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Philippines:  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has restored a crucial pact governing the presence of U.S. troops in the Southeast Asian nation, the two countries’ defence ministers said on Friday, reversing a decision that had caused increasing concern in Washington and Manila.

Djokovic through to semi finals Novak Djokovic picked up a comfortable win over Kei Nishikori on Thursday to qualify for the men’s tennis semi-finals at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. In the quarter-finals of the competition, the Serb beat his Japanese opponent 6-2, 6-0 in a match that lasted 70 minutes at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo.  Biles appreciative of support After speaking out about the mental health issues she has been dealing with, Simone Biles has received several messages of support by fans and athletes and took to social media to express her gratitude. Biles had previously broke down the problems she is…

Manama, July 29 (BNA): His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and Prime minister, today received the United States of America’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, Dana Stroul, at Riffa Palace. His Royal Highness highlighted the importance of furthering the strategic partnership between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United States of America, to serve the common interests of both countries. His Royal Highness noted the depth of Bahrain-US cooperation, which has witnessed continued development, particularly within the fields of military and defense. His Royal Highness welcomed Stroul’s…

Bahrain :  His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today issued Royal Decree 83/2021, appointing the following five heads of Bahrain’s diplomatic missions: Dr. Mohammed Ghassan Mohammed Adnan Shaikho was appointed as Bahrain’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to China. Ahmed Abdulla Al-Harmasi Al-Hajeri was appointed as Bahrain’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Indonesia. Muna Abbas Mahmood Radhi was appointed as Bahrain’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Thailand. Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa was appointed as Bahrain’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France. Badr Abbas Al-Hulaibi was appointed as Bahrain’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Brazil. The…

Colombia :  Some 9,000 migrants are stranded in a Caribbean municipality in Colombia amid a surge of people passing through on their way to north America following the re-opening of international borders post-lockdown, the Colombian migration agency said. The irregular migrants – who are mostly Haitians but also include Venezuelans and Cubans, as well as a number from African countries – are stuck in Necocli, in Colombia’s Antioquia province, migration agency director Juan Francisco Espinosa said in a virtual press conference. “This is a recurring and historical phenomenon. Colombia is not the cause or the destination of this migration,” Espinosa…

Bahrain :  During the press conference held today , Dr. Waleed Al-Manea said , after obtaining the approval of the Coordination Committee, it was proactively decided that, the yellow level would be the minimum for the traffic light mechanism until the completion of the vaccination of 80% of adults 40 years and over with the booster dose for those who meet the conditions of the booster dose and the transition to the yellow level starting from Sunday, August 1, 2021. Dr. Manaf Al-Qahtani said, there were no death was recorded and no hospitalization was required among those who completed 14 days…

Malaysia:   Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin faced calls to resign on Thursday from the opposition and the biggest bloc in the ruling coalition, after a rare rebuke by the king over the government’s handling of emergency ordinances. Muhyiddin’s government said earlier this week that on July 21 it had revoked all ordinances that had come into effect since a national state of emergency was imposed in January. King Al-Sultan Abdullah imposed the emergency on the advice of Muhyiddin, who had said it was needed to curb the spread of COVID-19. But critics have slammed the move and accused the premier…

DAKAR :  Idrissa Lo rushed back to Senegal from the United States when family members started falling sick with COVID-19 and dying. On Wednesday, he mourned a fifth family member lost to the virus – one of nearly 150 Senegalese to die this month as a third wave sweeps through the capital Dakar, leaving its hospitals nearly overrun. “The one I lost two hours ago is my really close cousin. He was young, he was like 40 years old,” said Lo, a U.S.-based transport worker, standing in the sun-baked yard of the hospital in Dakar’s Yoff neighbourhood. Senegal, which until…

SYDNEY : Australia’s military will help enforce a lockdown in Sydney after the city of 6 million posted a record daily rise in COVID-19 cases on Thursday and state authorities said the outbreak was likely to get worse. The lockdown of Australia’s biggest city has increased pressure on Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who is now trailing in opinion polls, and heightened concern that Australia’s A$2 trillion ($1.5 trillion) economy could slide into recession. Despite an extended lockdown in Sydney since an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant, 239 new locally acquired coronavirus cases were recorded in the city over…

TOKYO : Two people attending the Tokyo Olympics from overseas have been admitted to hospital with COVID-19, a Tokyo 2020 spokesperson said on Thursday, as daily cases in the host city and Japan as a whole hit new highs. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga denied there was any link between the games and the simultaneous rise in cases in the country. He said the government will decide on Friday whether to extend a state of emergency, already imposed on Tokyo and Okinawa, to additional regions, without saying where. Such a declaration lets the authorities take extra measures such as shutting bars,…