Egypt to require virus vaccinations for civil servants

Egypt's government says it will require public servants to have a vaccination certificate or show a weekly negative COVID-19 test before entering their workplaces

Fire erupts at Kuwait oil refinery; minor injuries reported

Kuwait's state-owned oil company says a fire has erupted at a major oil refinery and left some workers with light injuries

Controversial father of Pakistan nuclear bomb dies at age 85

Family members say Abdul Qadeer Khan, a controversial figure known as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, has died of COVID-19 following a lengthy illness

Virus Outbreak Sri Lanka Protest

Now in power, Taliban set sights on Afghan drug underworld

Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers have their sights on stamping out widespread drug addiction in the country, even if by force

Saudi Aramco closes near $2T valuation as oil prices rally

Saudi Arabia’s oil company Aramco closed just shy of a $2 trillion valuation the kingdom’s crown prince has long sought

Dubai's Expo 2020 reveals 3 worker deaths from COVID-19

Dubai’s Expo 2020 has acknowledged for the first time that three workers had died from the coronavirus over the course of building the world’s fair during the pandemic, as the prestigious event draws scrutiny of labor conditions in the United Arab Emirates

For first time, Dubai Expo 2020 says 5 workers died on site

Dubai’s Expo 2020 has acknowledged that five workers had been killed on site during construction of the massive world’s fair, revealing for the first time overall statistics for worker fatalities

India announces COVID-19 tests and quarantine for Britons

India says Britons arriving in the country will be subjected to COVID-19 tests and a 10-day quarantine, in response to the same measures imposed on Indians visiting the U.K. India has been demanding that Britain revoke what it calls a discriminatory advisory that includes Indians even if they are fully vaccinated with the Indian-made AstraZeneca shots

Dubai's Expo opens, bringing first world's fair to Mideast

The Middle East’s first world's fair has opened in Dubai, after eight years of planning and billions of dollars spent