Author: News Desk

Saudi Arabia saw a steep increase in the daily number of coronavirus cases with 2,442 new infections reported during the past 24 hours, raising the total to 70,161, according to the health ministry. There were 2,233 recoveries on Thursday, taking the overall number of recovered cases to 41,236, according to the MOH. Meanwhile, 15 more people succumbed to the deadly virus taking the total number of COVID-19 related fatalities in the Kingdom to 379. Riyadh topped the list of new cases with 794 infections, followed by Makkah (466), Jeddah (444), Madinah (273), Dammam (79) and Al Jubail (77). The ministry…

Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez announced that La Liga can resume from June 8th. The league’s president Javier Tebas said he had hoped Spain’s top flight would restart on 12 June, although La Liga is yet to confirm a restart date. La Liga players started training in groups of no more than 10 at the start of the week. “Spain has done what it should and now new horizons are opening for everyone. The time has come to bring back many day-to-day activities,” said Sanchez. “From 8 June, La Liga will be back. “Spanish football has a huge following but it will not…

Hana Kimura, a professional Japanese wrestler who appeared in the latest series of Netflix’s reality show Terrace House, has died at the age of 22. Stardom Wrestling, Kimura’s organisation, confirmed the news and asked fans to be respectful. The cause of death was not immediately clear. Shortly before she died, she issued a series of troubling social media posts implying she had been cyber-bullied. The most recent update on her Instagram story on Friday featured a photo of her with her cat, with a caption that read “goodbye”. A winner of Stardom’s 2019 Fighting Spirit Award, Kimura was one of…

Jordan’s request for emergency financial assistance amounting to about $396 million has been approved by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Jordan Times has reported. The fund is under the organization’s Rapid Financial Instrument created to help member countries facing an urgent financial need. The IMF said the grant will cover about a quarter of Jordan’s external financing needs, while the rest will be provided by the country’s development partners and other initiatives. The report said the fund will help Jordan finance essential health requirements and social protection in the country, which has been expected to suffer from losses because of…

UAE announced 994 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total cases in the country to 27,892, according to the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP). MoHAP also announced the death of 4 more people from COVID-19, rising the country’s death toll to 241. 1,043 new recoveries have been reported in the UAE, bringing the total recoveries to 13,798, according to the health ministry. The new cases were identified after conducting more than 50,000 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, the ministry noted. The ministry expressed its sincere condolences to the families of the deceased and wished a speedy recovery to…

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued a royal decree pardoning and releasing 154 inmates, who have served part of their jail terms. The kind royal gesture, marking Eid Al-Fitr, reflects HM the King’s keenness to provide the pardoned inmates with the opportunity to integrate society anew and participate in the kingdom’s development march. Also Read: No Curfew needed in Bahrain Operations can resume with guidelines in place in Bahrain Bahrain uses robots on trial-basis to treat COVID-19 patients Bahrain’s plasma treatments result to be out soon

The fourth repatriation flight from Bahrain to Kerala, as a part of the Vande Bharat Mission, to evacuate Indian residents in foreign countries will be on Tuesday (May 26). “The fourth Vande Bharat Mission flight from Bahrain to Kerala will be on Tuesday,” Mr. Norbu Negi, Chargé d’Affaires of the Indian Embassy told to the Starvision News on Friday. Tickets will be given to the selected ones on Saturday (May 23). The Air India flight will arrive in Bahrain International Airport at 3:30 pm (BAH Time) and depart to Kozhikode International Airport at 4:30 pm (BAH Time). Also Read: First repatriation flight to…

Bahrain has reported 76 new COVID-19 cases, of which 45 are among expatriate workers, 30 were a contact of an active case, and 1 was travel-related, this takes today’s total cases to 240. These newly registered cases bring up the total cases in the kingdom to 8,414 and there are 4,306 active cases of which 7 are critical and the rest stable, according to the Ministry of Health.  There are currently 30 COVID-19 cases receiving treatment. MOH also reported 92 new recoveries from COVID-19, taking today’s recoveries to 223. This brings the total recoveries in the country to 4,096. Bahrain has…

UAE has announced that Eid Al-Fitr will begin on Sunday (May 24) in the country. The announcement was made after the UAE Moon-sighting Committee held a virtual meeting under the chairmanship of the Justice Minister along with a number of senior officials, after Maghrib prayer on Friday. Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi Al Dhaheri, Minister of Justice, had issued the decision for setting up a moon-sighting committee to detect the beginning of the month of Shawwal, which marks the end of Ramadan and start of Eid Al Fitr. Eid al-Fitr celebrations follow the sighting of the crescent moon, ending the holy month of…

Saudi Arabia has announced that Eid Al-Fitr will start on Sunday (May 24) in the country. The sighting committee in the Tumair observatory said the crescent moon was not sighted on Friday night. Eid al-Fitr celebrations follow the sighting of the crescent moon, ending the holy month of Ramadan and the dawn-to-dusk fasting of millions of Muslims. Muslims follow a lunar calendar consisting of 12 months in a year of 354 or 355 days. Sighting a crescent moon heralds the start of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the Eid al-Fitr which marks the held of the holy month.…