Arab world
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2 Kuwaiti jets carrying 6 fire engines head for Algeria
Date: 2021-08-17 12:37:45 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:9116071
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 17 (MENA) – Two Kuwait air forces’ jets left here heading for Algeria carrying six fire engines to combat the forest fires and help in rescue operations. This comes upon senior Kuwaiti directives to help Algeria in facing fires. ....
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AL chief, Somali PM discuss developments in Mogadishu
Date: 2021-08-17 12:23:51 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:9116058
CAIRO, Aug 17 (MENA) – Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit met Tuesday with Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, who is currently on a visit to Egypt. The meeting took up the latest developments in Somalia and efforts exerted ....
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Bahraini commander-in-Chief receives US fifth fleet commander
Date: 2021-08-17 12:10:36 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:9116137
MANAMA, Aug 17 (MENA) - Bahraini Defense Forces' Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received Tuesday Vice-Admiral Charles Bradford Cooper, Commander of United States Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and ....
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Iraq aborts attempt to target power pylon
Date: 2021-08-17 12:01:59 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:9115965
BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (MENA) - Iraqi army soldiers managed to abort an attempt to target electricity pylons in Diyali on Tuesday. The spokesman for the Iraqi Armed Forces Yahya Sarei said his army troops received a tip-off that the pylons would be ....
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Libya records 2,276 new coronavirus cases, 23 deaths
Date: 2021-08-17 11:40:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:9115964
TRIPOLI, Aug 17 (MENA) - The Libyan Center for Disease Control recorded 2,276 new infections with Covid-19, bringing the total recorded infections in Libya to 286,894 cases. In a statement posted by the Libyan Al-Wasat portal Tuesday, the center ....
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Saudi King expresses solidarity with Algerian president over wildfires' crisis
Date: 2021-08-17 10:39:27 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:9115841
ALGIERS, Aug 17 (MENA) - Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz phoned on Tuesday Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to express solidarity with Algeria in the ongoing crisis in the country because of the wildfires. The Algerian press service said ....
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3 Iraqi soldiers killed in Daesh attack on military checkpoint in Baquba
Date: 2021-08-17 10:07:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:9115778
BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (MENA) - Three Iraqi soldiers were killed in a Daesh-led attack on a military checkpoint in Baquba district, in the southwest of Diyala governorate. The National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) quoted a security source as saying Tuesday ....
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Kenya reports 679 new Covid-19 cases, 10 deaths in one day
Date: 2021-08-16 20:20:55 GMT - Kenya - Arab world - SN:117 - ID:9115097
NAIROBI, Aug 16 (MENA) - The Kenyan Health Ministry said Monday that 679 new coronavirus cases and 10 virus-related deaths were recorded in the Eastern African country over the past 24 hours. The total number of infections and fatalities hit ....
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Jordan reports 1,183 new Covid-19 cases, 9 deaths in one day
Date: 2021-08-16 16:03:47 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:9114722
AMMAN, Aug 16 (MENA) - The Jordanian Health Ministry said Monday that 1,183 new coronavirus cases and nine virus-related deaths were recorded in the kingdom over the past 24 hours. The total number of infections and fatalities hit 784,631 and ....
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AL to organize 2 meetings for experts to assess Arab media action plan
Date: 2021-08-16 15:47:29 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:9114567
CAIRO, Aug 16 (MENA) - The mini-committee of an expert group concerned with the evaluation and update of an Arab media action plan will convene on Tuesday to conduct a full assessment for strategies to address the international public opinion and ....