KUWAIT - More than 2.5 million citizens and residents of Kuwait have received the COVID-19 vaccine since the beginning of the vaccination campaign in the country, said the Health Minister Sheikh Dr. Basel Al-Sabah.
KUWAIT - Kuwait's daily coronavirus cases rose by 805 to 399,343 as deaths increased by 11 to 2,339, the health ministry said.
KUWAIT - A 4.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in Al-Manageesh area southwest of Kuwait, said the Kuwait National Seismic Network (KNSN).
BEIJING - China reiterated overwhelming support to State of Kuwait's just causes, and reaffirmed respect to the Arab Gulf country's independence, security, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
RAMALLAH - The international community and the US must halt the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Jerusalem especially in the Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan neighborhoods, Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said.
TEHRAN - Iran denied UK and US accusations that it was behind an attack on an Israel-managed oil tanker off Omani territorial waters last week.
BEIJING - Victims of massive floods in the central Henan Province rose to 302, whereas 50 others are missing, Chinese authorities announced. (end) ibi