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  • Jordanian parliamentary house approves constitutional amendments

    Date: 2021-12-26 17:01:50 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:9337767

    AMMAN, Dec 26 (MENA) - The Legal Committee of Jordan's Lower House has approved proposed changes to the constitution submitted by the government. They include forming a National Security Council headed by the king and comprising the prime ....

  • Algeria imposes vaccine pass to boost low inoculation rate

    Date: 2021-12-26 15:06:41 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:9337627

    ALGIERS, Dec 26 (MENA) - Algeria started requiring a “vaccine passport” Sunday to enter a broad range of public venues, in a bid to boost the country's low inoculation rate and overcome vaccine hesitancy that has left millions of vaccines unused, ....

  • Jordan records 295 new Omicron cases

    Date: 2021-12-26 14:18:21 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:9337530

    AMMAN, Dec 26 (MENA) - The Jordanian Ministry of Health recorded Sunday 295 cases of Omicron in the country. Cabinet Advisor for Health Affairs Adel Balbisi told Petra that the Omicron caseload has climbed to 328. (MENA) M S H/M O H ....

  • Oman announces two-dose vaccination as entry prerequisite

    Date: 2021-12-26 14:03:07 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:9337401

    MUSCAT, Dec 26 (MENA) – Oman's Supreme Committee, tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, made a decision to apply two-dose vaccination as a prerequisite for entry of non-Omanis aged 18 and above to the ....

  • UAE Health Ministry: 12,997 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered during past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-12-26 13:11:07 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:9337364

    ABU DHABI, Dec 26 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has announced that 12,997 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered in the past 24 hours, WAM reported Sunday. The total number of doses provided up to today ....

  • Libya parlt urges all parties to help create suitable atmosphere for elections

    Date: 2021-12-26 08:43:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:9336734

    BENGHAZI, Dec 26 (MENA) - The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Libyan House of Representatives called on all sides to contribute to creating an appropriate atmosphere for presidential and parliamentary elections and to refrain from media escalation ....

  • Arab coalition launches airstrikes on military targets in Yemen’s Sanaa

    Date: 2021-12-26 08:03:06 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:9336730

    RIYADH, Dec 26 (MENA) - The Saudi-led coalition began a large-scale assault on Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday night after two people died in missile strikes by the Iran-backed militia in the Saudi southwestern region of Jazan. In a ....

  • Pakistan condemns Houthi attack on KSA

    Date: 2021-12-26 07:58:33 GMT - Pakistan - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:9336732

    ISLAMABAD, Dec 26 (MENA) - Pakistan on Saturday strongly condemned the launch of hostile projectiles by Houthis towards Samtah governorate in Jazan region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that resulted in casualties, injuries and damage to civilian ....

  • Iraq warns of collapse in oil revenues

    Date: 2021-12-25 19:56:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:9336474

    BAGHDAD, Dec 25 (MENA) - Iraqi Finance Minister Ali Allawi warned that oil revenues are expected to collapse within the next five or ten years. In remarks to the "Ministerial Forum on Future Energy Prospects" on Saturday, the minister noted that ....

  • Saudi Arabia, Pakistan mull bolstering parliamentary cooperation

    Date: 2021-12-25 16:30:14 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:9336177

    RIYADH/ISLAMABAD, Dec 25 (MENA) - Speaker of the Saudi Shura Council Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh probed with Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani how to boost parliamentary cooperation. During a ....

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