King

15 December , 2022

Malaysian King has not taken salary since start of COVID-19

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian King Al-Sultan Abdullah has not taken a salary since COVID-19 hit the country because he is concerned with the economic situation that has taken its toll on people’s livelihood, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. “I want to inform you that His Majesty has rejected taking salary since the…
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Politics

29 December , 2015

Mecca: Seasons of Pilgrimage and Anger

Two years after the end of the Ottoman Empire, in the wake of the First World War and the establishment of the secular Turkish Republic, the Arab region clamored for a revival of the caliphate. On 3 March 1926, delegates from Muslim countries, including Egypt, accepted an invitation from King…
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West Asia

20 December , 2011

Saudi Hosts 32nd GCC Summit

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah (L) and Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said enter the meeting room before the opening of the 32nd Summit of the GCC Supreme Council in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 19, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Wang Bo> news@theasian.asia
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