Three new and key royal decrees by Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq Al Said, namely No. 6/2021, 7/2021, and 9/21, announced last week were published in the official gazette of Oman yesterday, January 17. The ... ( read original story ...)
Russian Authorities Say ‘Coronavirus-Free’ Turkmenistan Registers Sputnik-V Vaccine
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) says Turkmenistan has registered Russia's Sputnik-V vaccine against COVID-19 even though the country claims to have no cases of the coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
Turkmenistan registers Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, says RDIF
Turkmenistan became the first country in Central Asia to register Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Lebanon’s COVID-19 spike overwhelms battered hospitals and exhausted doctors
Countries worldwide are feeling the strain, but few have had to deal with anything like Lebanon’s crisis, where the pandemic piled in on top of a financial collapse and a huge port blast in August ... ( read original story ...)
Pinning Down Moving Targets: Adapting humanitarian cash programmes to the multi-pronged crises in Lebanon
English Analysis on Lebanon about Coordination, Food and Nutrition, Epidemic and more; published on 17 Jan 2021 by DSP ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon county elections chief rebuts voter discrepancies made by local officials
Lebanon County's top election official says the contested general election still went smoothly despite objections from state legislators. ( read original story ...)
Turkey sends medical aid for Ahiska Turks in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan . Kyrgyzstan on Monday received the medical supplies Turkey sent to help Ahiska Turks in their fight against coronavirus. Medical supplies sent by Turkey’s F ... ( read original story ...)
Crime activity down in Azerbaijan
The number of crimes on the facts of intentional infliction of minor harm to health and against property, including theft, robbery, fraud decreased in Azerbaijan in 2020 compared to 2019, Azerbaijani ... ( read original story ...)
Azerbaijan confirms 503 more COVID-19 recoveries
Trend: Azerbaijan has detected 188 new COVID-19 cases, 503 patients have recovered and 13 patients have died, Trend reports citing the Operational Headq ... ( read original story ...)
Azerbaijan to be one of first countries to see COVID-19 pandemic’s end – agency’s chairman
Vaccination against the COVID-19 virus will show its effect very soon, Chairman of the State Agency for Mandatory Health Insurance under the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers Zaur Aliyev said at a ... ( read original story ...)