CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: PROF. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

World

US government appeals order blocking TikTok restrictions 28 Dec 2020 - 09:42 pm
Peninsula
Spain to keep registry of people who refuse Covid vaccine 28 Dec 2020 - 09:03 pm
A health worker prepares an injection with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, at Balafia nursing home, in Lleida, Spain, December 27, 2020. REUTERS/Albert Gea
Turkey expects China COVID-19 vaccine in days, as doctors seek more data 28 Dec 2020 - 08:33 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man works in a laboratory of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a government-organized media tour in Beijing, China, Sept. 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Phot
After Trump backs down on stimulus bill, lawmakers set to vote on higher relief checks 28 Dec 2020 - 08:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), walks from the Senate floor as both chambers of Congress are aimed to pass the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) package in a marathon session on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. RE
Russia reports more than 186,000 coronavirus deaths 28 Dec 2020 - 07:55 pm
People wearing face masks look at the Christmas decorations while shopping in Moscow on December 28, 2020, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. Russia confirmed 27,787 new daily Covid-19 cases including 6,253 in Moscow. / AFP / Al
Hungary receives 6,000 doses of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine 28 Dec 2020 - 07:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: A view shows vials during the production of Gam-COVID-Vac, also known as Sputnik-V, vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a facility of BIOCAD biotechnology company in Saint Petersburg, Russia December 4, 2020. Picture taken De
German care home workers given five times vaccine dose 28 Dec 2020 - 07:15 pm
A medical worker carries a box of vials containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19, coronavirus vaccine during an inoculation program at a care home in Grossraeschen, eastern Germany , on December 27, 2020. / AFP / POOL / FABRIZIO BENSCH
US screens 1.28 million people at US airports 28 Dec 2020 - 05:08 pm
Passengers arrive on a flight from London amid new restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at JFK International Airport in New York City, U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Lebanon secures COVID-19 vaccines for 20% of its citizens: Health minister 28 Dec 2020 - 04:43 pm
Lebanon's caretaker health minister Hamad Hasan, gestures as he speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon December 28, 2020. (Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reuters)
Finland finds first patients with new coronavirus variants 28 Dec 2020 - 04:13 pm
Peninsula
Second Taiwan-born panda cub makes media debut 28 Dec 2020 - 04:06 pm
The picture shows six-month-old giant panda cub Yuan Bao during a media preview at Taipei Zoo in Taipei on December 28, 2020. / AFP / HSU Tsun-hsu
17 fishermen feared dead after trawler sinks in Arctic Russia 28 Dec 2020 - 04:00 pm
Peninsula
Pfizer to complete supply of COVID-19 vaccines to EU by September 28 Dec 2020 - 03:16 pm
A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a
Philippine president signs $93.7 bln national budget for 2021 28 Dec 2020 - 02:40 pm
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech during their joint press statement with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (not pictured) at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan May 31, 2019. Kazuhiro Nogi /Pool via Reuters/File Photo
India's Serum Institute expects approval for AstraZeneca vaccine in days 28 Dec 2020 - 02:36 pm
Vials with a sticker reading,
Small delay in Pfizer vaccine deliveries to 8 EU nations: Spain 28 Dec 2020 - 02:29 pm
A nurse prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, during a vaccination operation at the
EU nations unanimously back post-Brexit trade deal with UK 28 Dec 2020 - 02:13 pm
This file photograph taken on December 10, 2020, shows the flags of the United Kingdom and the European Union next to the
Britain to restrict promotion of unhealthy food from April 2022 28 Dec 2020 - 02:05 pm
Chips are seen at Hawksmoor, Seven Dials on the opening day of