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MAKKAH: Saudi Arabia has launched Persian-language television broadcasts from this year's hajj, the information minister said on Sunday, following tensions with Iran over the annual pilgrimage.

LOS ANGELES: The news of Leonardo DiCaprio to play Jalaluddin Rumi has received backlash on social media as Rumi fans do not seem happy with the decision that Rumi be played by a white actor. They say he was Aisatic so the role should be played by an Asian.