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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 ....

Jordan sees 7 COVID-19 fatalities, 518 new cases Wednesday-MoH

Date: 2021-06-30 16:36:55 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:9037976

AMMAN, June 30 (MENA) - The Jordanian Ministry of Health announced 7 Covid-19 fatalities and 518 new cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 9,750 and the caseload to 751, 404. There are currently 6,560 active ....

Morocco reports 776 coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-06-30 16:27:22 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:9037980

RABAT, June 30 (MENA) - The Moroccan Health Ministry said Wednesday that 776 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 531,361. In a statement, the Health Ministry ....

Palestine records 20 new cases of the Delta corona variant

Date: 2021-06-30 13:59:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:9037686

RAMALLAH, June 30 (MENA) - Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said that 20 people in the West Bank have tested positive for the Indian Delta coronavirus variant, raising the total such cases in Palestine to 22. WAFA news agency quoted the minister as ....

Kuwait interior minister, UK official discuss security cooperation

Date: 2021-06-30 13:59:10 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:9037675

KUWAIT CITY, June 30 (MENA) - Kuwait Minister of Interior Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on Wednesday held talks on mutual cooperation with the UK senior defense adviser for the Middle East Affairs, Major General Joi Martin Simpson, ....

GCC Chief, US navy commander discuss enhancing cooperation

Date: 2021-06-30 13:57:47 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:9037314

RIYADH, June 30 (MENA) - The Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf met on Wednesday with the Commander of the Naval Forces at the Central Command of the United States, Lieutenant-General Charles Cooper, ....

Abbas probes with Jordan's king bilateral relations

Date: 2021-06-30 13:27:31 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:9037204

RAMALLAH/AMMAN June 30 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman on Wednesday, said WAFA news agency. President Abbas arrived in the Jordanian capital, Amman, where he had a private meeting with ....

Saudi Cabinet reiterates kingdom's support to int'l efforts to fight terror

Date: 2021-06-30 08:34:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:9036557

RIYADH, June 30 (MENA) - The Saudi Cabinet affirmed the Kingdom’s support for all international efforts meant to combat terrorism in all its forms, manifestations and methods, preventing finance and flow of funds to terrorist organizations and ....