• Iraqi security forces prevent protesters from breaking into the provincial council building during a demonstration in Basra, Iraq. AP Photo
    Iraqi security forces prevent protesters from breaking into the provincial council building during a demonstration in Basra, Iraq. AP Photo
  • A cow grazes on the banks of the Nile river in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. AFP
    A cow grazes on the banks of the Nile river in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. AFP
  • A medical staff going to the intensive care unit in Al Emarat hospital in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. EPA
    A medical staff going to the intensive care unit in Al Emarat hospital in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. EPA
  • A man shops at a vegetables stand, in Central Market, in Manama, Bahrain. Reuters
    A man shops at a vegetables stand, in Central Market, in Manama, Bahrain. Reuters
  • An Egyptian military plane flies overs houses in Abu Kabir, north of Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
    An Egyptian military plane flies overs houses in Abu Kabir, north of Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
  • A Libyan kitesurfer practices at sea off the coast of the capital Tripoli. AFP
    A Libyan kitesurfer practices at sea off the coast of the capital Tripoli. AFP
  • Lebanese anti-government protesters clash with soldiers in the Bab al-Tabbaneh neighbourhood in the northern port city of Tripoli. AFP
    Lebanese anti-government protesters clash with soldiers in the Bab al-Tabbaneh neighbourhood in the northern port city of Tripoli. AFP
  • A neighbourhood watchman plays with a dog as they patrol in a public garden, in Ankara, Turkey. AP Photo
    A neighbourhood watchman plays with a dog as they patrol in a public garden, in Ankara, Turkey. AP Photo
  • A worker sprays disinfectant inside a mosque in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
    A worker sprays disinfectant inside a mosque in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
  • Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fouad Hussein, center right, leaves the meeting room with his Kuwaiti counterpart, Ahmad al-Nasser al-Sabah, center left, in Baghdad, Iraq. AP Photo
    Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fouad Hussein, center right, leaves the meeting room with his Kuwaiti counterpart, Ahmad al-Nasser al-Sabah, center left, in Baghdad, Iraq. AP Photo

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for June 14, 2020

We bring you the best images from the Middle East and North Africa

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June 14, 2020

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OTHER IPL BOWLING RECORDS

Best bowling figures: 6-14 – Sohail Tanvir (for Rajasthan Royals against Chennai Super Kings in 2008)

Best average: 16.36 – Andrew Tye

Best economy rate: 6.53 – Sunil Narine

Best strike-rate: 12.83 – Andrew Tye

Best strike-rate in an innings: 1.50 – Suresh Raina (for Chennai Super Kings against Rajasthan Royals in 2011)

Most runs conceded in an innings: 70 – Basil Thampi (for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2018)

Most hat-tricks: 3 – Amit Mishra

Most dot-balls: 1,128 – Harbhajan Singh

Most maiden overs bowled: 14 – Praveen Kumar

Most four-wicket hauls: 6 – Sunil Narine

 

The squad traveling to Brazil:

Faisal Al Ketbi, Ibrahim Al Hosani, Khalfan Humaid Balhol, Khalifa Saeed Al Suwaidi, Mubarak Basharhil, Obaid Salem Al Nuaimi, Saeed Juma Al Mazrouei, Saoud Abdulla Al Hammadi, Taleb Al Kirbi, Yahia Mansour Al Hammadi, Zayed Al Kaabi, Zayed Saif Al Mansoori, Saaid Haj Hamdou, Hamad Saeed Al Nuaimi. Coaches Roberto Lima and Alex Paz.

Sinopharm vaccine explained

The Sinopharm vaccine was created using techniques that have been around for decades. 

“This is an inactivated vaccine. Simply what it means is that the virus is taken, cultured and inactivated," said Dr Nawal Al Kaabi, chair of the UAE's National Covid-19 Clinical Management Committee.

"What is left is a skeleton of the virus so it looks like a virus, but it is not live."

This is then injected into the body.

"The body will recognise it and form antibodies but because it is inactive, we will need more than one dose. The body will not develop immunity with one dose," she said.

"You have to be exposed more than one time to what we call the antigen."

The vaccine should offer protection for at least months, but no one knows how long beyond that.

Dr Al Kaabi said early vaccine volunteers in China were given shots last spring and still have antibodies today.

“Since it is inactivated, it will not last forever," she said.

Batti Gul Meter Chalu

Producers: KRTI Productions, T-Series
Director: Sree Narayan Singh
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Divyenndu Sharma, Yami Gautam
Rating: 2/5

The Settlers

Director: Louis Theroux

Starring: Daniella Weiss, Ari Abramowitz

Rating: 5/5

UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
How to donate

Text the following numbers:

2289 - Dh10

6025 - Dh 20

2252 - Dh 50

2208 - Dh 100

6020 - Dh 200 

*numbers work for both Etisalat and du

MWTC

Tickets start from Dh100 for adults and are now on sale at www.ticketmaster.ae and Virgin Megastores across the UAE. Three-day and travel packages are also available at 20 per cent discount.

From Zero

Artist: Linkin Park

Label: Warner Records

Number of tracks: 11

Rating: 4/5

What can victims do?

Always use only regulated platforms

Stop all transactions and communication on suspicion

Save all evidence (screenshots, chat logs, transaction IDs)

Report to local authorities

Warn others to prevent further harm

Courtesy: Crystal Intelligence

Gulf Under 19s final

Dubai College A 50-12 Dubai College B

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