Author: Wed, 2020-04-01 00:36 BEIRUT: The Lebanese Cabinet on Tuesday approved plans for special flights to bring home expatriates trapped abroad by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. Ministers agreed the repatriation initiative as Lebanon recorded 17 new cases of infection, … read more
Author: Wed, 2020-04-01 00:24 PARIS: The warning from Abdul-Halim Khaddam to Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri was unequivocal: “Beware of these crazy people … they can harm you.” As the man who served for 30 years in the upper echelons … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1585687392681239500 Tue, 2020-03-31 20:10 CAIRO: Oman’s health ministry reported on Tuesday its first death from coronavirus, a 72 year-old Omani man, state TV said on Twitter. Oman reported as of March 31, 192 coronavirus cases in the … read more
Tue, 2020-03-31 19:35 DUBAI: As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the world, many countries are finding themselves in dire need of a machine that until now was used to support the odd patient with severe respiratory conditions. In the Middle East, the … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1585665211339547400 Tue, 2020-03-31 14:28 TUNIS: Tunisia’s President Kais Saied on Tuesday ordered the release of 1,420 prisoners in an amnesty to combat the spread of the coronavirus in prisons, a presidency statement said. Tunisia has declared a … read more