25 Mar 2020; MEMO: Kuwait has taken a number of measures to support small and medium-sized companies and individuals to face the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Kuwait Banking Association said in a statement that it has decided to postpone the repayment of loans and credit card facilitations for small and medium-sized companies for six months, as well as interest.
25 Mar 2020; MEMO: Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee, Dr. Saeb Erekat, has said that Israel has seized 95 per cent of the Jordan Valley which is inhabited by 12,700 Israeli settlers while only 55,000 Palestinians live on the remaining five per cent.
The Israeli Magistrate’s Court in Haifa has frozen the implementation of a prison sentence against Sheikh Raed Salah who was due to enter prison on Wednesday, Quds Press has reported.
The court froze the implementation of the prison sentence after an appeal was filed by Salah’s defence team.
Meanwhile, the court gave the public prosecution until next Friday to reply to the appeal.
25 Mar 2020; MEMO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday that the number of deaths and cases who tested positive for coronavirus in the country are declining, Quds Press reported.
His remarks came during a meeting with the National Committee Against Coronavirus held in Tehran.
Rouhani said that the number of patients admitted to hospital for coronavirus are declining and that “this is happy news.”
25 Mar 2020; MEMO: Turkish coastguards have rescued 31 asylum seekers stranded at sea off the coast of Muğla Province after Greek authorities forced them to return to Turkish territorial waters, Anadolu News Agency reported.
The Turkish coastguards said in a statement that their teams responded to a distress call issued by the boat which had 11 children and four women on board.
25 Mar 2020; MEMO: Amnesty International has revealed that 220 civil society organisations have announced a boycott of the G20 meeting due to be hosted by Saudi Arabia in November. The human rights organisation said that civil society groups around the world have expressed concerns about the participation of NGOs in the summit.
25 Mar 2020; MEMO: Israeli health officials reported a third death from the novel coronavirus on Tuesday.
An Israeli male, 87, suffering from chronic disease died at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem.
Earlier Tuesday, officials reported a second death when a 67-year-old woman, who had “a serious preexisting medical condition,” died at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon.
Infections rose to 1,656 after 214 new cases were detected Tuesday, according to officials.
RIYADH, Mar 25 (NNN-SPA) – The Saudi Arabian G20 Presidency, will host a virtual G20 Summit, on response to the COVID-19 pandemic, tomorrow, March 26, the G20 Saudi secretariat said.
Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, will chair the meeting, to advance a coordinated global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its human and economic implications, it said in a statement.
CAIRO, Mar 25 (NNN-MENA) – Iran’s death toll from COVID-19 approached 2,000, after 122 new deaths were reported on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia reported the first death from the virus.
The death toll in Iran surged to 1,934, while the total number of infections rose to 24,811, after 1,762 new cases were reported. Of all the reported cases, 8,913 have recovered.
ABU DHABI, Mar 25 (NNN-WAM) – Rain is expected over different areas of the UAE, as the country will be affected, starting Friday, by an extension of surface trough from the Red Sea, associated with an airflow from the west, which moves clouds from the west in the form of successive waves, with a chance of lightning and thunder, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM).
Following is a detailed weather forecast issued by the NCM for the coming few days starting Friday.
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