of Muslim worshipers from entering their mosque in light of the spectacle. Bloody, it cannot be separated from the general picture and the reality of the situation throughout the occupied territories.
The Endowments Council appreciated the unity of the Palestinian people around the issue of their sanctities, to which they gave dearly and preciously, and never hesitated to affirm their presence in preserving, uplifting and reconstructing them, generation after generation.
The Endowments Council called on all the Palestinian people, wherever they are located, to intensify their presence and support in their blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Endowments Council appealed to the Hashemite custodian of the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Al-Quds Al-Sharif to mobilize the international community and call on the governments of the Islamic and Arab world to activate their available capabilities and do their duty in order to prevent
this absurdity and reject these unfair policies against one of the most important Muslim mosques linked to the Muslim faith, which must not be tolerated. And ignoring it so that the tragedy that occurred in the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, which was left alone without help or support, would not be repeated.
Source: Maan News Agency
National News Agency correspondent in Marjeyoun reported that enemy aircraft raided the center of the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Kila.
The enemy’s air raid on Kfar Kila targeted a house in the town and completely destroyed it.
Additionally, NNA correspondent in west Beqa reported that two martyrs fell in an Israeli enemy drone strike that targeted their car on the Maidoun-Sraira road.
Source: National news agency – Lebanon
A medical source in Kirkuk Governorate announced that a child in primary school died after falling into a pool of water south of Kirkuk Governorate.
The source said, ‘The child (Al-Farouq Omar Ahmed), born in 2015, is a primary school student and lives in Al-Sayadah apartment complex south of Kirkuk. He died by drowning after falling into a pool of water near his house, where he was playing with a group of his friends. He went down to the pool and tried to swim in it, but he could not.’ He could not get out of it, which led to his drowning.’
He explained that “the parents took the child’s body out of the pool and then transferred it to the Forensic Medicine Department
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has sent a cable of congratulations to President Samia Suluhu Hassan of the United Republic of Tanzania on the anniversary of her country’s Union Day.
HRH the Crown Prince wished the president constant good health and happiness and the government and people of the United Republic of Tanzania steady progress and prosperity.
Source: Saudi Press Agency
The Council of Senior Scholars has confirmed that obtaining a Hajj permit is obligatory according to Sharia law, which seeks to promote and enhance the interests of individuals and the community while preventing harm and evil. The council emphasized that going for Hajj without obtaining a permit is not permissible, and those who do so are committing a sin.
The council’s statement was issued today following a presentation by representatives of the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, and the General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque. They highlighted the challenges and risks associated with failing to comply with the permit requirement.
The council’s statement notes that government agencies responsible for organizing the Hajj season develop a comprehensive plan based on authorized numbers that cover all aspects, including security, health, accommodation, catering, and other services. The more the number of pilgrims is consistent with the auth
orized figures, the better the service quality and the lower the risk of harm, it said.
This includes preventing situations such as sleeping on the roads, which can impede their movement and transportation and may lead to casualties due to overcrowding.
Source: Saudi Press Agency
South Korea has announced its intention to enhance its missile defense capabilities by purchasing Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptors from the United States to enhance missile defense against North Korean threats.
The defense procurement agency of South Korea, as reported by the Korean news agency (Yonhap), has indicated that its weapons programme review committee has approved the plan to acquire SM-3 missiles through Foreign Military Sales (government-to-government) by 2030, at an estimated cost of USD 583.4 million.
The anti-ballistic missile system is expected to be installed on South Korean Aegis destroyers.
The SM-3 system, a ship based surface-to-air missile used by the US Navy, is capable of intercepting ballistic missiles at altitudes exceeding 100 kilometers.
Source: Bahrain News Agency
Ma’an Correspondent – The occupation forces prevented dozens of Palestinian youth from entering Al-Aqsa to perform Friday prayers, beat and pushed a number of them, and suppressed prayer at the Lions’ Gate.
The occupation forces erected iron barricades at the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque, especially on Bab al-Asbat Road, and arrested young men arriving there and checked IDs, in addition to conducting a physical search and searching bags and suitcases.
Coinciding with the time of the call to prayer, the forces imposed restrictions on the entry of worshipers to Al-Aqsa via the Lions’ Gate road. By forcing them to walk on a designated road only, which led to crowding in the place, and refused to allocate any lane for women and the elderly, and during that time, it prevented dozens of young men and boys from entering Al-Aqsa to perform prayers, and assaulted them by pushing and beating them to force them to leave the place, and also assaulted the elderly by pushing them while demanding them. By passing and removing
iron barriers from the road.
The forces also suppressed prayers at Lions Gate, prevented young men from praying, removed them, and assaulted them by beating them with batons and pushing them. Despite this, the young men performed prayers at the closest point to Al-Aqsa where they were able to be, ‘the road between Ras al-Amud and Lions Gate.’
At dawn prayer, the forces prevented dozens of worshipers from entering Al-Aqsa, pursued them until they drove them out of the Old City, and beat them.
While 45 thousand worshipers performed Friday prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque,
The measures of oppression, beatings, and preventing Muslims from entering Al-Aqsa freely come at the same time as allowing thousands of settlers to enter Al-Aqsa and pray there on the ‘Jewish Passover.’
Source: Maan News Agency
The ‘Islamic Resistance’ announced in a statement, ‘In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and in support of their valiant and honorable resistance, our mujahideen targeted at 6:20 pm on Friday, April 26, 2024, the enemy’s Al-Ramtha site in the occupied Lebanese hills of Kfar Shuba, with missile weapons, and achieved direct hit.’
Source: National news agency – Lebanon
A Health source in Dhi Qar announced that 7 people were killed and injured in a traffic accident on the highway linking Nasiriyah and Basra.
The source told the Nasiriyah News Network that the bus collided, while arriving at the city limits of Nasiriyah, with a truck near the Asia Restaurant, causing the death of one person and the injury of 6 others.
He indicated that the injured were transferred to Souq Al-Shuyoukh Hospital to receive treatment.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency