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January 17, 2021
Guterres welcomes Palestinian elections as ‘crucial step’ towards unity
January 16, 2021
Syrian refugee makes cheese to survive the pandemic
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority on Friday announced it will hold its first national elections in more than a decade.
In a statement carried by the Palestinian news agency, WAFA, the PA said that President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday enacted a decree to hold legislative, presidential, and national council elections on three phases later this year.
According to the decree, legislative elections will be held on May 22, 2021, presidential elections on July 31, 2021, and the Palestinian National Council elections on Aug. 31, 2021.
The decree considers the legislative elections, which will be held in the areas administered by the Palestinian Authority, as the first phase for the subsequent formation of the Palestinian National Council, the PLO legislature which represents the...
January 16, 2021
Palestinian Authority sets dates for legislative and presidential elections
January 16, 2021
Bahrain announces delay in delivery of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipments
January 15, 2021
Bahrain thanks Oman for facilitating release
of Al-Haddad, others from Qatari detention
January 15, 2021
Riyadh Agreement is a model to emulate to achieve peace: Yemen foreign minister
KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait recorded on Friday 530 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 156,964, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health.The ministry announced no virus-related death over the past 24 hours, keeping the total number of fatalities in the country to 947.According to the ministry’s spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad, there are currently 5,688 active cases in the country out of which 48 are receiving treatment in intensive care units.A total of 10,862 swab tests were conducted over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of COVID-19 examinations in the country so far to 1,380,643, Al-Sanad said.Earlier in the day, the ministry announced that a total of 268 more patients have recovered from...
January 15, 2021
Kuwait sees continued COVID-19 surge, reports 530 new infections
January 15, 2021
US announces new Iran sanctions related to metals, conventional arms
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates on Friday recorded 3,407 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 246,376, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health carried by WAM.The ministry announced seven more deaths from complications caused by COVID-19, taking the country's death toll to 733.The new patients, all of whom are in a stable condition, and are receiving the necessary care, were detected after the ministry conducted 131,262 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...
January 15, 2021
UAE breaks single-day coronavirus
case record for fourth day in a row
January 14, 2021
2020, one of three warmest years on record: WMO
