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Kuwait registers 226 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths

Date: 2021-08-20 19:45:17 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:9122107

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 20 (MENA) - Kuwait's daily coronavirus cases rose by 226 to 407,878, while deaths increased by two to 2,401, KUNA news agency quoted the Health Ministry as saying in a statement on Friday. Another 618 people were cured of the ....

Sudan welcomes deal between AU, Somalia to renew mandate of AMISOM

Date: 2021-08-20 18:39:21 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:9121925

KHARTOUM, Aug 20 (MENA) – Sudan welcomed on Friday an agreement reached between the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Somali Federal Government to renew the mandate of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). In a press release, the ....

Putin calls on world community to continue dialogue with Libyan political forces

Date: 2021-08-20 18:23:32 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:9121927

MOSCOW, Aug 20 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin urged on Friday the international community to continue working with all Libyan political forces to safeguard the reached agreements and move the settlement forward, Sputnik news agency ....

Japanese FM to visit Baghdad Saturday

Date: 2021-08-20 17:47:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:9121907

BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (MENA) - The Iraqi Foreign Ministry announced that Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi is due to pay an official visit to Baghdad on Saturday, Alsumaria news channel reported Friday. Motegi, accompanied by an ....

Morocco reports 8,216 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Date: 2021-08-20 17:39:47 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:9121984

RABAT, Aug 20 (MENA) - As many as 8,216 new coronavirus cases were detected in Morocco over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed infections to 799,775, said the Moroccan Health Ministry. In a statement carried by MAP news ....

Lebanon registers 1,019 new Covid-19 infections

Date: 2021-08-20 17:30:01 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:9121970

BEIRUT, Aug 20 (MENA) - Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health announced on Friday 1,019 new cases of COVID-19, raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 589,597. Five deaths have been recorded, upping the total number of fatalities to ....

Putin to meet Jordanian King in Moscow on Monday

Date: 2021-08-20 17:25:21 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:9121965

MOSCOW, Aug 20 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Moscow on Monday, Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov said. "Yes, and a working meeting (with President Putin) will be held on Monday," ....

Algeria reports 578 new coronavirus cases, 28 deaths

Date: 2021-08-20 17:12:25 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:9121944

ALGIERS, Aug 20 (MENA) – As many as 578 new coronavirus cases and 28 deaths were recorded in Algeria over the past 24 hours, the Algerian health ministry said Friday. This takes the total number of infections in the country to 190,656, and the ....

Daesh hideout in southern Mosul found, destroyed: Nineveh police

Date: 2021-08-20 16:43:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:9121905

BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (MENA) - Nineveh police troops said Friday that a Daesh hideout was found and destroyed in southern Mosul, The National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) reported on Friday. A source at Nineveh police said a joint force of the Iraqi army ....

Libyan speaker urges exit of foreign forces

Date: 2021-08-20 16:16:13 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:9121681

TRIPOLI, Aug 20 (MENA) - Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives Aquila Saleh on Friday urges the withdrawal of all foreign forces and mercenaries from Libyan territory. In statements, Saleh also called for the unification of institutions ....