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Hasidic Jews wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus disease walk in the town of Uman in central Ukraine on September 16, 2020, days before the Jewish New Year. (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV / AFP)

Hasidic pilgrims at Ukrainian border refuse to return despite Israel plea
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Saudi Arabia concludes hajj amid pandemic
A picture taken on July 29, 2020 shows pilgrims circumambulating around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the centre of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, ahead of the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage. - Mask-clad Muslim pilgrims began the annual hajj, dramatically downsized this year as the Saudi hosts strive to prevent a coronavirus outbreak during the five-day pilgrimage. The hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam and a must for able-bodied Muslims at least once in their lifetime, is usually one of the world's largest religious gatherings. (Photo by STR / AFP)

Pilgrims begin downsized hajj amid pandemic
RIYADH: A handout picture provided yesterday shows King Salman bin Abdulaziz chairing a virtual cabinet meeting from his office at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital late Tuesday. — AFP

Pilgrims vie for hajj; king chairs cabinet
SHEIKHUPURA, Pakistan: Residents gather around the wreckage of a van alongside a railway track following an accident between a train and the van transporting Sikh pilgrims in Farooqabad on Friday. - AFP

22 Sikhs killed as train rams van in Pakistan
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Saudi Arabia suspends entry for pilgrims over coronavirus
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Saudi Arabia restricts entry to pilgrims, visitors from virus-hit countries
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OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais.
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DOHA: Kuwait’s Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah speaks at the 41st meeting of the Interior Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council. — KUNA photos
Interior minister calls for uniting GCC security efforts
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TUNIS: President of Tunisia Kais Saied receives Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya. — KUNA
Tunisian president receives Kuwaiti foreign minister