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Algeria Saturday laid into the World Health Organization (WHO) after the Director for Africa of the UN agency said the pandemic continues to spread fast in several countries including the North African country. A statement from the President’s office said Read more
Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco has acquired 70 per cent of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) in four transactions for a combined investment of $69.1 billion, Zawya reports. The deals posted on the Saudi Stock Exchange Tadawul, stressed that one Read more
The House of Federation, which represents the 9 federated states, voted in favor of this solution despite much criticism from the political opposition as well as from jurists and human rights activists. Abiy Ahmed will continue to lead Ethiopia until Read more
Iran has sent to Venezuela a shipment of medical aid to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic after it succeeded to supply the Latin American country with much-needed fuel last month despite US threats. Venezuela’s Minister of Planning Read more
Egypt has abolished covid-19 testing at the country’s airports amid increase in the number of contaminations, reports say. The decision which went into force on the evening of Saturday June 6 seeks to boost resumption of air travel after its Read more
North Carolina-based Bank of America Corp. (BofA) has acquired about 1.51 per cent of Dubai largest bank Emirates NBD for an investment of AED900 million, Arabian Business reports citing an anonymous source. The operation takes as the UAE banking sector Read more
A Syrian court has ordered the seizure of Syriatel controlled by President Bashar al-Assad’s cousin Rami Makhlouf who has fallen out with the Syrian leader. The administrative court in a Facebook post said the ruling is to “guarantee the rights Read more
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro announced plans to visit Iran in view of thanking Teheran after the ally supplied his country with critical five ships loaded with fuel, The New Arab reports. “I am obliged to go to personally thank the Read more
Transiting through Turkey, the UN on Tuesday sent 106 truckloads of humanitarian aid to northwestern Syria, where millions of people are in need of assistance due to internal conflict in the country. The trucks carrying supplies entered Idlib, Syria, through Read more
A plane chartered by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) landed at Sana’a airport on Saturday with lifesaving supplies to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in conflict-torn Yemen. The UN agency said that the supplies include a range of medical Read more