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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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Jordan records 721 new coronavirus infections, 9 deaths
Date: 2021-08-20 16:13:13 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:9121834
AMMAN, Aug 20 (MENA) - 9 new deaths and 721 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded in Jordan on Friday, Petra News Agency said. With today’s fatalities and infections, the caseload and death toll from the disease have increased ....
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Palestine records 1,026 new COVID-19 cases, one fatality
Date: 2021-08-20 14:19:20 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:9121619
RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - Palestine recorded 1,026 new COVID-19 cases and one fatality in the last 24 hours, Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said Friday. In her daily report, Alkaila added that 293 coronavirus patients have recovered nationwide, ....
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UAE affirms commitment to advancing technologies for peace and security at UN
Date: 2021-08-20 14:07:08 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:9121542
ABU DHABI/NEW YORK, Aug 20 (MENA) - The UAE affirmed its commitment to developing new methods and tools in order to better utilize modern technologies for the maintenance of international peace and security in collaboration with the UN system and ....
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Lebanese president urges UN to act quickly to end Israel's violations
Date: 2021-08-20 11:57:31 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:9121360
BEIRUT, Aug 20 (MENA) - President Michel Aoun on Friday called on the United Nations to address Israel’s violations of Lebanon’s airspace, hours after Israel carried out an airstrike on Syria from Lebanon’s skies, Naharnet reported. Aoun voiced ....
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Jordan sends second medial aid plane to Lebanon
Date: 2021-08-20 11:02:32 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:9121332
AMMAN, Aug 20 (MENA) - The Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO), in coordination with the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) and the Health Ministry, on Friday dispatched a second medical aid plane to Lebanon. The JHCO, in a statement ....
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Tunisian president: New gov't to be announced in few days
Date: 2021-08-20 09:01:05 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:9121115
TUNIS, Aug 20 (MENA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied said that he will announce the formation of a new government within the coming few days. This was announced at a meeting on Friday with Minister of Social Affairs Mohamed Trabelsi and Acting ....
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Suffering of Lebanese to have electricity, fuel continued
Date: 2021-08-19 22:48:47 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:9120837
BEIRUT, Aug 19 (MENA) – The suffering of the Lebanese people for securing their needs from electricity and fuel continued on Thursday. Lebanon has suffered a severe economic crisis over the past 18 months, which made the government unable to ....