DUBAI — Oman is to end on May 29 the lockdown implemented to slow the spread of coronavirus in the province of Muscat, including the capital city, according to Oman's national news agency.
Muscat, the district of Muttrah and the town ofJalan Bani (...)
DUBAI — Oman recorded its highest daily increase in coronavirus cases on Sunday, with an increase of 513 cases bringing the total in the country to 7,770 on the first day of Eid Al-Fitr.
The Sultanate has been the least badly affected Arab Gulf (...)
DUBAI -- Iran reported almost 2,000 new cases of coronavirus and 50 new deaths from the virus on Wednesday in a statement by the Health Ministry spokesperson.
The 1,958 new cases brought the total in the country to 112,725.
Spokesperson Kianoush (...)
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DUBAI -- Emirates airlines will resume flights to nine cities in eight countries, including providing connections between the UK and Australia, from May 21, the airline announced on Twitter on Wednesday.
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DUBAI -- Oman recorded 174 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Monday, bringing the total number in the country to 3,573, according to the Ministry of Health on Twitter.
The rise is in line with a steady increase in the country over recent (...)
DUBAI -- The total number of coronavirus cases in the six Gulf Cooperation Council states passed 100,000 on Monday, according to a Reuters tally based on official figures.
The six GCC states are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the (...)
DUBAI -- Qatar reported 1,103 new cases of coronavirus in the country on Monday, a similar rise to the previous day's 1,189 cases, according to the Ministry of Health on Twitter.
The total number of infections in the country is now 23,263, with (...)
PRINCESS Badiya Bint Ali, an Iraqi royal who survived the 1958 coup that ended her family's rule, has died aged 100 in exile in London.
Borin in Damascus in 1920, Princess Badiya was the aunt of Iraq's King Faisal II, Iraq's last king.
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DUBAI -- Qatar recorded 1,189 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the total above 22,000, according to the Ministry of Health on Twitter.
The rise is a similar number to the previous day increase of 1,130 new infections.
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The recent report of a woman infected with coronavirus successfully undergoing a Cesarean section operation in Saudi Arabia has prompted questions about whether pregnant women can transmit the COVID-19 virus to their children.
Thankfully, there is (...)
DUBAI -- The UAE Ministry of Education is still reviewing whether students will be able to return to school in person for the academic year 2020-21, according to a release by the official Emirates News Agency (WAM) on Thursday.
The UAE closed (...)
DUBAI — The race to develop a vaccine that would end the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating as several firms move to clinical trials — but the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that it is unlikely we will have a vaccine before the end of (...)
ABHA — Saudi Arabia's city of Abha has been covered in a blanket of purple as its trees bloom, photographs shared online showed on Friday.
Abha is the capital of Saudi Arabia's southwestern Asir province and is a popular tourist destination for (...)
DUBAI — Qatari journalist and opposition activist Fahd Bohendi has reportedly died in a prison in Qatar, with a human rights organization saying that he had been tortured.
Human rights organizations have called for an investigation into the case, (...)
DUBAI -- Qatar announced 643 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the total number of infections in the country above 12,000 to 12,564, according to the Ministry of Public Health.
The total of 12,564 includes the 10 people who have been (...)
DUBAI -- Oman is to reopen a range of commercial activities in the sultanate including repair shops and money exchanges, according to a statement issued via Oman News Agency's official twitter on Tuesday.
The statement issued by the country's (...)
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DUBAI -- Authorities hve shut down 13 shops and issued warnings to 211 others for failing to follow the precautionary measures established to slow the spread of coronavirus in the emirate, according to Dubai Economy on Twitter on (...)
DUBAI -- The United Arab Emirates reported 536 new cases of coronavirus and five new coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, according to the UAE Ministry of Health on Twitter.
The death toll in the country is now 76, with the total number of cases at (...)
DUBAI — Dubai residents will be permitted to leave the house to visit family or perform one activity during Ramadan, according to new guidelines issued by the city's Department of Economic Development (DED) Wednesday.
The guidelines set out by the (...)
DUBAI -- UAE President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on Wednesday ordered the release of 1,511 prisoners ahead of the beginning of Ramadan, according to the WAM state news agency.
Sheikh Khalifa annually pardons prisoners ahead of Ramadan, (...)
DUBAI -- Oman has banned mass gatherings for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and extended the current lockdown in its capital Muscat until May 8 as coronavirus cases in the country continue to rise, the country's Supreme Committee for dealing with (...)
DUBAI -- Almost 23,000 foreign nationals have been repatriated from the UAE in 127 trips which were allowed to pass through temporarily closed UAE airports, according to Khalid Abdullah Belhoul, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and (...)
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DUBAI -- The UAE reported 479 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, a similar increase to the previous announcement, bringing the total number of cases to 6,781, according to the UAE's official WAM news agency.
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DUBAI — An image of a Saudi Arabian boy studying via his laptop in a remote area has surfaced on Twitter, showing the Kingdom's distance learning program in action.
Saudi Arabia has closed schools due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has affected (...)
DUBAI -- Iran's death toll from the new coronavirus rose by less than a hundred for the second day on Wednesday, rising from 4,683 to 4,777, while the total number of cases increased to 76,389.
Iran's health ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said (...)