Saudi Arabia has recorded 958 new COVID-19 cases and 13 virus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Kingdom’s Ministry of Health.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Meanwhile, 1,047 people also recovered from the virus.There have now been 6,913 deaths due to coronavirus complications in the Kingdom since the pandemic began.A total of 413,174 people have been infected, and 396,604 have recovered.As it continues with efforts to contain the virus at home, Saudi Arabia sent 80 metric tons of oxygen to India on Sunday as the South Asian country grapples with the world’s worst surge of COVID-19 and diminishing medical supplies and beds.The Kingdom has administered more than eight million vaccine doses, it was announced on Saturday.Read more: Saudi Arabia sends oxygen to India amid hospital shortage, surge in COVID-19 casesUAE records 1,759 COVID-19 cases, two deaths in 24 hoursNo one who received Sinopharm vaccine doses has died of COVID-19 in Abu Dhabi: Study
Source: Al Arabiya
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Tunisian film nominated for country's first Oscar
"The Man Who Sold His Skin" was nominated for best foreign film at the Academy Awards, the first-ever nomination for Tunisia.
Source: Al Monitor
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Drug shipment seized in Saudi Arabia was packed in Syria not Lebanon: Sources
The Captagon shipment seized in Saudi Arabia, consisted originally of two shipments that had entered Lebanon through Syria, the origin was forged and changed from Syria to Lebanon, sources revealed to Al Arabiya.According to the sources, the origin of shipment was forged and changed so that the shipment would not be thoroughly inspected because Lebanese shipments are not subject to strict thorough inspection in Beirut port, unlike shipments in-transit.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.On Friday, an attempt to smuggle over 2.4 million amphetamine narcotic tablets into Saudi Arabia was foiled and seized by Saudi Customs. The tablets were hidden in a pomegranate fruit shipment coming from Lebanon.The shipments of pomegranates loaded with Captagon had entered the Lebanese territory after they were packed in Syria, not Lebanon.The sources added that the first shipment entered Lebanon on the eighth of April and the second on the fourteenth.Sources revealed that the seized Captagon shipment consisted of two shipments originally, the first belonging to a person from ‘Aitan’ family, and the second to two brothers from ‘Suleiman’ family.The sources added to Al Arabiya that the Lebanese customs arrested four people involved, while the remaining suspects have fled to Syria and Turkey.There has been a clash between the Lebanese Minister of Commerce and Lebanese Minister of Agriculture on the overlap of responsibilities, according to the source.Read more:Lebanon calls for coordination with Saudi Arabia to crack down on drug smugglingUAE says it supports Saudi Arabia’s ban on fruit, vegetable imports from LebanonHezbollah behind shipment of seized Captagon in Saudi Arabia: Independent Persian
Source: Al Arabiya
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Iran sentences British-Iranian aid worker to another year in jail
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had just competed her five-year sentence when she was summoned to court on a new propaganda charge.
Source: Al Monitor
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UAE condemns 'right-wing extremist groups' for violence in Jerusalem
The Emirati statement referred only to Jewish groups in "occupied" east Jerusalem in a relatively rare public criticism of its new Israeli ally.
Source: Al Monitor
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Turkey’s ambitious drone carrier project dogged by uncertainties
Keen on becoming a major sea power in the region, Turkey plans to convert an amphibious assault ship into a drone carrier, a project that raises operational and technical challenges for the Turkish navy.
Source: Al Monitor
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EU likely to open to Israeli travelers after doing so for Americans
Israel registered less than 100 new coronavirus cases for the second day in a row.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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Learning Curve – opinion
As Israel did back in 1984, Montenegro’s new government needs to learn from its failures.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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Man pretends to be National Insurance agent, swindles NIS 1.25 million
Iyad Zoabi allegedly convinced taxpayers to file tax claims with him in the form of transferring money and goods, worth approximately NIS 1,270,000.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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Turkey to begin making Russia's Sputnik V vaccine
The Russian COVID-19 vaccine would add an alternative in Turkey to the Chinese version currently in use.
Source: Al Monitor
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