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  • Saudi Arabi bans nationals from traveling to Indonesia

    Date: 2021-07-21 16:47:04 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:9072572

    RIYADH, July 21 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia on Wednesday banned its citizens from travelling to Indonesia directly or indirectly. The ban comes as the southeast Asian country reported a record high of 1,383 deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday. The ....

  • Jordan reports 286 new infections

    Date: 2021-07-21 16:32:44 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:9072559

    AMMAN, July 21 (MENA) - As many as six new deaths and 286 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded in Jordan on Wednesday. With Wednesday's fatalities and infections, the caseload and death toll from the disease have increased to ....

  • Palestine confirms 115 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-07-21 12:06:56 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:9072107

    RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) - Palestine on Wednesday recorded 115 new Covid-19 cases, two fatalities in Gaza, and 360 recovery cases in the last 24 hours, according to Health Minister Mai Alkaila. She added in her daily report on the disease that ....

  • UAE announces 1,506 new COVID-19 cases, 1,484 recoveries, 3 deaths in last 24 hours

    Date: 2021-07-21 11:24:26 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:9072029

    ABU DHABI, July 21 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 242,524 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment, the UAE news agency WAM reported. In ....

  • US, Jordan confirm vast partnership

    Date: 2021-07-21 07:18:41 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:9071695

    WASHINGTON, July 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that there is a vast partnership between the US and Jordan. In a statement, the Department of Treasury said that Yellen encouraged King Abullah II of Jordan, ....

  • EU condemns terrorist attack in market in Baghdad’s Sadr City

    Date: 2021-07-20 21:48:38 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:9071500

    BRUSSELS, July 20 (MENA) - The European Union condemned on Tuesday in the strongest possible terms yesterday’s terrorist attack in a busy market in Sadr City in Eastern Baghdad which took numerous lives and injured many. “We express our heartfelt ....

  • Tunisian health minister sacked

    Date: 2021-07-20 18:30:43 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:9071439

    TUNIS, July 20 (MENA) - Tunisia’s Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi on Tuesday sacked Health Minister Faouzi Mehdi, Mechichi’s office said, amid spiralling coronavirus cases in the North African country. The Health Ministry said earlier this month ....

  • Morocco reports 3,631 new confirmed coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-07-20 18:25:13 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:9071436

    RABAT, July 20 (MENA) - Morocco's COVID-19 infections rose to 562,416 on Tuesday as 3,631 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours. The kingdom’s death count rose by 20 to reach a total of 9,486, according to a statement by the Moroccan ....

  • Sudan's PM says GERD file still prioritized by transitional gov’t

    Date: 2021-07-20 18:00:53 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:9071377

    KHARTOUM, July 20 (MENA) - Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdouk said on Tuesday the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) file is still at the top of the transitional government’s priorities. Speaking to the nation on the first day of Eidul ....

  • Jordan's amb.:King Abdullah keen to address Arab issues during US visit

    Date: 2021-07-20 17:55:17 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:9071375

    CAIRO, July 20 (MENA) - Jordanian Ambassador in Cairo Amjad Al Adayla said King Abdullah II has been keen to address issues of the Arab nation during his current visit to the US. In statements to MENA, Adayla said the summit meeting that was held ....

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