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His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today sent a cable of congratulations to the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, HE Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, on the anniversary of Revolution Day. HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister wished the Egyptian President abundant health and happiness and further growth and prosperity to the people of Egypt. His Royal Highness highlighted the depth of Bahrain-Egypt relations, which continues to grow across all levels. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Prime Minister sent a similar cable to the Prime Minister of Egypt,…

Hong Kong:  HK national security police unit arrested five people accused of working on ‘seditious publications’ in the form of children’s books about sheep. The books in question are essentially about sheep surrounded by fierce wolves. Those arrested belonged to the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists. The books were reportedly intended to teach the city’s history of democracy to children. It has been learned that the five arrested were between the ages of 25 and 28, are accused of conspiring to “publish, distribute, exhibit or copy seditious publications.”

Yusuffali MA, chairman of Lulu Group, who  was well  known for his generosity,  stolen the hearts of the Abu Dhabi protestant community  by dating Dh500,000 to Rev Lalji M. Philip, Vicar of CSI Parish Church of South India (CSI) established in 1947 is the largest protestant and united national Church in India. The 15,000sqft project consisting of a church building will be constructed on 4.37 acres of land allotted by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Force at Abu Mureikha region More than his words his acts…

UAE: Two airplanes collided with each other on the taxiway at Dubai International Airport (DXB) early on Thursday morning.  No major injuries were reported.  but the two narrowbody aircraft sustained minor damages with significant delays for passengers. Due to the incident, the airport authority was forced to shut one of its runways for a few hours, The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-800 flydubai on its way to Kyrgyzstan and a jet from Bahraini flag carrier Gulf Air. it was not officially announced the type of aircraft was affected by the collision. The airline did confirm to Al Arabiya that the tail of the…

WASHINGTON —The White House said it has invited Ukraine’s president for a visit in August .  The White House said, it invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet President Joe Biden next month,  Zelinsky had publicly appealed for an in-person meeting with Biden before Biden’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva in June.  Zelinsky got a phone call with Biden and tweeted afterward that he had been invited to visit the White House in July. However, the July meeting in the Oval Office was not held, which is planned to schedule on  Aug. 30 and focus on Russia, corruption, and…

China: A senior Chinese health official said “it is impossible for us to accept such an origin-tracing plan,” China does not accept the World Health Organization’s plan for the second phase of a study into the origins of Covid-19, At a press conference held to address the Covid origins issue, Zeng Yixin, the vice minister of the National Health Commission, said he was “rather taken aback” by the call for a further probe into the pandemic’s origins and, specifically, the theory that the virus might have leaked from a Chinese lab. He dismissed the lab leak theory as a rumor that runs counter to common sense and…

Tokyo: Kentaro Kobayashi was fired “after a joke he had made in the past about a painful historical event was brought to light,” the organizing committee said in a statement on the eve of the Games. Kentaro Kobayashi was ousted just a day before the pandemic-delayed Games were set to officially kick off Friday with an elaborate ceremony he helped create, the latest in a long list of setbacks to hit the event. Hashimoto said, “We found out that Mr. Kobayashi, in his own performance, has used a phrase ridiculing a historical tragedy,”  “We deeply apologize for causing such a development the day before the opening…

Bahrain National Medical Taskforce announced Bahrain will move o Green Zone from 23rd July 2021

Nigeria: Police authorities in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara State said, around 100 women and children abducted in early June by gunmen known locally as “bandits” have been rescued, Zamfara police spokesman said that the victims — most of whom are nursing mothers — were released on Monday after being held by their captors for six weeks. He said their release was “unconditional” and no ransom was paid by the state.  He said, The victims were forcefully taken into captivity on June 8 by armed men who invaded Manawa Village, in Zamfara’s Mutunji District. “The released victims who were in the custody…

Argentina: President of Argentina Alberto Fernandez announced a new National Identity Document (DNI) for nonbinary people on Wednesday. President said that The DNI’s aim is to guarantee the right to gender identity for people who don’t recognize themselves as either female or male,  At the press conference at the Casa Rosada Museum in Buenos Aires, Fernandez said”There are other identities besides man and woman that must be respected,”   The new document establishes the terminology “x” in the field of gender in amended DNI and passports. Fernandez said there are a thousand ways of loving and being loved and being happy. “What…