The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced its first case of COVID-19.
That's according to a statement made by the Saudi Ministry of Health to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The ministry confirmed that all the necessary laboratory tests and examinations were carried out, which was when the person tested positive for the virus.
Reports suggest that the passenger was coming from Iran and flew through the Kingdom of Bahrain before arriving at Saudi.
Thailand to airlift critical patients as southern floods kill 33
Authorities in Thailand plan to send helicopters on Wednesday to evacuate critically-ill patients from a southern hospital marooned by some of the region's worst floods in years, as the death toll rose to 33, with more rain expected.
Bangladesh slum fire leaves thousands homeless
A massive fire tore through one of Dhaka’s largest slums on Tuesday evening, leaving thousands of people homeless and turning rows of tin-roofed shanties into charred rubble, officials said.
24 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls have been released, official says
Twenty-four girls, who were abducted from a government boarding school in northwestern Nigeria last week, have been released, the state governor's media aide said on Tuesday.
Sudan's RSF paramilitary says it will enter into ceasefire
The head of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces has said late on Monday that his paramilitaries would immediately enter into a three-month humanitarian truce, after US President Donald Trump said he would intervene to seek an end to the war.
A mix of weather systems is expected to bring more cloud cover across the UAE in the coming days, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM).
President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has held talks with Sheikh Fahad Yousef Saud Al Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Kuwait, at Qasr Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Sharjah Charity International (SCI) has carried out a relief initiative supplying winter aid to 700 vulnerable families in Jordan, including 500 Syrian refugee families and 200 Jordanian families.
