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Morocco reports 951 new Covid-19 cases, 8 fatalities in 24 hours

Date: 2021-07-03 17:20:58 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:9042384

RABAT, July 3 (MENA) - A total of 951 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus and 498 recoveries have been recorded in Morocco over the past 24 hours, the Moroccan health ministry reported Saturday. The new infections bring total number ....

OIC participates in UN conference of heads of counter-terrorism agencies

Date: 2021-07-03 16:54:32 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:9042046

RIYADH, July 3 (MENA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) participated in the Second United Nations High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of Member States held virtually over 28-30 June 2021 under the theme of ....

Palestinian president re-instates state of emergency in Palestine over COVID-19

Date: 2021-07-03 14:34:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:9042053

RAMALLAH, July 3 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas re-instated the state of emergency in Palestine to combat the coronavirus pandemic for 30 days, WAFA reported. The state of emergency was first declared in March 2020 after the ....

Saudi Arabia registers 1,148 coronavirus cases in 24 hours

Date: 2021-07-03 14:23:43 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:9042043

RIYADH, July 3 (MENA) – The Saudi Health Ministry registered 1,148 new coronavirus cases and 15 deaths within the past 24 hours in Saudi Arabia. As many as 1,222 cases recovered, the ministry said on Saturday. The total number of infections ....

AP condemns Houthi attack by 2 gunboats in Hodiedeh

Date: 2021-07-03 13:47:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:9041992

CAIRO, July 3 (MENA) – The Arab Parliament (AP) condemned the Houthi attack conduced by two booby-trapped gunboats in Salif Port in Hodiedeh in Yemen. The attack was foiled by the Arab coalition forces and the gunboats were destroyed. In a ....

UAE announces 1,632 new COVID-19 cases, 1,561 recoveries, 6 deaths in last 24 hours

Date: 2021-07-03 13:16:54 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:9041987

ABU DHABI, July 3 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 291,676 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment, WAM reported. In a statement, the ....

Attack by 2 Houthi gunboats foiled

Date: 2021-07-03 13:13:28 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:9041828

RIYADH, July 3 (MENA) - The Arab coalition under Saudi Arabia foiled on Saturday an attempted aggressive attack by two Houthi gunboats. The gunboats were destroyed off the port of Salif in Hodiedeh west Yemen while preparing for the attack. ....

Saudi Arabia intercepts ‘hostile air target’ launched by the Houthis in Yemen

Date: 2021-07-03 07:03:34 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:9041294

RIYADH, July 3 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia has intercepted a “hostile air target” launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia towards the Kingdom, Al Arabiya English website reported, citing a statement by the Arab Coalition on Saturday. “Our joint ....

Kuwait reports 1,895 new COVID-19 cases, 16 deaths

Date: 2021-07-02 20:42:32 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:9041051

KUWAIT CITY, July 2 (MENA) – Kuwait's daily coronavirus cases jumped by 1,895 to reach 360,406, while deaths rose by 16 to 1,995, according to the health ministry on Friday. Another 1,775 people were cured of the virus, raising the total of those ....

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 ....