Covid-19: Global vaccine campaign grows alongside fears Covid spreading faster

BRUSSELS, Dec 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Belgium joined a growinglist of countries to launch Covid-19 vaccination campaigns, while a newcoronavirus variant believed to be more infectious spread further and other nations ramped up restrictions. Just as vaccination drives gather pace, global infections have racedpast 80 million with nearly 1.8 million deaths.…

Saudi Arabia Discovers Four New Oil, Gas Fields

RIYADH, Dec 28 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia announced yesterday, the discovery of four new oil and gas fields. Saudi Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, said that the Saudi Aramco’s discoveries are in different parts of the kingdom. Non-conventional oil has been discovered in al-Reesh oil field, northwest…

Israel’s COVID-19 Cases Surpass 400,000

JERUSALEM, Dec 28 (NNN-MA’AN) – The number of COVID-19 cases in Israel reached 400,099 yesterday, with 2,084 new cases detected since Saturday afternoon, the state’s Ministry of Health said, yesterday. The death toll of the virus in Israel increased to 3,222 with 19 new fatalities, while the number of patients…

Landing Craft Capsizes In Strait Of Hormuz, Seven Missing: Media

TEHRAN, Dec 27 (NNN-ISNA) – A landing craft capsized in the Strait of Hormuz and seven people on board went missing. The vessel overturned, 25 miles (42.2 km) southeast of Iran’s Lark Island, in the Strait of Hormuz and efforts are underway to save the seven people, Esmail Makizadeh, deputy…

Hamas Condemns “Damaging Children’s Hospital In Israeli Airstrikes” On Gaza

GAZA, Dec 27 (NNN-WAFA) – The Islamic Hamas Movement condemned yesterday, Israeli aerial attacks, damaging a children’s hospital in Gaza city. Hazem Qassem, the spokesman of the Islamic movement that rules the besieged coastal enclave, said, the Israeli attack on Gaza “is a barbaric aggression.” “The airstrikes and bombings terrified…

Turkey’s Total COVID-19 Cases Hit 2,133,373; Oman To Begin Vaccination Campaign

CAIRO, Dec 27 (NNN-MENA) – Turkey’s health ministry reported 15,118 new cases on Saturday, bringing the tally in the country to 2,133,373. Meanwhile, Iran’s total cases increased to 1,194,963, with 5,760 new cases. The death toll in Turkey rose to 19,624 with 253 new deaths and total recoveries hit 1,994,034.…

Israeli Midnight Strikes In Syria Kill Six Fighters: Monitor

DAMASCUS, Dec 26 (NNN-SANA) – A total of six pro-government fighters were killed, during an Israeli strike that targeted positions in central Syria after midnight, a war monitor reported. The Israeli missile strike targeted defence factories, where a scientific research centre is located, in the city of Masyaf, in the…

Moroccan king and Israeli’s Netanyahu hold phone call following normalisation of relations

RABAT/JERUSALEM, Dec 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a telephone conversation during which the Israeli premier invited the king for a visit. The phone call comes three days after an Israeli delegation signed a US-sponsored normalisation agreement with Morocco in Rabat. “The…

Christmas celebrated under pandemic’s shadow

VATICAN CITY, Dec 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of millions acrossthe world celebrated pared-down Christmas festivities on Friday due tocoronavirus restrictions, as Pope Francis called for vaccines foreveryone, describing them as “glimmers of hope in this period ofdarkness and uncertainty”. The pandemic has claimed more than 1.7 million lives and is…

Iraqi Shiite Leader Warns Iran, U.S. Not To Involve Iraq In Their Conflict

BAGHDAD, Dec 26 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi prominent Shiite cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, warned Iran and the United States not to involve Iraq in their conflict. “Iraq has become a victim to the U.S.-Iranian conflict, and has been greatly affected, as if it is an arena for their conflicts,” al-Sadr said. “Therefore,…
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