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February 05, 2021
UN’s top court dismisses Qatar blockade case against UAE
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates on Friday recorded 3,251 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 320,126, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health carried by WAM.The ministry announced 14 more deaths from complications caused by COVID-19, taking the country's death toll to 902.The new patients, all of whom are in a stable condition, and are receiving the necessary care, were detected after the ministry conducted 148,574 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment, according to the ministry.In the statement, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases...
February 05, 2021
UAE reports 3,251 new coronavirus cases
as single-day deaths hit record high of 14
February 04, 2021
Russian doctor who treated Navalny has died
February 04, 2021
Kuwait reports 840 new COVID-19 cases as health
minister calls for strict compliance with protocols
GENEVA — United Nations independent human rights experts, on Thursday, condemned the hanging of a prisoner from the Baloch minority in Iran, voicing fear that a “disturbing” recent increase in executions of prisoners from the community “will continue”.The experts said they were “shocked” that the execution of Javid Dehghan, on Jan. 30, was carried out despite their urgent appeal last week to the Iranian government to halt it, as well as calls by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) and the civil society.“We informed the Iranian Government of grave concerns that Dehghan’s death sentence followed serious violations of his fair trial rights, including claims he was tortured, held in prolonged solitary confinement, subjected to enforced disappearance and forced to confess,...
February 04, 2021
Human rights experts condemn execution of prisoner from minority community
February 04, 2021
End impunity for use of chemical weapons in Syria, UN disarmament chief urges Security Council
February 04, 2021
UAE, US foreign ministers discuss strategic relations, regional issues
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates on Thursday recorded 3,249 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 316,875, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health carried by WAM.The ministry announced 10 more deaths from complications caused by COVID-19, taking the country's death toll to 888.The new patients, all of whom are in a stable condition, and are receiving the necessary care, were detected after the ministry conducted 156,472 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment, according to the ministry.In the statement, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus...
February 04, 2021
Coronavirus recoveries surpass new cases as UAE combats second wave
RAMALLAH — The Palestinian Authority (PA) is expected to receive 10,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine on Thursday, enough to cover 5,000 people, Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila has confirmed.In a statement carried by the Palestinian news agency WAFA, the health minister said that the Palestinian government has also purchased two million doses of vaccines that are expected to arrive in Palestine between Feb.14 and Feb. 20 and will be sufficient to vaccinate one million people.
Donations from friendly countries, institutions supporting the Palestinian people, and Palestinian communities abroad are also expected here in the near future, she said.
Alkaila said the priority in the vaccination will be for medical staff, the elderly, and people with chronic diseases, and that...
February 04, 2021
Palestinians will receive Russia's Sputnik V vaccine on Thursday, minister says
February 03, 2021
Terror attack on UAE embassy in Addis Ababa foiled, says Ethiopia
