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  • Bahrain records 1,041 new infections

    Date: 2021-06-10 08:50:05 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:9002599

    MANAMA, June 10 (MENA) - Out of 11,428 COVID-19 tests carried out Wednesday, 1,041 new cases have been detected among 482 expats, 557 contacts of active cases, and 2 travel related, the Health Ministry said. There were 2,821 recoveries, ....

  • Baghdad Int'l Airport targeted by 3 drones: Iraqi security

    Date: 2021-06-10 06:27:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:9002355

    BAGHDAD, June 10 (MENA) – A security media cell in Iraq announced at dawn on Thursday that Baghdad International Airport was targeted by three drones. The security forces vowed to hunt down those seeking to harm Iraq’s stability and security, ....

  • Missiles fell on Victoria, Balad military bases in Iraq

    Date: 2021-06-09 23:11:58 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:112 - ID:9002309

    BAGHDAD, June 9 (MENA) - Iraq's Security Media Cell said missiles fell Wednesday on Balad military base in Saladin Governorate. A statement carried out by Alsumaria TV said three missiles fell on Balad military base Wednesday evening. No ....

  • Second dose will be given when large stock of vaccines available: Minister

    Date: 2021-06-09 22:30:33 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:107 - ID:9002306

    RIYADH, June 9 (MENA) - Minister of Health Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah said that the administration of the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines would start when stock is available in large quantities. Saudi Arabia is keen on the availability of highly ....

  • Kuwait sends humanitarian assistance to Palestinians via Jordan

    Date: 2021-06-09 22:27:40 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:9002303

    KUWAIT CITY, June 9 (MENA) - Kuwait sent 40 tons of medical and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians via the Jordanian capital, Amman. A military plane landed in Amman earlier in the day with the assistance, sent by the Kuwaiti Society for ....

  • Kuwait’s top lawmaker in Geneva for IPU talks

    Date: 2021-06-09 21:36:53 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:9002207

    GENEVA, June 9 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker Marzouq AlGhanim arrived in Geneva late Wednesday to hold talks with President of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Duarte Pacheco on Palestine, KUNA reported. Upon arrival, Al-Ghanim was received ....

  • Tunisia reports 2,102 new coronavirus infections, 103 fatalities

    Date: 2021-06-09 20:15:34 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:9002130

    TUNIS, June 9 (MENA) - Tunisia registered 2,102 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 360,285, the Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement Wednesday. As many as 103 people died from the virus, ....

  • Iraq to get 12 million doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

    Date: 2021-06-09 19:00:37 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:9002116

    BAGHDAD, June 9 (MENA) - Iraq’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday it had agreed with Pfizer to import 12 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine this year. The ministry said 500,000 doses of the vaccine, made by Pfizer and BioNTech, will arrive in ....

  • Morocco reports 386 fresh Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths

    Date: 2021-06-09 18:51:00 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:9002051

    RABAT, June 9 (MENA) - Morocco's Covid-19 tally rose on Saturday to 522,389 as 386 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, the Moroccan Ministry of Health said in a statement. The statement said the death toll from the coronavirus in ....

  • Kuwait registers 1,391 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-06-09 18:37:41 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:9002048

    KUWAIT CITY, June 9 (MENA) – As many as 1,391 Kuwaiti people have been infected with the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, taking the overall number of infections in the country to 321,648, Spokesman for the Ministry of Health Abdullah al-Sanad ....

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