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COVID-19: Over 9.1 mln people fully vaccinated in Morocco

Date: 2021-07-02 19:29:34 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:9041018

RABAT, July 2 (MENA) - The number of Moroccan people vaccinated to date (1st dose) has reached 10,059,937, while 9,159,495 people have been fully vaccinated (1st and 2nd dose), the Health Ministry said in its daily COVID-19 bulletin. The total ....

475 new cases, 9 deaths reported in Algeria

Date: 2021-07-02 18:54:48 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:9040928

ALGIERS, July 2 (MENA) – As many as 475 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths were recorded in Algeria over the past 24 hours, an Algerian health ministry official said Friday. This takes the total number of infections in the country to 140,550, and ....

Lebanon registers 210 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-07-02 18:44:04 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:9040968

BEIRUT, July 2 (MENA) - Lebanon recorded 210 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 545,226. The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said on Friday that two new deaths were reported, bringing the total ....

Iraq foils attempt to bomb Baghdad Airport

Date: 2021-07-02 18:23:22 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:9040880

BAGHDAD, July 2 (MENA) - Baghdad operations commander Ahmed al-Jabouri said Friday an attempt to bomb Baghdad International Airport with Grad-type rockets was foiled. The attack was intended to be carried out with 10 rockets, he added. ....

Daesh terrorist attack thwarted in Iraq's Kirkuk

Date: 2021-07-02 17:38:26 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:9040849

BAGHDAD, July 2 (MENA) - The residents of Hassan El Shallal village in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk on Friday thwarted a terrorist attack by Daesh militants, said an Iraqi military source. The National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) quoted the ....

Italian defense min. asserts keenness on boosting military cooperation with Iraq

Date: 2021-07-02 17:19:40 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:9040894

ROME, July 2 (MENA) - Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini stressed his country's keenness on promoting ties with Iraq and opening new vistas of military and industrial cooperation between the two countries. The Italian news agency AKI ....

Morocco reports 844 new coronavirus infections, 9 deaths

Date: 2021-07-02 16:37:27 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:9040855

RABAT, July 2 (MENA) - A total of 844 new cases of infection with the new coronavirus and 540 recoveries have been recorded in Morocco over the past 24 hours, the Moroccan health ministry reported on Friday. The new infections bring total number ....

Tunisia keen to advance relations with Argentina, says president

Date: 2021-07-02 16:21:22 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:9040801

TUNIS, July 2 (MENA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied asserted that his country is keen on pushing forward relations with Argentina at the bilateral and multilateral levels, in light of the great cooperation opportunities available in several ....

Iraqi intelligence foils attack on Iraqi power line in Salahuddine province

Date: 2021-07-02 16:18:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:9040828

BAGHDAD, July 2 (MENA) - The Iraqi intelligence and investigation teams from the Iraqi Federal Police troops have foiled an attack by an explosive belt against a power transfer line in Beiji neighborhood in Salahddine province, Al Sumariya TV ....

Jordan confirms 458 new coronavirus infections, 4 deaths

Date: 2021-07-02 16:06:44 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:9040818

AMMAN, July 2 (MENA) - Jordan registered 4 COVID-19 related deaths and 458 new infections, bringing the total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 752,395, Petra News Agency reported quoting the Health Ministry as saying in a ....