On Saturday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation announced that airlines would be allowed to operate outbound flights from Kuwait to repatriate expats. Image Credit: Supplied Dubai: Kuwait will …
Coronavirus strikes Palestine, closing down stock exchange
With the Palestinian Authority’s declaration of a state of emergency to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the Palestine Exchange has closed, without convincing everyone of the economic necessity.
Friends of Palestine chair is UK Labour’s new shadow foreign secretary
Nandy is the former chair of Labour’s parliamentary group Friends of Palestine and the Middle East and was among the contenders in Labour’s leadership race, which ended Saturday with the election of …
In this pandemic, we are all Palestine. Except Palestine will remain Palestine once it’s over
There, a walled-in existence is a decades-old reality, and will remain so after the pandemic. The place is Palestine. Lavender-scented three-ply toilet paper. Fresh bread with olive pieces. Half a …
From Palestine to the U.S., coronavirus exposes institutional racism
Most people imagine that voting rights and citizenship hold a protected status in Western democracies. Yet today’s reality reveals how flimsy those protections are, with the coronavirus pandemic …
Palestine says Israel abusing COVID-19 to grab more lands
File photo of illegal Israeli settlement Givat Zeev near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the West Bank. (By AFP) Palestinians believe Israel is taking advantage of the disease caused by the …
Oman Sultan pardons 599 prisoners, including 336 foreigners – Oman News Agency
The Sultan of Oman,, has pardoned 599 prisoners jailed for various offenses, including 336 foreigners, the state-run Oman News Agency said on Twitter on Wednesday. The tweet did not say if the release …
Oman Air brings citizens home from Tanzania
Short Url Oman Air, the national carrier of Oman, operated a special flight on April 10 to bring citizens home from Tanzania. The flight, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, departed …
Oman orders government agencies to cut spending by at least 10%
Oman’s finance ministry has told all government agencies to cut their operating budgets by at least 10% this year to counter a slide in oil prices, including by reviewing salaries and benefits. Adds …
Oman detects 86 additional cases of coronavirus
Omani authorities have detected an an additional 86 cases of coronavirus in the Sultanate, bringing the total to 813. According to the state-run Oman News Agency, Oman’s Ministry of Health has also …