CIVIL PROTECTION

More than 1,000 people have been indicted in connection with what the government calls “riots.”

Each of the two flights carried 90 tons of food, shelter, and medical supplies for those impacted by the floods

6.8-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province left 74 people dead, 26 missing

KSRelief is involved in Yemen via 724 projects from food security, health to water, sanitation and hygiene

Report on Somalia shows famine will strike two regions between October and December

DUBAI: A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit the Arabian Sea at 11:02 a.m. on Thursday, the Earthquake Monitoring Center at Sultan Qaboos University said. The earthquake hit 594 kilometers from Salalah at a depth of 32 kilometers, the center added. There was no mention of a tsunami warning. زلزال بقوة ٥.٥ في بحر العرب ، الساعة ١١:٠٢صباح […]

Israel’s regional cooperation minister said today that he had asked Saudi Arabia to admit direct flights from Tel Aviv for Muslim pilgrims, pointing to a possible new accommodation by Riyadh ahead of next week’s visit by US President Joe Biden, Reuters reports. Israeli officials have also been seeking expanded permission for their airlines to fly over Saudi […]

The number of people affected by hunger globally grew to as many as 828 million in 2021, swelling by about 46 million from 2020 and 150 million from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a United Nations report said Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The UN report shows the world is moving further away from […]

Health experts in the United Arab Emirates are urging the public to exercise caution and to comply with COVID-19 safety protocols during the upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday, amid rising cases across the country. Last year the country’s health body recorded an increasing number of infections after Eid celebrations and this year have urged people across […]

Security forces fired tear gas and used water cannon as they tried to prevent the swelling crowds from marching on the presidential palace, according to witnesses