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Bahrain reports 122 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-07-09 09:09:51 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:9052435

MANAMA, July 9 (MENA) - Bahrain reported 122 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said in a statement on Friday. The ministry added that four coronavirus-linked deaths were registered, taking the country's tally of ....

Sudan asserts to UNSC necessity of reaching binding deal on GERD 2 last New York

Date: 2021-07-08 23:41:59 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:153 - ID:9052157

The Sudanese top diplomat said the GERD is a mega African project that could be a model of fruitful cooperation for more than a quarter billion of African citizens. She underlined the importance of clinching a legal agreement on such project in a ....

Sudan asserts to UNSC necessity of reaching binding deal on GERD

Date: 2021-07-08 23:36:02 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:151 - ID:9052135

NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariam El Sadeq el Mahdy asserted the necessity of reaching a binding deal on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Addressing a UNSC session on the ....

Tunisia reports 8,315 new coronavirus cases, 126 new deaths

Date: 2021-07-08 23:03:48 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:146 - ID:9052161

TUNIS, July 8 (MENA) – Tunisia registered 8,315 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 473,229, the Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement Thursday. Also, 126 new fatalities related to the virus ....

Bahrain supports legitimate rights of Egypt, Sudan to Nile River

Date: 2021-07-08 21:30:58 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:129 - ID:9052055

MANAMA, July 7 (MENA) – Bahrain has voiced its support to the legitimate rights of Egypt and Sudan to the Nile River, and their efforts to protect their water security and interests. The Bahraini Foreign Ministry, in a statement issued on ....

Kuwait reports 1,705 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-07-08 20:49:57 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:124 - ID:9051993

KUWAIT CITY, July 8 (MENA) - Kuwait's daily coronavirus cases jumped by 1,705 to 370,932 as deaths rose by 12 to 2,071, KUNA reported. Another 1,621 people were cured of the virus, raising the total of those to have overcome the disease to ....

Sudan FM to UN chief: Unilateral filling of GERD destructive to millions of lives

Date: 2021-07-08 20:38:30 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:9051989

KHARTOUM, July 8 (MENA) - Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi asserted on Thursday to UN Secretary General António Guterres that the unilateral measures for filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will be ....

Astana guarantor states renew commitment to Syria’s sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity

Date: 2021-07-08 18:43:38 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:103 - ID:9051081

DAMASCUS, July 8 (MENA) - The Final Statement of the 16th International Meeting within Astana Format, held recently in the Kazakh capital of Nur Sultan, said that the guarantor states renewed their commitment to Syria’s sovereignty, independence, ....

Algeria reports 620 new coronavirus cases, 12 deaths

Date: 2021-07-08 18:37:52 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:9051829

ALGIERS, July 8 (MENA) - As many as 620 new coronavirus cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Algeria over the past 24 hours, an Algerian health ministry official said Thursday. This takes the total number of infections in the country to 143,652, ....

Arab Council for Human Rights calls on UNSC to take firm stance on GERD issue

Date: 2021-07-08 17:20:37 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:91 - ID:9051518

CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) - The Arab Council for Human Rights Thursday called on the UN Security Council to take a firm and decisive stance regarding the file of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis, whose second filling unilaterally by Ethiopia ....