Oman’s Sultan appoints new minister
Oman's Sultan, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, has appointed a new top diplomat to replace the long-serving Yusuf bin Alawi...
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Saudi records 1, 227 new coronavirus cases
Saudi Arabia has announced 1,227 new coronavirus cases. While disclosing this on Sunday August 16, 2020, the Ministry of Health...
UAE, Israel open diplomatic ties, begin bilateral telecommunications
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel have today opened diplomatic ties as part of a deal brokered by the...
Morocco’s dirham strengthens against dollar, euro
The value of Morocco’s dirham has strengthened by 0.84 percent against the euro and 0.30 against the US dollar. While...
WHO donates 21 oxygen concentrators to boost COVID-19 response in Liberia
The World Health Organization in Liberia Country Office has donated 21 pieces of oxygen concentrators to the Ministry of Health...
International community endorses UAE-Israel agreement
The announcement of an agreement on the full normalization of relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel has been...
Minnesota hospital admits newborn baby with COVID-19
A newborn baby is among the Minnesota children recently hospitalized with COVID-19. Jenni Gibbens, the baby's mother, said the hospital...
Missouri judge empowers business owners to sue insurer for coronavirus losses
A Missouri federal judge said on Wednesday August 12, 2020, that business owners such as hair salons and restaurants can...
Demonstrators call for release of Thailand anti-government protest leader
Hundreds of demonstrators have rallied in Thailand to call for the release of two leading anti-government protest leaders in the...
Woman dies in motorcycle crash in St. Paul, driver flees
A motorcycle crash has killed a woman in St. Paul on Thursday night August 6, 2020. St. Paul police department...
Alaska records 4 new cases of COVID-19
Alaska State has reported on Thursday, 6 August, 2020, 4 new cases including three residents and one staff member at...
Beirut Explosion: Lebanese government probes 16 people
Sixteen individuals connected with the Beirut port warehouse explosion have been detained by the Lebanese government, following Investigations into the...
EU activates Civil Protection System to assist emergency workers in Beirut
The European Union has activated its civil protection system to round up emergency workers and equipment from across the 27-nation...
Greece mandates mask wearing on ferries as Covid-19 infections surge
Greece has disclosed that it would mandate mask wearing on ferries arriving on its islands from Tuesday August 4, 2020...
Afghan forces battle IS gunmen in mass jailbreak
Islamic State militants have clashed with Afghan security forces in a deadly gun battle, following an overnight assault on a...
WHO warns of lengthy Coronavirus pandemic
The World Health Organization on Saturday warned that the coronavirus pandemic was likely to be "lengthy" after its emergency committee...
Earthquake measuring 6.4 shatters Philippines
An earthquake has shattered Mindanao Philippines, at a depth of 473 kilometers (293.91 miles). While disclosing this on Saturday August...
Apple removes 29,000 apps, 26,000 unlicensed games from Chinese app store
Apple Inc has removed 29,800 apps from its Chinese app store, including more than 26,000 games. According to data from...
TikTok owner foregoes stake to strike deal with the U.S.
ByteDance, a Beijing-based multinational internet technology company, has finally thrown in the towel as it agreed to divest itself of...
Mass food poisoning kills child, 800 others hospitalized in Amman
A mass food poisoning from shawarma eaten from a Jordan restaurant has killed a 5-year-old boy with about 826 people...
Tribal violence cuts off 14,000 Darfur children from life-saving health services
A spike in tribal violence in western Darfur in Sudan has cut off more than 14,000 children from life-saving health...
WHO calls for support of ‘COVAX’ vaccine scheme
The World Health Organization has urged countries to support COVAX vaccine scheme. While calling for the support on Thursday July...
Kuwait reopens airports, excludes residents from 7 countries
Kuwait has scheduled to reopen its airports for air travels starting from 1st August, 2020, while residents from 7 countries...
Nepal sets to reopen Everest to climbers amidst rise in Covid-19 infections
Nepal officials have disclosed that the South Asian country would reopen Himalayan Mountains including Mount Everest to climbers in the...
New Zealand reopens Taratahi Agriculture Centre, injects $1.2 million to train 1,000 people
The government of New Zealand has reopened the Taratahi Agriculture Centre to boost jobs and opportunities. While disclosing this on...
Emmy Awards: Television Academy announces online program
The Television Academy has informed top nominees that the 72nd Emmy Awards in September will be held online, following the...
UN urges restriction of protests to protect public health
The United Nation Human Rights Committee has urged governments to restrict protests in order to continue protect public health against...
Bulgarians stage protest, demand Cabinet reshuffle
Thousands of people have held a protest in Bulgaria to demand the resignation of the government and the chief prosecutor....
World Bank to launch $4 billion aid to fight Covid-19 in developing countries
The World Bank Group's private-sector arm has announced plan to launch a $4 billion financing platform to boost the production...
Bushfires kill, displace 3 billion Australian animals
Not less than 3 billion koalas, kangaroos, and other native Australian animals were killed or displaced by bushfires in 2019...
Pemex ex-chief rejects corruption charges, vows to name others
Emilio Lozoya, 45, the former chief executive of Pemex, a Mexican state oil firm, formally called Petroleos Mexicanos, has rejected...
WHO sets up committee to re-examine COVID-19 emergency status.
The World Health Organisation has set up a committee to re-examine COVID-19 status globally. While disclosing this on Tuesday July...
Morocco battles spike in Covid-19, shuts major cities
The government of morocco has shut down its major cities, following the spike in coronavirus cases in the country. While...
UN proposes basic income to curb coronavirus spread in poor nations
The United Nations Development Programme has proposed the immediate introduction of a temporary basic income that could curtail the spread...
German court convicts 93-year-old man for Nazi-related killing
A German court in Hamburg on Thursday July 23, 2020 convicted Bruno Dey, a German national for his involvement in...
China says UK citizenship for Hong Kong violates international law
Chinese Embassy in London on Thursday responded to British policy that grants citizenship to Hong Kong residents saying the move...
Air strikes kill 45 civilians, Taliban fighters in Afghanistan
Air strikes in eastern Afghanistan have killed not less than 45 people, including civilians and Taliban fighters. While disclosing this...
USGS warns against impending Tsunami as earthquake hits off-shore Alaska
The United States Geological Survey has issued a warning of an impending Tsunami in coastal areas after an earthquake of...
LinkedIn to cut workforce by 6% as pandemic hits job market
The professional networking website, LinkedIn, has announced that it is reducing its workforce by about 960 jobs which is roughly...
Pompeo, Boris discuss China’s actions in Hong Kong, Xinjiang
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, have discussed China's actions in Hong Kong and...
UK: Medics, teachers, police to receive 3.1% salary increase in 2020/2021
The United Kingdom has declared that about 900,000 public sector workers, many of whom have fought on the front line...
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine raises hope of effective cure
AstraZeneca and a group of British scientists have shown that experimental COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective. The trial results...
Covid-19: WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region records remarkable recovery
World Health Organization has announced that more than one million patients in the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region have...
Covid-19: World records over 14 million cases, 600,000 deaths
The world's total coronavirus cases have surpassed 14 million, with more than 600,000 fatalities reported as of Saturday 18 July,...
Australian researchers reveal application for rapid identification of Covid-19
Australian researchers have invented a blood-sample test that can determine the infection status of coronavirus disease in less than 20...
IPI denounces online attack, defamation on Al Jazeera journalist
The International Press Institute has denounced the several online attacks, hacking of the phone and defamation campaign Ghada Oueiss, Al-Jazeera...
Coronavirus: Philippines to open country to foreigners effective from August
The Philippines Presidential spokesperson, Mr Harry Roque, has disclosed that the country would allow some foreign nationals with long-term visas...
Russian hackers attempt to penetrate COVID-19 research centers
UK, US and Canadian security officials have alerted the world to illegal activities of a Russian hacking group known as...
Arab social media users condemn removal of Palestine on Google maps
A group of Arab social media users have condemned the removal of Palestine from online google maps. The reactions shared...
Yemen rejects UN envoy’s peace proposals
Yemen rejects UN envoy’s peace proposals Yemeni government has rejected the peace proposals submitted recently by Martin Griffiths, the Special...
Abu Dhabi supports low-income countries, suspends debt service repayment
Abu Dhabi Fund has suspended debt repayment by low-income countries. While disclosing this on Sunday July 12, 2020, Mohammed Saif...
UNESCO to review Hagia Sophia status
The World Heritage Committee under the recommendation of UNESCO will review the status of Hagia Sophia which has been turned...
Ennahda official advises Tunisia’s PM to resign
The head of the Shura Council of Tunisia’s Ennahda Party has advised Prime Minister Elyas Al-Fakhfakh to resign. The leader...
Muslim woman partners Christian foundation, distributes food items to teachers, others
A Muslim woman, Mrs Haleemah Olamade Ahmad, has partnered Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace, to support people with food items...
WHO appoints 2 women to lead pandemic panel
WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has appointed former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen...
OIC approves new financial assistance for 15 projects
Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has approved new financial assistance for fifteen developmental...
WHO acknowledges evidence of airborne spread of Covid-19
The World Health Organization has acknowledged evidence emerging of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus. This was disclosed on...
Richmond keen on getting rid of symbols of oppression, removes one more Confederate statue
A monument depicting James Ewell Brown (JEB) Stuart, the then commander of the Cavalry Corps of Robert E. Lee’s Army...
WFP to assist hungry people as coronavirus devastates poor nations
The United Nations World Food Programme has announced a massive rise in the number of hungry people it plans to...
WHO reports over one million Covid-19 cases in Eastern Mediterranean Region
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed more than one million cases of COVID-19 in the 22 countries of WHO's...