Feature: Kuwaitis Celebrate National, Liberation Days Amid COVID-19 Restrictions

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 26 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwaitis celebrate their national and liberation days on Feb 25 and 26 every year. This year, its 60th National Day and 30th Liberation Day are celebrated amid COVID-19 restrictions. The government cancelled nationwide celebrations, amid fears of the spread of the virus and to…

Malaysia Referred To World-Renowned Ulama On Fatwa Over Vaccination – Minister Dr Zulkifli

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia has obtained the views and explanations of the world’s leading Muslim scholars or ulama on the fatwa of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Senator Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri said he had sent letters to several scholars…

Malaysia To Receive Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccine On Saturday

By Zairina Zainudin KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 (NNN-Bernama) – Malaysia is set to receive China’s Sinovac vaccine for COVID-19 on Saturday, the second brand of vaccine within a span of one week, after welcoming the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, thus further strengthening the country’s economic recovery path. The Sinovac vaccine, called CoronaVac,…

Ethiopia Partially Restores Electricity To Restive Northern Region

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 25 (NNN-ENA) – Ethiopia has partially restored electricity supply to the country’s restive northern Tigray regional state, Ethiopian authorities said yesterday. In a press statement, the Ethiopia Electricity Power (EEP) said, electricity has been partially restored to Tigray’s regional capital, Mekelle, and other regional cities since yesterday…

Malaysia, France Agree On Developing New Forms of Cooperation

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia and France, given their experiences in addressing the current COVID-19 pandemic, have agreed that the two countries should develop new forms of cooperation, including guaranteed access to vaccines, and post-pandemic socio-economic recovery, said Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein. He said this was agreed upon…

Human Rights Must Not Only Be Available To Privileged Few, Warns UN Chief

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said yesterday, human rights must not only be available to the privileged few. “Much, like COVID-19 vaccines, human rights will not lead to a healthier world, if they are only available to the privileged few,” the UN chief told…

Death Toll Of Ecuador Prison Riots Climbs To 79

QUITO, Feb 25 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – The death toll from a spate of prison riots in Ecuador on Tuesday, climbed to 79, the National Service of Comprehensive Attention to Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) said, yesterday. The organisation said, it raised the death toll after four more…

FLASH: At Least Five Killed, About 70 Missing After Landslides In Indonesia’s Gold Mine

JAKARTA, Feb 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Five bodies have been retrieved and about 70 others were reported missing, from the gold mine landslides in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province, a government official said, today (Thursday).– NNN-XINHUA

Qatar And Egypt Hold First Meeting Since Al-Ula Declaration

DOHA, Feb 24 (NNN-QNA) – After over three-and-a-half years of severed ties, between Qatar and the former blockading quartet, the historic GCC Summit, earlier in Jan, saw the signing of the ‘Al-Ula Declaration,’ bringing an end to the blockade. The agreement saw Qatar, Saudi Arabia (KSA), United Arab Emirates (UAE),…

China, Singapore Conduct Joint Naval Drill

BEIJING, Feb 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Naval forces of China and Singapore are scheduled to conduct a joint drill, in waters near Singapore today, according to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy. Joint operations of fleet rendezvous, communication, formation movement and joint salvage, will be conducted as part of the…
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