Middle East Experience

The Tel Aviv court ruled that Amnesty International failed to present sufficient evidence in its claim against spy-technology company NSO.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Amnesty loses battle against Israeli spy-technology company

Kuwait has confirmed 666 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, raising the total to 56,174, the health ministry announced on Tuesday.Read the latest updates in our dedicated coronavirus section.Of the new cases, 421 are Kuwaiti nationals and 245 are non-Kuwaitis.The death toll reached 396 after three individuals died due to COVID-19 complications, according to the health ministry.Meanwhile, 805 people who had previously tested positive for the virus recovered, raising the total number of recoveries to 46,161 as of July 14.Read more:COVID-19 test not mandatory for all passengers to Dubai, says DCAACoronavirus immunity may disappear within months, says latest UK studyCDC says ‘best guess’ is 40 pct of COVID-19 infections are asymptomatic
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Coronavirus: Kuwait total cases over 56,000 with 46,161 recoveries recorded

With the Americans losing interest and on the backdrop of the coronavirus crisis, the West Bank annexation plan of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to turn into his greatest diplomatic fiasco.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Netanyahu's annexation plan turning into fiasco

Saudi Arabia has seen “stability” in confirmed and critical coronavirus cases in recent days, the health ministry spokesman said on Tuesday during a press conference.Read the latest updates in our dedicated coronavirus section.There has also been a decrease of 1.5 percent in critical cases over the past week, Dr. Mohammed al-Abd al-Ali added.“We have seen control and stability in the number of cases… and critical cases… over the past seven days” the spokesman said.He also said that Saudi Arabia continues detecting cases, however, the health ministry has seen a slight drop in the curve in total number of cases.Despite seeing a slight improvement in the Kingdom, cases continue increasing globally and people must “return to normal” with caution, al-Abd al-Ali said.The health ministry announced 2,692 new infection cases over the past 24 hours but also confirmed 7,718 recoveries. There were also an additional 40 fatalities due to COVID-19 complications, raising the death toll to 2,283.Saudi Arabia currently has 237,803 total confirmed cases, the highest in the GCC region. However, the Kingdom's recovery rate is at 75 percent with 177,560 individuals having recovered as of July 10.Read more:Oman to allow citizens to travel abroad under certain conditionsAbu Dhabi implements laser screening for entry amid COVID-19 lockdownEid al-Adha prayers in Saudi Arabia only in mosques, no open grounds
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia sees stability in confirmed, critical cases, spokesman says

Albeit late, Turkey seems to have finally understood the importance of diplomacy in Libya.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Is proxy war turning to conventional confrontation in Libya?

The Hague-based court said it unanimously..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Qatar wins air blockade case at top UN court

More than 300 lawyers, MPs and other prominent figures have signed a petition to see Jasmine, 11, stay in the UK..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Calls for UK to halt deportation of Sudanese child at risk of FGM

The North African country is launching an economic plan that would help it out of its financial strait..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Algeria's new economic reforms aims to save billion by the end of 2020

Saudi Arabia permanently canceled Qatar’s beIN Sports broadcasting license in the Kingdom and fined it 10 million riyals ($2.67 million) for its “monopolistic practices,” the Saudi General Authority for Competition (GAC) said on Tuesday.The Saudi authority issued a press release stating that after investigating complaints against beIN Sports, it concluded that the Qatari channel “abused” its exclusive broadcast bundle of the 2016 UEFA European Championship.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The authority said beIN Sports “compelled potential subscribers to sports bundle to subscribe to other bundles that include non-sports contents,” compelled subscribers with a valid basic bundle which covered the Euro 2016 tournament to renew their subscription in advance for another year as a pre-requisite to watching the tournament, and compelled subscribers to pay for a sports bundle that “also had different types of tournaments and sports, that a subscriber would not be interested in.”GAC classified beIN Sports’ practices as a “clear violation” of the competition law and mandated that the channels return all the proceeds obtained as a result of the violation.WTO reportIn October 2018, Qatar had filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) accusing Saudi Arabia of blocking Qatari-owned broadcaster beIN from broadcasting in the Kingdom and not taking proper measures against the piracy of beIN's content by beoutQ.Last month, the WTO said in a report that Saudi Arabia’s actions against Qatar were justified under the security exception to the WTO’s intellectual property protection agreement.Doha had also complained that beIN was denied access to Saudi courts to pursue proceedings regarding piracy of its content by beoutQ. However, the WTO states that the denial of access to the Saudi justice system to Qatari institutions and nationals is part of the Kingdom’s prerogative since it falls under the umbrella of the “comprehensive measures” it took when it severed ties with Qatar.Saudi Arabia had, along with the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, cut diplomatic, trade and transport ties with Qatar in June 2017, accusing it of supporting terrorism – a charge Doha denies.Read more:WTO report on Saudi Arabia-Qatar case: Top takeaways explainedWTO on the Qatar-Saudi Arabia case: Kingdom’s measures are within its rightsWTO report on Qatar-Saudi Arabia’s case is a ‘full victory’ for Kingdom: Legal expert
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Saudi Arabia cancels license of Qatar’s beIN Sports, fines it .7 mln

Emna Charqui is sentenced to six months in Tunisia for a Facebook post imitating Islam’s holy book..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Blogger given jail over satirical Koran Covid post