13 May 2020; MEMO: The Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi affirmed his government’s commitment to holding accountable “those involved in assaulting and killing the protesters”.
13 May 2020; MEMO: Saudi citizens expressed widespread discontent and concerns after the government’s decision to triple the rate of value-added tax (VAT) and cancel benefits, in the latest austerity measures announced to confront the financial crisis.
13 May 2020; MEMO: The Association of Religious Scholars in Palestine issued a fatwa on Tuesday that bans the watching of Saudi television programmes ('Umm Haroun' filmed in the UAE) which encourage and praise the normalising of ties with Israel. Details of the Islamic legal opinion were provided at a press conference.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised Israel on Wednesday for sharing information during global efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic and took another swipe at China over what he said was its lack of transparency.
U.S. President Donald Trump and his senior officials have engaged in a war of words with China, where the new coronavirus first emerged, saying it failed to inform the world fast enough about the dangers it posed and muzzled those who raised the alarm. Beijing strongly denies the charges.
CAIRO (AP) — They are regarded as heroes, their fallen colleagues as martyrs. But for doctors and nurses still dealing with Iran’s growing number of coronavirus infections, such praise rings hollow.
While crippling sanctions imposed by the U.S. government left the country ill-equipped to deal with the fast-moving virus, some medical professionals say government and religious leaders bear the brunt of the blame for allowing the virus to spread -- and for hiding how much it had spread.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai built a city of skyscrapers and artificial archipelagos on the promise of globalization, creating itself as a vital hub for the free movement of trade, people and money worldwide — all things that have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
RIYADH, May 12 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry directed on Monday, the national oil company, Aramco, to further reduce crude oil production for June, by an additional one million barrels per day.
An official from the ministry said, the reduction will be a voluntary amount of one million barrels per day, in addition to the reduction, committed by the kingdom in the latest OPEC+ agreement.
The official said that this brings the total production cut to around 4.8 million barrels per day, from the Apr production level.
RIYADH, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saudi Arabia will enforce a round-the-clock nationwide curfew during the five-day Eid al-Fitr holiday later this month to fight the coronavirus, the interior ministry said, as infections spike.
The kingdom, which has reported the highest number of virus cases in the Gulf region, is scrambling to limit the spread of the deadly disease.
BEIRUT, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Lebanon has imposed a “total” shutdown after experiencing a resurgence in reported coronavirus cases.
The curfew will start on the evening of May 13 and stay in place until the morning of May 18.
The number of cases has risen to its highest point in more than a month after the lockdown was rolled back.
People “should stay home and avoid going out except for urgent cases”, Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad said.
12 May 2020; MEMO: Saudi Aramco’s profit fell 25 per cent in the first quarter of the year as a result of a drop in oil prices and a plunge in global demand as a result of the outbreak of the coronavirus, the company reported today.
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