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Libya registers 418 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-07-02 09:26:14 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:9040135

TRIPOLI, July 2 (MENA) - Libya registered 418 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 194,323, the National Center for Disease Control announced on Friday. In a statement carried by Libya's Al Wasat news ....

UAE bans citizens from travelling to India, Pakistan and other countries

Date: 2021-07-01 22:30:02 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:100 - ID:9039893

ABU DHABI, July 1 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday a travel ban on citizens to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Namibia, Zambia, Congo, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Liberia, South Africa and Nigeria, state news agency ....

Egypt to put forth initiative on Palestinian workers at Arab Labor Conference

Date: 2021-07-01 21:45:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:9039645

CAIRO, July 1 (MENA) – Manpower Minister Mohamed Saafan said Thursday he will put forward an initiative for the Palestinian workers at the upcoming Arab Labor Conference. The initiative aims to establish an entity of small-sized enterprises related ....

Sudan refutes Ethiopian allegations on Renaissance dam talks

Date: 2021-07-01 21:29:40 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:9039866

KHARTOUM, July 1 (MENA) - The Spokesperson of the Negotiating Team for Renaissance Dam Omar Al-Faroug Sayed Kamil has issued a press statement commenting on the letter of the Ethiopian Foreign Minister to the President of the UN Security Council ....

Morocco reports 789 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-07-01 19:39:21 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:9039728

RABAT, July 1 (MENA) – The Moroccan Health Ministry said Thursday that 789 coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 532,150. In a statement, the Health Ministry said ....

Arab Parliament welcomes agreement on election timetable in Somalia

Date: 2021-07-01 18:55:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:9039731

CAIRO, July 1 (MENA) - Arab Parliament Speaker Adel Assoumi welcomed an agreement reached between the Somali federal government and regional states on holding parliamentary elections during July and August to pave the way for presidential elections, ....

Lebanon registers 150 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-07-01 18:43:04 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:9039732

BEIRUT, July 1 (MENA) - Lebanon recorded 150 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 545,016. The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said on Thursday that three new deaths ....

Khartoum looking forward to Russia's support during Ethiopian dam crisis

Date: 2021-07-01 17:06:40 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:9039592

KHARTOUM, July 1 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Maryam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi asserted on Thursday keenness on winning the support of Russia, as a permanent UNSC member, for Sudan’s stance on the Ethiopian dam crisis. This came in a phone call with Russian ....

Syrian president receives Putin’s special envoy for talks on strategic relations

Date: 2021-07-01 16:57:09 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:9039593

DAMASCUS, July 1 (MENA) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received on Thursday Alexander Lavrentiev, the special envoy for president Vladimir Putin of Russia and an accompanying delegation, SANA reported. Talks during the meeting dealt with the ....

Jordan confirms 533 new coronavirus infections

Date: 2021-07-01 16:55:00 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:9039601

AMMAN, July 1 (MENA) - The Jordanian Ministry of Health reported six Covid-19 fatalities and 533 new cases of infection in the Kingdom on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 9,756 and the caseload to 751,937, Petra News Agency reported. There ....