New satellite imagery obtained by CNN reveals North Korea has recently taken steps to conceal a facility US intelligence agencies believe is being used to store nuclear weapons, a move that could add to the growing sense of urgency from critics who argue the Biden administration needs to articulate a clear strategy on how it will deal with Kim Jong Un going forward. [...]

Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls rescued days after kidnapping

Hundreds of schoolgirls that were kidnapped at gunpoint in Nigeria have been rescued, authorities said. [...]

UAE Covid: PCR tests every week for these employees in Ajman

Employees who have received both doses of the Covid vaccine are exempted from the requirement. [...]

UAE employers cut salaries, ask staff to work from home country

Employees are at a loss about the contagion impact on their wages. [...]

Video: Abu Dhabi Police chase, stop reckless driver

He committed three dangerous traffic violations. [...]

DOH finds 6 cases of South African variant, 30 add’l UK variant cases

(Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) said that six cases of the South African variant or B.1.351, have been found in the country, while 30 more cases of B.1.1.7 variant or the so-called UK variant have been also recently detected. With the additional 30 cases of the UK variant, the number of UK variant cases in the country have now reached 87. Aside from this, “two additional cases with mutations of interest” were […] [...]

Zion dominant as Pelicans upset Jazz, Sixers bounce back

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Zion Williamson produced a dominant performance as the New Orleans Pelicans upset the league-leading Utah Jazz with a 129-124 victory on Monday. Pelicans prodigy Williamson finished with 26 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists to give New Orleans a deserved victory over the Western Conference-leading Jazz. It was the sort of display from the 20-year-old Williamson that made him one of the most coveted young players in years when […] [...]

Five guards freed after new Ecuador prison riot controlled

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Five prison guards held after a new riot broke out in an Ecuadorian prison were released Monday after the unrest was controlled without fatalities, a week after 79 inmates died in bloody gang warfare, the police said. “The servants of the security corps, who were held by the inmates, are safe and without damage to their physical integrity or health,” the prison authority said in a statement. “No deaths were recorded” […] [...]