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Kuwait resumes direct flights to 12 countries

Date: 2021-07-01 09:57:12 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:9038694

KUWAIT CITY, July 1 (MENA) – Kuwait announced resuming direct flights to 12 countries that were banned over health and commercial reasons over coronavirus pandemic. This decision came after the announcement of the Kuwaiti cabinet on Monday to ....

Yemeni army drops 2 drones west of Ma'rib

Date: 2021-07-01 07:06:15 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:9038423

ADEN, July 1 (MENA) – The Yemeni army dropped down two booby-trapped Houthi drones west of Ma’rib. The drones were heading for the densely-populated city of Ma’rib, the Yemeni Defense Ministry said on its website on Thursday. The ministry ....

Blast leaves 15 civilians injured in Baghdad market

Date: 2021-06-30 20:37:47 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:9038261

BAGHDAD, June 30 (MENA) - The Security Media Cell (SMC) in Iraq announced that 15 citizens were wounded after a bomb went off in the Maridi market area of Sadr City, a suburb in the eastern part of Baghdad. "Following the news of the explosion ....

Tunisia reports 5,921 new coronavirus cases, 116 new deaths

Date: 2021-06-30 20:37:14 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:9038267

TUNIS, June 30 (MENA) - Tunisia registered 5,921 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 420,103, the Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement Wednesday. Also 116 new fatalities related to the virus ....

Mauritania reports 61 Covid-19 cases, caseload surpasses 20,800

Date: 2021-06-30 20:05:51 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:9038205

NOUAKCHOTT, June 30 (MENA) – Mauritanian Health Ministry revealed Wednesday that 61 new coronavirus cases have been reported in Mauritania over the past 24 hours, taking the caseload to 20,808. Meanwhile, 34 Covid-19 patients have recovered over ....

Sudan extends entry ban on travelers from India for 14 days

Date: 2021-06-30 19:10:52 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:9038174

KHARTOUM, June 30 (MENA) - The Sudan Civil Aviation Authority on Wednesday decided to extend an entry ban on travelers coming from India directly and those coming to India passing through other countries during 14 days prior to applying the ....

Kuwait lists eight COVID-19 deaths, 1,836 infections--Health

Date: 2021-06-30 18:57:25 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:9038152

KUWAIT CITY, June 30 (MENA) - Kuwait's Ministry of Health on Wednesday said that 1,836 people were infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and eight others, including seven unvaccinated, died of the disease in the past 24 hours. Today's ....

7 wounded in Sadr blast--Source

Date: 2021-06-30 17:58:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:9038108

BAGHDAD, June 30 (MENA) - Seven civilians were wounded in an explosion targeting a market in Al Sadr city, east of the capital Baghdad, according to an Iraqi security source. This is an initial toll that is likely to rise, the source said. The ....

397 new cases, 8 deaths reported in Algeria

Date: 2021-06-30 17:10:05 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:9038078

ALGIERS, June 30 (MENA) - As many as 397 new COVID-19 cases and eight deaths were recorded in Algeria over the past 24 hours, an Algerian health ministry official said Wednesday. This takes the total number of infections in the country to ....

Lebanon registers 161 COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths in last 24 hours

Date: 2021-06-30 17:08:03 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:9038074

BEIRUT, June 30 (MENA) - Lebanon recorded 161 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 544,866. The Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon reported in a statement Wednesday that ....