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The World Health Organization, WHO, has announced, Kuwait has provided cancer drugs to 35,000 sick people in Yemen. “Thanks to the generous support from the state of Kuwait who provided cancer drugs for seven oncology centers across Yemen. Supporting the Read more
Tunisian President Kais Saied Wednesday rejected the idea of calling on foreign intervention in the conflict opposing him and Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi over the inauguration of five ministers suspected of conflict of interest. The crisis between Saied and Mechichi Read more
UAE and Abu Dhabi carrier, Etihad has become World’s first airline to have vaccinated its entire flying crew against covid-19. “100% of our crew are vaccinated. We’re the first airline in the world to vaccinate all pilots and cabin crew Read more
Russia, China and Iran will hold mid this month joint naval drills in the Indian Ocean, reports say citing Russian envoy to Iran. Levan Dzhagaryan, the reports notes, also indicated that the drills are set to include practicing search and Read more
The recent report of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on “democracy in the world” has pinned Algeria for “opaque and authoritarian functioning” of the government. Algeria is thus ranked in the category of “the most authoritarian powers in the world” Read more
Japanese engineering group Chiyoda has won a massive contract worth $13 billion to develop liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants in Qatar, Nikkei Asia reports. Chiyoda won the contract with French peer Technip. The plants are due for completion from 2025 Read more
Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) has appointed from deputy CEO of the National Bank of Kuwait as the CEO in the UAE. “We are very pleased to welcome Omar to ABK. He has an excellent track record of strong Read more
Bahrain’s Interior ministry Saturday said it prevented two bomb attacks targeting two ATMs belonging to a national bank, reports say. The security forces nabbed several suspects, the ministry said adding that some bombs were planted at the locations, at different Read more
Turkish airport operator TAV Airports has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Uzbekistan ministry of Innovative Development to modernize the Central Asia country’s airports and to build a new airport in capital Tashkent. TAV Airports CEO & President Sani Read more
A court in Belgium Thursday handed a 20-year prison jail sentence to an Iranian diplomat accused of masterminding a terror bomb attack against an Iranian opposition group back in 2018, in France. Antwerp courthouse issued the verdict against Assadollah Assadi, Read more