12 May 2020; MEMO: A Syrian member of parliament has refused to apologise to Russia for a series of insults he made against the regime’s ally in response to reports that it was considering ridding itself of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.
12 May 2020; MEMO: A Criminal Court in Jeddah has convicted the owner of a “halal bar” to three months in prison and a fine of 10,000 riyals for using words which violate public morals and religion, RT reported on Sunday.
The owner of the bar, which is actually a café, appeared in a 140-second sponsored advertisement published by social media celebrities saying that he serves “alcohol-free wine” at his “halal bar”.
KUWAIT, May 12 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait will repatriate its citizens from Saudi Arabia, due to the spread of COVID-19, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister, Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah said, on Monday.
The repatriation plan will be carried out in cooperation with the authority of Saudi Arabia, via the land checkpoint at Al-Nuwaiseeb, from today, May 12 to 20, he said in a statement.
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Kuwait in Riyadh, have begun the process of registering citizens in Saudi Arabia for the operation, he noted.
DUBAI, May 12 (NNN-WAM) – The Ministry of Finance of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), ruled out any plans to raise the value added tax (VAT), following Saudi Arabia’s announcement of increasing the VAT, on Monday.
VAT was introduced in the UAE in 2018, at five percent on several goods and services.
Younis Haji Al Khoori, the finance ministry undersecretary, said, the ministry will reorient the financial resources, to prepare for the future and continued growth, to ensure the security and safety of the communities.
TEHRAN, May 12 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, on Monday sacked Reza Rahmani, the minister for Industry, Mine and Trade, Press TV reported.
Rouhani’s office did not provide any reason for removing the minister, but Rahmani had been facing criticism over his inability to contain rising prices of cars in the market, over the past week.
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.
RAMALLAH, May 12 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian cabinet condemned Israel, for deciding to close Palestine Television office in East Jerusalem, and prevent its crew from working in the city and in Israel.
In a press statement, after the weekly meeting, chaired by Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, the cabinet described the Israeli move as “a flagrant violation of the freedom of speech and opinion.”
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen’s government forces will ‘’confront the armed rebellion’’ of a separatist group who had declared self-rule in the south of the country, the Yemeni embassy in the United States said on Twitter on Tuesday.
The separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) on April 25 declared self-rule in Aden and other southern regions, threatening to renew a conflict with the Saudi-backed government in Yemen’s multifaceted war.
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Living in a slum built precariously on the banks of a sewage-tainted river in Lebanon, Faiqqa Homsi feels her family being pushed closer and closer to the edge.
A mother of five, she was already struggling, relying on donations to care for a baby daughter with cancer. The coronavirus shutdown cost her husband his meager income driving a school bus. She hoped to earn some change selling carrot juice after a charity gave her a juicer. But as Lebanon’s currency collapsed, carrots became too expensive.
“It is all closing in our face,” Homsi said.
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