• Health
    Al Arabiya English

    COVID-19 vaccine might be needed every year: UAE health spokesperson

    Last Update: Wednesday, 27 January 2021 KSA 10:15 - GMT 07:15

  • Politics
    Kuwait Times

    Pfizer or Sinopharm? 'Vaccine diplomacy' in the Middle East

    In the Middle East and North Africa, novel coronavirus vaccine orders are driven by diplomatic and logistical considerations, reflecting Beijing’s growing regional influence. In recent days, the Israeli government made documents public that showed the extent of its collaboration with US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in its vaccination campaign, one of the largest in the world to date, with more than a quarter of its nine million inhabitants already vaccinated.

  • Entertainment
    Arab News

    Lebanese diva Haifa Wehbe heats things up with her take on the Bernie Sanders meme

    LONDON: Twitter users are clearly feeling the cold. A cohort of fashion lovers on the social media platform have gone wild over a quilted gilet worn by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman while chairing Sunday’s board meeting of the Public Investment Fund. The prince showed off a $6,551 casual sleeveless vest by UK luxury cashmere brand Franck Namani.

  • Politics
    Kuwait Times

    Amid new hopes, Moscow, Tehran call for 'rescue' of Iran nuclear deal

    MOSCOW: Moscow and Tehran called for the rescue of the Iran nuclear deal yesterday as their top diplomats held their first talks since Joe Biden’s election raised hopes of Washington returning to the agreement. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said ahead of the talks in Moscow that “one of the most pressing topics is the task of rescuing the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan (JCPOA)”.

  • Politics
    Arab News

    Iran sentences brother of senior vice president to 2 years

    TEHRAN: Iran has sentenced the brother of the country’s senior vice president to two years in prison on corruption charges, the website of the Iranian judiciary reported Tuesday. According to the judiciary’s spokesman, Gholamhossein Esmaili, the verdict for Mahdi Jahangiri, the brother of Eshaq Jahangiri, is final and cannot be appealed. Mahdi Jahangiri was on the board of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce and was also the founder of the private Gardeshgari Bank.

  • News
    Kuwait Times

    Pandemic to slash $22 trillion off global GDP 2020-25: IMF

    Optimism that new vaccines will bring the pandemic under control and allow economic activity to resume, coupled with stimulus in major economies, has boosted the growth forecast this year to 5.5 percent, she said. However, the Washington-based crisis lender warned the outlook is beset by “extraordinary uncertainty,” and governments will need to continue to act to prevent lasting damage after COVID-19 caused the worst peacetime economic crisis since the Great Depression.

  • Politics
    Al Jazeera

    Israel military revising operational plans against Iran: General

    Israel’s military is refreshing its operational plans against Iran and any US return to the 2015 nuclear accord with Tehran would be “wrong”, a top general warned. Israeli Lieutenant-General Amir Kohavi made the remarks on Tuesday in an address to Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies. A return to the 2015 nuclear agreement, or even if it is a similar accord with several improvements, is bad and wrong from an operational and strategic point of view,” Kohavi said.