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April 7, 2021

Morocco to keep covid night curfew in place in Ramadan

Morocco will keep its nightly curfew in place during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when people gather after breaking their fast at sunset, Reuters reported the government announcing today. The...

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April 7, 2021

Dubai to offer EXPO 2020 participants covid vaccine

Dubai will offer COVID-19 vaccines to all official representatives of countries participating in EXPO 2020, due to be held from October 2021 to March 2022, the state-run news agency WAM reported....

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April 7, 2021

Romania donates $180,000 to UNRWA during visit to Jordan

The Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs announced a new contribution towards the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in support of...

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April 7, 2021

Saudi Arabia: COVID-19 vaccine condition for visit to holy sites

The General President of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, announced on Tuesday that only people immunised against COVID-19 will be allowed to perform...

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April 7, 2021

HRW warns Lebanon may exclude refugees, migrants from COVID- 19 vaccination

Human Rights Watch warned on Tuesday that the Lebanese government’s COVID-19 vaccination programme risks leaving behind marginalised communities, including refugees and migrant workers. The rights watchdog said in a...

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April 7, 2021

Bahrain political prisoner dies from ‘medical negligence’ says opposition

A Bahraini political prisoner has died at a detention centre, which the authorities have claimed was due to “natural causes.” However, the kingdom’s main opposition group Al-Wefaq, which was...

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April 7, 2021

Turkey, Qatar unite to increase reach of Turkish products

The online shopping platform Turkish Souq was relaunched in the Turkish capital Ankara yesterday to enhance trade cooperation between Ankara and Doha and allow Turkish goods to reach global...

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April 7, 2021

Egypt: $1bn in initial losses caused by Suez Canal blockage

Head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie said yesterday that the initial estimate of the losses resulting from Ever Given ship running aground amounted to $1 billion. State-owned Akhbar El-Yom newspaper...

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April 7, 2021

Israel detains Hamas official in West Bank, dozens more Palestinians

Israeli occupation forces last night detained several Palestinian citizens, including a senior Hamas official and his son, in the occupied West Bank. According to local sources, Hamas official Sheikh...

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April 7, 2021

Settler kills 73-year-old Palestinian woman

An elderly Palestinian woman died this morning after she succumbed to injuries she sustained when an Israeli settler rammed his car into her on a road in southern Hebron...

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