(Bloomberg) — Dubai is hoping one of the world’s fastest vaccination programs and rapid testing technology will help achieve its goal of holding the Expo 2020 event this year, after the coronavirus pandemic forced a delay.The government is confident inoculation programs will be successful enough to open the Expo on Oct. 1 and says it’s…
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Updated 19 January 2021Ephrem KossaifyJanuary 19, 2021 06:08NEW YORK: The problems that continue to plague the Arab world were top of the agenda for the UN Security Council on Monday, as it considered ways in which cooperation with the League of Arab states might be enhanced.Members discussed the protracted conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Libya and…
Video PlayerCloseTEHRAN, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — A senior Iranian health official said on Sunday that Iran has purchased 16.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from COVAX, the state TV reported.Alireza Raisi, the spokesman for the Iranian National Headquarters for Combating the Coronavirus, said that “we have paid 52 million U.S. dollars to buy 16.8 million…
Commercial flights between Cairo and Doha will resume today for the first time since 2017. Service was suspended in JunePhoto: APCommercial flights between Cairo and Doha will resume today for the first time since 2017.Service was suspended in June 2017 after Egypt and other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) imposed an airspace ban…
Iran sent ballistic missiles 1,000 miles out into the Indian Ocean, but it doesn’t mean they have a long-range anti-ship ballistic missile capability.By Tyler Rogoway January 17, 2021Iranian State Media/USNIran’s testing of a variety of medium-range ballistic missiles yesterday has caused a lot of misplaced fear and misunderstanding. The launch, which was part of the…
Updated 19 January 2021Arab NewsJanuary 19, 2021 00:19JEDDAH: Big-hitting Bryson DeChambeau believes the length of Royal Greens Golf & Country Club’s tee-to-green puts him in prime position to pip world No. 1 Dustin Johnson and claim victory at next month’s Saudi International.The 2020 US Open champion, famed worldwide for his colossal tee shots, the longest in…
Video PlayerCloseTEHRAN, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said on Sunday that the EU-initiated payment system did not work because its operation was under the influence of U.S. sanctions.The system, known also as the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX), was a mechanism set up by France, Germany and Britain…
Two Israelis, flying fromDubaito Israel, refused to wear their masks despite mandatory coronavirus regulations and repeated instruction from the flight crew to do so, N12 reported Sunday. The two reportedly refused to put on their masks because they were eating sunflower seeds.Israel Police met the passengers on the plane when it landed at Ben-Gurion Airport,…
WASHINGTON — Only weeks after the U.S. election and three days after an Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated, Iranian authorities convicted a U.S. businessman on spying charges, a family friend said.The case threatens to complicate plans by the next administration to pursue diplomacy with Iran, as President-elect Joe Biden has said he would be open…
