After port disaster, Lebanese brace for virus lockdown

BEIRUT, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Still reeling from a deadly port blastthat ravaged their Beirut homes and businesses, Lebanese wearily bracedthemselves for a new coronavirus lockdown due to start on Friday. Lebanon is to partially close down for two weeks from Friday to stem astring of record daily infection rates…

Update: Israeli planes hit Gaza after rocket fire

GAZA, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Israeli planes launched raids against Gaza late Thursday in response to rocket fire, as mediators sought to broker an end to the latest flare-up. Rockets were fired at Israel but crashed inside the Palestinian enclave,according to witnesses and Gaza security sources. Palestinian sources reported light…

UAE connects first nuclear plant to national grid

DUBAI, Aug 21 (NNN-XINHUA) — Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant has been safely and successfully connected to the grid of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), official WAM news agency reported. “Grid connection of Unit 1 is the beginning of a new era in our project, which is…

Saudi Arabia reaffirms no Israel deal without Palestinian peace

BERLIN, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saudi Arabia said itwill not follow the United Arab Emirates in establishing diplomaticties with Israel until the Jewish state has signed an internationallyrecognised peace accord with the Palestinians. The UAE last week became the first Gulf state to normalise relationswith Israel, in a historic US-brokered…

Israeli tanks shell Gaza after incendiary balloon attacks

GAZA, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Israeli tanks shelled Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to continued waves of incendiary balloons across the border, the army said Thursday. The continuing cross-border violence came despite the attempts of Egyptian security to end the flare-up, which has seen two weeks…

15 Injured In Car Accident In West Bekaa, Lebanon

BEIRUT, Aug 20 (NNN-NNA) – Fifteen people were injured yesterday, in an accident between a passenger bus and a vehicle in West Bekaa, around 65 km away from the capital, Beirut, Elnashra news website reported. The injured people, include 10 military members, who were all transferred to a local hospital…

Two Iraqi Women Shot Dead In Southern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (NNN-NINA) — Two Iraqi women were shot dead yesterday, by unidentified gunmen, in Iraq’s southern city of Basra, a local security source said. The attack took place in the afternoon, when gunmen opened fire from their assault rifles, on a sport utility vehicle (SUV), carrying four women,…

Israel Reports New Record Of Daily COVID-19 Deaths

JERUSALEM, Aug 20 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Ministry of Health reported 18 new COVID-19 death cases yesterday, the highest daily death toll, since the country’s pandemic outbreak in late Feb. The previous daily death case record in Israel, 17, was recorded on Aug 12. The ministry also added to the total…

Syeikh Al-Azhar expresses gratitude for International Tokoh Maal Hijrah Award

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19: Malaysia’s King, His Majesty Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah (centre) with the recipients of the Tokoh Maal Hijrah namely Director General of Health Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (left), Egypt’s Ambassador to Malaysia Gamal Abdel Rahim Mohamed Metwally (right) who represented International Tokoh Maal Hijrah…

Court allows PetroSaudi subsidiary’s request for release of US$1.357 mln

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The US$1.357 million out of US$340.26 million kept in a London law firm can now be released to PetroSaudi Oil Services (Venezuela) Limited (PSOS-VZ)  after the High Court today allowed the company’s application to amend an interim order which prohibited it from moving the monies to other entities. The monies were said…
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