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The new flexible work rules are intended to offer both employees and employers greater freedoms and ultimately boost employment. AFP 

Juggling responsibilities, Saudis cheer new flexible work rules

August 11, 2020
A staff member works with samples of a potential Covid-19 vaccine at a production plant of SinoPharm in Beijing, China. Xinhua via AP

Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to start vaccine trials

August 10, 2020
Saudi Arabia's King Salman walks with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah and other GCC leaders during the bloc's 40th Summit in Riyadh on December 10, 2019. Saudi Royal Court via Reuters

GCC unites to seek UN extension of Iran arms embargo

August 9, 2020
An empty road near the Muscat Opera House during a nearly two-week coronavirus lockdown in Oman. AFP

Coronavirus: Oman's daily infections drop by more than 60% after lockdown

August 8, 2020
The sultanate now has over 50,000 cases of coronavirus. Silvia Razgova / The National

Oman revises evening lockdown and lifts local travel restrictions

August 5, 2020
Sheikh Sabah (left) and Saudi Arabia's King Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters

Kuwait Emir Sheikh Sabah’s health improving, says Prime Minister

August 4, 2020
Pilgrims praying during the Tawaf Al Ifadah during the symbolic ritual of 'Stoning the Devil', throwing seven pebbles at the largest of the three pillars, known as Jamrat Al-Aqaba on the third day of Hajj 2020 in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. EPA via Saudi Ministry of Media

No coronavirus at Hajj as pilgrims head for isolation and home

August 3, 2020
Dr Hamza Alherz at the holy mosque of Makkah. Courtesy Dr Hamza Alherz

‘I burst into tears’: front line coronavirus workers reflect on an emotional Hajj journey

August 2, 2020
Muslim pilgrims throw pebbles as part of the symbolic Al Aqabah (stoning of the devil ritual) at the Jamarat Bridge during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, Saudi Arabia. AFP

Al Azhar congratulates Saudi Arabia for holding the Hajj amid pandemic

August 2, 2020
 Rita Pradeep Nair, centre, on the aircraft with colleagues as they are evacuated from Kuwait by the Indian government. Courtesy Rita Pradeep Nair

Indians recount tumultuous Kuwait evacuation three decades after Iraq invasion

August 2, 2020
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman leaves hospital late on July 30, 2020 after more than a week following surgery to remove his gall bladder, late Thursday, . SPA

Saudi Arabia's King Salman leaves hospital after operation

July 31, 2020
A Muslim pilgrim praying on Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal Al Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the holy city of Makkah during the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage amid the Covid-19 pandemic. AFP

Hajj 2020: masked pilgrims feel 'blessed' as they mark Arafat Day

July 30, 2020
Muslim pilgrims enter Namira Mosque in Arafat as they keep social distance to protect themselves against coronavirus during the annual hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. AP

Hajj 2020: Arafat Day sermon released in English

July 30, 2020
A boat sails past Bahrain's financial district in Manama. Private employers in Bahrain can begin hiring foreign workers again in August after a four-month suspension due to the coronavirus outbreak. Reuters

Coronavirus: Bahrain allows private sector to resume hiring foreign workers

July 30, 2020
A member of medical staff wearing protective gloves carries a swab tested during a drive-thru coronavirus disease testing at Bahrain Exhibition Centre, in Manama, Bahrain. Reuters

Coronavirus patient jailed in Bahrain for deliberately coughing on doctors

July 30, 2020
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Business Extra: Lebanon's economy 'beyond the brink'

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In this handout photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, and provided by Russian Direct Investment Fund, an employee shows a new vaccine at the Nikolai Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia. Russia on Tuesday, Aug. 11 became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine for use in tens of thousands of its citizens despite international skepticism about injections that have not completed clinical trials and were studied in only dozens of people for less than two months. (Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/ Russian Direct Investment Fund via AP)

Covid-19 vaccine race, aid to Beirut, 242 new UAE cases - The Daily Update

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Dubai ranked the most liveable city in the Middle East and North Africa. Getty 

UAE visit visas extended, 20m Covid-19 cases worldwide - The Daily Update

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Dubai's DPI testing, UAE cases, Emirates flights to Pakistan - The Daily Update

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