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August 11, 2020
Sharjah launches ‘Salam Beirut’ to help Beirut blast survivors
SHARJAH — Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of Sharjah’s ruler, chairperson of the Big Heart Foundation and eminent advocate for refugee children at UNHCR, announced on Monday the launch on "Salam Beirut", emergency aid and relief campaign from Sharjah, following the tragic explosion in Beirut port, which has claimed over 150 lives and left an estimated 300,000 homeless."Salam Beirut" aims to bring relief to the affected population whose ...
August 10, 2020
Yemen joins GGC’s call for extension of arms embargo on Iran
Saudi Gazette reportRIYADH — The Yemeni government on Monday called on the UN Security Council to extend the arms embargo imposed on Iran.The Yemeni Minister of Information in the caretaker government, Muammar Al-Iryani, stated that the extension of the arms embargo imposed on Iran is an important step to force it to change its hostile policies that seek to spread chaos, sabotage and terrorism in the region, the Saudi Press ...
August 10, 2020
UAE announces 179 new coronavirus cases, 198 new recoveries
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates on Monday announced 179 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 62,704, the Ministry of Health and Prevention said in a statement carried by WAM.According to Dr. Omar Al Hammadi, the official spokesman for the UAE government, more than 58,953 additional tests have been carried out among UAE citizens and residents over the past few days.Al-Hammadi ...
August 10, 2020
UAE extends validity of expired visit visas for a month
Saudi Gazette reportABU DHABI — In another coronavirus relief measure, the United Arab Emirates on Monday granted an additional 30-day grace period to visitors whose visas expired after March 1 to regularize their status or exit the country without paying overstay fines. The grace period as announced by the UAE’s Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) starts from Aug. 11.“The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA), issued a ...
August 10, 2020
Kuwait’s parliament tackles 7 bills seeking to reduce expat population
Saudi Gazette reportKUWAIT CITY — A high-level parliamentary committee in Kuwait is currently studying as many as seven bills seeking to reduce the number of expatriates in a bid to address what it calls “demographic imbalance” in the country.According to the chairman of the parliamentary Human Resources Committee MP Khalil Al-Saleh, the committee recently discussed the demographic imbalance, domestic labor and visa trading issues with Minister of Social Affairs and ...
August 10, 2020
Kuwaiti woman survives after nephew stabs her 8 times over family dispute
Saudi Gazette reportKUWAIT CITY — A Kuwaiti woman narrowly escaped death after her nephew stabbed her as many as eight times in her sleep, with the intention to kill her, over family disputes, Arab Times, an English-language daily, reported on Monday citing a report in an Arabic newspaper.The woman was taken to hospital in a critical condition and the suspect was arrested and detained at a local police station, the ...
August 10, 2020
Bahrain launches clinical trial for COVID-19 vaccine
Saudi Gazette reportMANAMA — Bahrain has launched a phase 3 clinical trial for a coronavirus inactivated vaccine which will be tested on 6,000 citizen and expatriate volunteers across the Kingdom, Bahrain News Agency reported on Monday.The trial will be conducted in collaboration with G42 Healthcare, an artificial intelligence company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dr. Mariam Al Hajri, the assistant undersecretary at the country’s Ministry of Health said.Dr. ...
August 10, 2020
Lebanese PM Hassan Diab's Cabinet resigns over Beirut blast: Reports
BEIRUT — The Lebanese government led by Prime Minister Hassan Diab resigned on Monday almost a week after a devastating blast in Beirut caused massive public outrage.The resignation of the entire Cabinet, which comes after a string of ministers stepped down, was announced by Diab in a televised address to the nation. Diab called the blast "the result of endemic corruption."Addressing the agitated Lebanese citizens, the outgoing premier said: ...
August 10, 2020
Iran shutters newspaper for questioning corona numbers
TEHRAN — Iran shut down a newspaper on Monday after it published remarks by an expert who said the official figures on coronavirus cases and deaths in the country account for only 5 percent of the real toll, allegations rejected by the health ministry.Mohammad Reza Sadi, the editor-in-chief of Jahane Sanat, told the official IRNA news agency that authorities closed his newspaper, which began publishing in 2004 and was mainly ...
August 10, 2020
Security chiefs questioned over Beirut port blast
BEIRUT — A judge on Monday began questioning the heads of the country’s security agencies over last week’s devastating blast in Beirut as another Cabinet minister resigned in protest.Judge Ghassan El Khoury began questioning Maj. Gen. Tony Saliba, the head of State Security, according to state-run National News Agency. It gave no further details, but other generals are scheduled to be questioned.Justice Minister Marie-Claude Najm, who was sprayed with water ...
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