Alsiasi News in Photos
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In pictures: Shetland’s Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival
Shetland’s famous Up Helly Aa fire festival – with women and girls in the torchlit procession for the first time…
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Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh: Heavy snow disrupts life in India’s Himalayan states
Heavy snowfall has impeded daily life across many parts of northern India. In Indian-administered Kashmir, a thick blanket of snow…
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Civil marriage, divorce: UAE Personal Status Law takes effect – all you need to know
The United Arab Emirates has taken a huge step forward for legal equality and protection for non-Muslim expats. The Federal Personal…
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Sharjah converts ‘Kalba Ice Factory’ building into cool art spaces
Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) has completed the planned transformation of Kalba Ice Factory, an abandoned 20,000 sq. meter industrial site…
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What is Groundhog Day in US? Furry critter to predict early spring, longer winter
People will gather Thursday at Gobbler’s Knob as members of Punxsutawney Phil’s “inner circle” summon him from his tree stump…
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Pope condemns enslavement of Africa
Pope Francis on Tuesday condemned what he termed “economic colonialism” in Africa, on the first day of a trip to…
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Rare green comet will appear in night sky for first time since Stone Age
A green comet will soon pass by Earth for the first time in 50 millennia, the last time it appeared in the…
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Flood of 1953: Canvey Island defiant in face of rising sea levels
Seventy years ago, a freak blend of weather events caused one of the worst natural disasters in British peacetime history.…
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First Christian Mass held in Saudi Arabia
The first Christian mass has just been celebrated in the history of Saudi Arabia. The mass was held for Christian Copts living…
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Kuwaiti travels Arab world on bicycle
Cyclist Abdelrahman Al-Khamees, a young Kuwaiti with big dreams, wants to change the cycling scene in Kuwait and around the…
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