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Tunisia on top of 22nd Arab Athletics Championship with 3 gold and 1 silver

Date: 2021-06-17 10:34:19 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:9015104

TUNIS, June 17 (MENA) - Tunisia topped medals table with 3 gold medals and 1 silver at the end of the first day of the 22nd Arab Athletics Championship. The three gold medals went to Nesrine Lachheb (javelin), Raouf Redissi and Chahinez Nasri ....

3 Daesh terrorists nabbed in Samarra

Date: 2021-06-17 09:51:52 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:9014964

BAGHDAD, June 17 (MENA) - Security media cell in Iraq announced three Daesh terrorists were arrested including a woman in Samarra city, Alsumaria news channel reported. Acting upon an accurate tip-off, police forces of the Interior Ministry ....

Iraqi police arrest 2 terrorists in eastern Baghdad

Date: 2021-06-17 09:41:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:9014913

BAGHDAD, June 17 (MENA) - Iraqi police arrested two terrorists in eastern Baghdad in the last 24 hours, according to a statement by Baghdad police command. The command added on Thursday that police forces in the Iraqi capital carried out ....

AL, ACCD to launch 'Internet Safe To Our Children' campaign Tuesday

Date: 2021-06-17 09:12:53 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:9014826

CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) - In partnership with the Arab Council for Childhood and Development (ACCD), the Arab League (AL) will launch "Protecting Children on Social Networking Websites" campaign on Tuesday via its digital platform, the pan-Arab ....

AL chief, Tunisian FM discuss developments of Arab issues

Date: 2021-06-16 22:32:07 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:116 - ID:9014514

TUNIS, June 16 (MENA) – Arab League (AL) chief Ahmed Abul Gheit and Tunisia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Othman Jerandi discussed Wednesday the latest developments of Arab issues, topped by the crisis of the ....

Kuwait reports 1,557 new infections

Date: 2021-06-16 21:49:01 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:115 - ID:9014513

KUWAIT CITY, June 16 (MENA) - Kuwait's Ministry of Health on Wednesday said that 1,557 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours, taking the caseload to 332,570. The number of total recoveries rose ....

Tunisia reports 2,091 new coronavirus infections, 65 fatalities

Date: 2021-06-16 21:44:04 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:114 - ID:9014490

TUNIS, June 16 (MENA) – Tunisia registered 2,091 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 374,312, the Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement Wednesday. As many as 65 people died from the virus, ....

14 Daesh terrorists arrested in Kirkuk, Nineveh

Date: 2021-06-16 20:29:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:111 - ID:9014409

BAGHDAD, June 16 (MENA) - Iraqi's Security Media Cell announced the arrest of six prominent Daesh terrorists in Kirkuk, NINA reported Wednesday. In a statement carried the news agency, the Ministry of Interior's Agency for Intelligence and ....

Roadside bomb target int’l coalition military convoy in Iraq

Date: 2021-06-16 20:12:22 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:9014355

BAGHDAD, June 16 (MENA) – A roadside bomb went off Wednesday, targeting an international coalition military convoy in Anbar governorate, western Iraq, an Iraqi security source said. No casualties were reported, it added. Military convoys are ....

Morocco reports 500 new Covid-19 cases, 4 deaths in 24 hours

Date: 2021-06-16 19:48:42 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:9014356

RABAT, June 16 (MENA) - Morocco's Covid-19 tally rose on Wednesday to 524,975 as 500 new cases were registered over the past 24 hours, the Moroccan Ministry of Health said in a statement. The statement added that the death toll from the ....