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Kuwait Civil Aviation Authority Adds UK to High-Risk List

Repatriated Kuwaitis from Amman, Jordan, wearing protective face masks and suits, are seen after arriving at the Kuwait Airport, Kuwait City, Kuwait April 21, 2020. /Reuters
Repatriated Kuwaitis from Amman, Jordan, wearing protective face masks and suits, are seen after arriving at the Kuwait Airport, Kuwait City, Kuwait April 21, 2020. /Reuters
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Kuwait Civil Aviation Authority Adds UK to High-Risk List

Repatriated Kuwaitis from Amman, Jordan, wearing protective face masks and suits, are seen after arriving at the Kuwait Airport, Kuwait City, Kuwait April 21, 2020. /Reuters
Repatriated Kuwaitis from Amman, Jordan, wearing protective face masks and suits, are seen after arriving at the Kuwait Airport, Kuwait City, Kuwait April 21, 2020. /Reuters

Kuwait's civil aviation authority added the United Kingdom to its high-risk list of countries on Sunday, meaning all flights from it are banned, the authority wrote on Twitter.

In August, Kuwait banned commercial flights to 31 countries which it deemed a high risk due to the spread of the coronavirus.

The World Health Organization is in close contact with British officials over a new COVID-19 virus variant, it said on Sunday, advising people to be on guard against spreading the disease.

Several European countries placed restrictions on travel to and from the UK due to concern over the new strain, which is spreading rapidly there.

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Saudi Arabia Condemns Attack on Residence of UAE Ambassador to Sudan

Smoke billows during air strikes in central Khartoum as the Sudanese army attacks positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) throughout the Sudanese capital on September 26, 2024. (AFP)
Smoke billows during air strikes in central Khartoum as the Sudanese army attacks positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) throughout the Sudanese capital on September 26, 2024. (AFP)
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Saudi Arabia Condemns Attack on Residence of UAE Ambassador to Sudan

Smoke billows during air strikes in central Khartoum as the Sudanese army attacks positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) throughout the Sudanese capital on September 26, 2024. (AFP)
Smoke billows during air strikes in central Khartoum as the Sudanese army attacks positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) throughout the Sudanese capital on September 26, 2024. (AFP)

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed on Monday’s the Kingdom condemnation of the attack on the residence of the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Sudan, saying it was a violation of international law.

The ministry reiterated the Kingdom’s rejection of these violations and all forms of violence against diplomats, emphasizing the need to ensure the protection of diplomats and respect for diplomatic missions' premises in compliance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

The Sudanese army on Monday rejected an accusation by the UAE that its forces had bombed the residence of the UAE ambassador in Khartoum.

It stressed that its forces were targeting militias and that it was its right to defend Sudan against them, adding that it respects international law

The UAE said earlier on Monday that the residence of its ambassador in Khartoum had been attacked by a Sudanese military aircraft, condemning it as a "heinous attack."