May 2020

Israel officially plans to build new settlement housing units in the West Bank as the country builds momentum for annexation with some US support. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Israel…

Kingdom recorded 1,793 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, ten more deaths Source: Arabian Business Full Article: Saudi Arabia announces tough sanctions to crack down on gatherings

CEO Peter England said 25% of customers affected are inactive Source: Arabian Business Full Article: 36,000 RAKBANK customers face credit limit reduction

193 nationals also made their way back home from India via the Wagah-Attari crossing point.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Coronavirus: Over 1,000 stranded Pakistanis repatriated from Dubai, India

An Islamic State attack killed 11 in the Syrian desert as fighting intensifies.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: IS attack kills 11 Syrian regime and allied fighters

For the first time in two months, security guards armed now with both handguns and forehead "thermometer guns" welcomed customers returning to the country's malls, markets and gyms Thursday. Source:…

A total of 34 coronavirus infections was registered by Lebanon’s Health Ministry Thursday, raising the number of detected cases in the country to 784.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Lebanon confirms…

The decisions by a “terrorism circuit” judges at the Cairo Criminal Court to extend – without respect for basic due process guarantees – the pre-trial detention of over 1,600 detainees,…

Agreements now include private day cares, which now join previous agreements which dealt with supervised day cares. Source: Jerusalem Post Full Article: Coronavirus: No new deaths, recovered patients double active…

The European Commission is considering creating a new authority to police financial crime and monitor banks more strictly, it said on Thursday, confirming a Reuters report.. Source: Albawaba Full Article:…