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Saudi Arabia has re-opened its land borders with UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain for commercial trucks as it eases covid-19 curbing measures. The Saudi Customs issued a circular to all its land posts asking them to permit the movement of trucks Read more
Jordan has shelved its decision to re-open the country’s sky for regular international flights over a surge in covid-19 contaminations abroad, reports say. Authorities last month announced they would re-open Queen Alia International Airport, located outside capital Amman, on August Read more
Algeria Thursday re-imposed a partial lockdown in 29 governorates in a move to curtail a spike in covid-19 cases. The North African country has witnessed in recent days a steady increase in number of cases. An average of 500 cases Read more
Asian Football Confederation Thursday chose Qatar to host in a single tournament the west region of this year’s edition of the Asian Champions League affected the covid-19 pandemic. The host of the next World Cup in 2022 will the group Read more
An Egyptian journalist who was to stand a trial after appearing on Qatar’s Al Jazeera news network, has died of novel covid-19, the Doha-based media reports. Mohamed Monir’s death was announced Monday by his daughter Sarah Monir. The 65-year old Read more
Kuwait has put off plans to construct a solar energy plant with output capacity of 2,500GWh, near the Saudi border, owing to fallout from covid-19 pandemic, reports say. The decision, Trade Arabia reports citing Reuters, was made during a cabinet Read more
Sudan Thursday said it has re-opened Khartoum international airport for flights from UAE, Turkey and Egypt, after a four-month hiatus owing to covid-19 pandemic. Ibrahim Adlan, the general director of Sudan’s Civil Aviation Authority, said air traffic has partially resumed Read more
Authorities in enclaved Palestinian territory of Gaza have decided to send a squad of medical doctors to the West Bank to help in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic. Deputy Health Minister in Gaza Dr Yousef Abu Al-Rish made the Read more
Saudi Arabia has unveiled health protocols for prevention of Covid 19 disease for Hajj season, forbidding entrance to holy sites Minan, Muzdalifah and Arafat without a permit, reports say. The protocol to go into force from July 19, will allow Read more
Owing to COVID-19 pandemic, the Confederation of the African Football, CAF, Tuesday, postponed to 2022 the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) to take place in Cameroon. The decision was made following consultations with various stakeholders and in consideration of Read more