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Arab News says JORDANIAN authorities on Thursday have charged eight people in multiple crimes, primarily offenses that led to death and damage of others’ money, following a gas leak in the southern port city of Aqaba, state news agency Petra reported.

Arab News says A JORDANIAN teen received a new spine made of rope in a pioneering operation in Dubai, making her the first recipient of the surgery in the Middle East and North Africa region.

France24 says THE BIGGEST HAJJ pilgrimage since COVID began starts, with hundreds of thousands of mostly maskless worshippers expected to circle Islam’s holiest site in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca.

Arab News says AL JAZEERA journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely killed by unintentional gunfire from Israeli positions, but independent investigators could not reach a definitive conclusion.

Arab News says YEMENI special forces have launched an offensive against Al-Qaeda in the southern governorate of Abyan, amid reports that the terrorist group is attempting a comeback.

Arab News says JORDAN’S KING Abdullah II has called for those responsible for the deadly gas leak on Monday to be held accountable.

Arab News says 2 IRAQI UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS were gunned down in the Kurdish regional capital Irbil on Tuesday prompting the arrest of a disgruntled former student, authorities said.

Arab News says AT LEAST 12 people died and 250 injured when a tank of toxic chlorine gas plunged from a crane and exploded at Aqaba port in Jordan.

Arab News says THE KILLER of a female university student shot himself after being surrounded by police on Sunday and was later declared clinically dead.

Arab News says Disney and Pixar’s latest movie “Lightyear,” which was slated for a June 16 release, has been banned in the UAE — one of the most liberal countries in the Arab World — over content, including a same-sex intimate scene.