More than 820 students and 40 teachers in a Georgia school district will have to quarantine after coming into contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case just one week after classes started. ( read original story ...)
Masked man ‘mystery thefts’ solved in Kuwait
The accused confessed to having committed many thefts and also admitted that he sends part of these funds through people to his family in Pakistan. Image Credit: AFP Dubai: Kuwait’s Criminal ... ( read original story ...)
Oman’s COVID-19 infection tally at 82,050
Oman said Tuesday that its total infections have risen to 82,050 and recovery rates have reached 93.5 per cent. The Health Ministry did not report Tuesday the latest single-day infection cases, ... ( read original story ...)
35 babies born to mothers above 50 in Oman
Women above the age of 50 gave birth to 35 babies in Oman last year, figures released by the government show. The National Centre for Statistics and Information in its Statistical Yearbook for 2020, ... ( read original story ...)
Oman’s biggest solar plant to start operations in mid-2021
Oman has announced that the country's largest solar power plant, Ibri II - that can power up to 33,000 homes and remove 340,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions from the sultanate’s footprint per ... ( read original story ...)
Turkmenistan: Smells like Berdymukhamedov spirit
With Turkmenistan’s boasts of prosperity looking threadbare, more emphasis is being placed on the ineffable and much cheaper consolations of spirituality ... ( read original story ...)
After the Beirut Blast, Lebanon’s Whole Cabinet Quit. Now What?
A week after a devastating explosion shook its capital, Lebanon is in political limbo. Here is what you need to know. ( read original story ...)
Volunteers are cleaning up Beirut and distributing aid to 300,000 homeless as Lebanon’s government resigns over deadly explosions
As Lebanon's government resigns and protests rage over the deadly blasts, volunteer groups are taking recovery into their own hands. ( read original story ...)
I’m Running to be the First Arab American Congresswoman in Texas. I’m Also Mourning What Happened in Lebanon
I'm now running to represent Texas's Third Congressional District in the House of Representatives. If I win, I'll be the first Arab American woman that Texas sends to Congress. My dad has campaigned ... ( read original story ...)
If ever there was a moment for change in Lebanon, this must surely be it
Without a radical overhaul, and soon, the next government could look like the one that resigned ... ( read original story ...)