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GCC welcomes appointing Hans Grundberg as new UN envoy for Yemen

Date: 2021-08-06 20:43:43 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:9098508

RIYADH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Nayef al-Hajraf welcomed on Friday UN's decision appointing Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg as new UN envoy for Yemen. In a statement on Friday, Hajraf stressed the ....

Kuwait reports 596 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths

Date: 2021-08-06 20:40:19 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:9098539

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 6 (MENA) – Kuwait's Health Ministry reported on Friday 596 new COVID-19 cases, in addition to five deaths caused by the deadly virus in the past 24 hours. The ministry’s official spokesperson Dr. Abdullah al-Sanad said in ....

Algeria reports 1,203 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-08-06 19:24:07 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:9098474

ALGIERS, Aug 6 (MENA) – As many as 1,203 new coronavirus cases and 46 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 179,216, and the ....

Lebanon registers 1,461 new Covid-19 infections

Date: 2021-08-06 19:17:36 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:9098476

BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health announced on Friday 1,461 new cases of Covid-19, raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 568,505. Six deaths have been recorded, upping the total number of fatalities to ....

M'rabet sworn in as Tunisia's acting health minister

Date: 2021-08-06 18:49:51 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:9098396

TUNIS, Aug 6 (MENA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied on Friday issued a presidential decree naming Ali M'rabet as the country's acting minister of health. M'rabet was sworn in before the president under Article 89 of the Tunisian Constitution. ....

UN chief names Swedish diplomat as new Yemen envoy

Date: 2021-08-06 18:19:18 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:9098450

NEW YORK, Aug 6 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday named Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg as his new Yemen envoy. The 15-member council approved Grundberg this week as a replacement for Martin Griffiths, who became the UN aid ....

Jordan reports 531 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths

Date: 2021-08-06 17:03:12 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:9098374

AMMAN, Aug 6 (MENA) – The Jordanian Health Ministry said 531 new coronavirus cases and five virus-related deaths were recorded in the kingdom on Friday, raising the total number of infections to 775,782 and the fatalities to 10,105, Petra news ....

Iraq registers 11,435 new coronavirus cases, 62 deaths

Date: 2021-08-06 15:59:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:9098234

BAGHDAD, Aug 6 (MENA) - The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment registered Friday 11,435 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1.696,390, the National Iraqi News Agency reported. The ministry said that 87 ....

Berri: Israeli aggression requires swift gov't line-up

Date: 2021-08-06 15:48:30 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:9098236

BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said the Israeli aggression requires a swift national response represented in forming the government and ending the vacuum in state institutions. He added that if the executive ....

Foreign investments to Tunisia down in 1st half of 2021

Date: 2021-08-06 15:06:49 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:9098149

TUNIS, Aug 6 (MENA) - The foreign investments flowing into Tunisia in the first half of 2021 receded by 7.4 percent to stand at 945.8 million dinars against 1.02 billion dinars in the same period last year, according to official data. France came ....