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The couple got married in a ceremony in the UK. — Courtesy Twitter

July 8, 2020

Jordan's Princess Raiyah weds Roald Dahl’s grandson

AMMAN — Jordan’s Princess Raiyah Bint Al-Hussein and Ned Donovan have tied the knot. Donovan is a grandson of noted children’s author Roald Dahl, Ned Donovan.Princess Raiyah is the daughter of the late King Hussein of Jordan and Queen Noor of Jordan, who was in attendance. She is the half-sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan.Donovan, 26, is a freelance journalist. He converted to Islam ahead of the wedding and ...

A medic works in an Oman laboratory in this file photo.

July 8, 2020

With 1,210 new cases, Oman corona infections top 50,000

MUSCAT — The total number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus surpassed 50,000 on Wednesday after the Ministry of Health reported 1,210 new infections in the last 24 hours.The total number of cases in the country is now 50,207.A total of 939 cases were detected in Omani citizens, while 271 expatriates were confirmed to have been infected with the virus.Nine people died in Oman due to complications caused by ...

Kuwait cases pix

July 8, 2020

Kuwait confirms 762 new COVID-19 cases

KUWAIT CITY — The health ministry on Wednesday reported 762 new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus, along with 593 cases of recovery.Two new deaths were also reported.With this, a total of 52,007 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the country, along with 42,108 recoveries. Total deaths stand at 379.As many as 4,344 new COVID-19 tests were carried out in the country, the ministry said, taking the total to 417,874 tests.There ...

Kuwaitis wearing face masks walk inside the re-opened Avenues Mall in Kuwait City. — Courtesy photo

July 8, 2020

Kuwait to disburse $780mn to support citizens in pvt. sector

KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait will disburse some 240.5 million dinars ($780 million) to support its citizens employed in the private sector as part of efforts to soften the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the finance ministry said.The Public Authority for Manpower will transfer sums to Kuwaiti business owners and private sector employees for six months effective from last month.Only around 70,000 Kuwaiti citizens work in the private sector, where most ...

A newly-wed Palestinian couple.

July 8, 2020

West Bank festivities spark fresh corona outbreak

RAMALLAH — By the end of May, the Palestinian Authority appeared to have quashed a coronavirus outbreak in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, with only around 400 confirmed cases and just two fatalities in the territory, following a nearly three-month lockdown.Then the wedding invitations went out.Over the last few weeks, infections have skyrocketed across the West Bank, with more than 4,000 new cases and an additional 15 deaths. Authorities blame the ...

Tractors are seen along a new wall on the Israeli-Lebanese border near the Rosh Hanikra border crossing. — File photo

July 8, 2020

Hezbollah opens new illegal border crossing with Syria

BEIRUT — Hezbollah has opened a new illegal border crossing along Lebanon’s eastern border with Syria, a recent report said.The Iran-backed group has developed the border crossing, previously used to facilitate the entry and exit of its fighters, to be used by civilians as well, according to a report in Asharq Al-Awsat.The report says that a newly paved road used for the crossing is outside the scope of the watchtowers ...

Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit chairs an earlier virtual meeting in Cairo in this file photo.

July 7, 2020

Israel annexation will worsen situation, warn Arab FMs

CAIRO — Israel’s annexation of Palestinian lands will worsen the Mideast conflict and feed extremism, Arab foriegn ministers said on Monday.In a statement, foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Palestine, the UAE, Morocco, Tunisia, Oman, and Kuwait reinstated their support for Palestine to get its full legal rights.The statement, issued after the foreign ministers had a virtual meeting with Arab League Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Abul Gheit, ...

An aerial view of the Pearl-Qatar island in Doha through the morning fog. — Courtesy photo

July 7, 2020

Qatar reports 600 new COVID-19 cases, 1,005 recoveries

DOHA — The Qatari health ministry on Tuesday reported 600 new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus, along with 1,005 recoveries.One new death was also reported.With this, 94,903 cases have recovered in the country, while total deaths stand at 134.As many as 4,886 new COVID-19 tests have been carried out in the country, taking the total number of tests to nearly 400,000.There are as many as 5,908 active cases in the ...

The number of recoveries in UAE rose to 41,714 after 993 people recovered from coronavirus. — Courtesy photo

July 7, 2020

UAE conducts over 44,000 tests, detects 532 new cases

ABU DHABI — After conducting over 44,000 COVID-19 tests, the United Arab Emirates recorded 532 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health and Prevention announced.This brings the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 52,600.Two people died of due to complications caused by COVID-19 in the UAE, bringing the total number of virus-related deaths in the country to 326.Meanwhile the number of recoveries rose ...

Commercial activities have been allowed to resume with some restrictions as part of Kuwait’s second phase of reopening. — Courtesy photo

July 7, 2020

601 new COVID-19 cases detected in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY — The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus rose to 51,245 after 601 new COVID-19 cases were detected in the last 24 hours, the ministry of health said on Tuesday.A total of 402 Kuwaiti citizens tested positive, while 199 expatriates tested positive for the virus.Four people died due to complications caused by the coronavirus, which brings the virus-related death toll in Kuwait to 377.In a statement ...

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