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UAE: 116,377 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in past 24 hours

Date: 2021-06-15 14:21:38 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:9011612

ABU DHABI, June 15 (MENA) - UAE's Ministry of Health and Prevention has announced that 116,377 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered during the past 24 hours. The total number of doses provided up to today stands at 13,964,439 with a ....

Shoukry: Ethiopia's insistence on filling GERD violates int'l law

Date: 2021-06-15 13:14:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:9011587

CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Tuesday that Ethiopia's insistence on the second filling of the the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) without a deal violates international law. Shoukry was speaking during the ....

Saudi Arabia reports 1,269 new COVID-19 cases

Date: 2021-06-15 13:12:45 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:9011611

RIYADH, June 15 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia on Tuesday reported 1,269 new coronavirus cases and 16 deaths, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 468,175, and the death toll to 7,606, according to the Ministry of Health. The number of ....

Extraordinary meeting of Arab FMs on GERD issue kicks off in Doha

Date: 2021-06-15 13:12:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:9011585

DOHA, June 15 (MENA) - The extraordinary meeting of the Arab League Council at the ministerial level to discuss developments regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam issue kicked off on Tuesday in Doha, the Qatari capital, with the ....

Bahrain, US review military cooperation

Date: 2021-06-15 12:27:06 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:9011465

MANAMA, June 15 (MENA) - Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defense Force (BDF), Field Marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received the US Military Attaché Colonel John Gondol, said the Bahraini news agency. The commander-in-chief praised the ....

Israel sends military reinforcements to Quds

Date: 2021-06-15 12:10:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:9011417

RAMALLAH, June 15 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities on Tuesday sent wide-scale military and police reinforcement to al Quds city, especially the Old City amid calls to confront the so-called Israeli "Flag rally", which will be launched today ....

13th round of executive office of Arab media ministers council starts

Date: 2021-06-15 11:33:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:9011141

CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - The 13th meeting of the executive office of the council of Arab media ministers started on Tuesday under Iraq and with the participation of media ministers and media delegations. The executive office of the council ....

AL floats initiative on Arab media coverage of COVID-19

Date: 2021-06-15 11:31:32 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:9011259

CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Media Sector Ahmed Rashidi Khattabi said on Tuesday the pan-Arab organization released an initiative on the Arab media coverage of COVID-19. Addressing the 13th ordinary session ....

House to vote on repeal of 2002 US war authorization in Iraq with White House support

Date: 2021-06-15 10:54:23 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:9011059

WASHINGTON, June 15 (MENA) - The House is voting this week on a bill to repeal the 2002 US war authorization in Iraq, with Democrats hopeful that the White House's backing will give them newfound momentum to finally revoke the nearly 20-year-old ....

FM says Egypt supports political solutions to Arab issues

Date: 2021-06-15 10:28:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:9011070

CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - Egypt supports political solutions to all Arab issues, its foreign minister said Tuesday. In a meeting of Arab top diplomats in Doha, Qatar, Sameh Shoukry reiterated Egypt's keenness on pushing forward dialogue under the ....