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UAE Ambassador to Somalia, UN Special envoy discuss boosting cooperation

Date: 2021-06-06 08:44:53 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:8995152

ABU DHABI, June 6 (MENA) - Mohammed Ahmed Othman Al Hammadi, UAE Ambassador to Somalia, has met with James Swan, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, at the embassy’s headquarters in the capital, ....

UAE condemns Houthi attempt to target Khamis Mushait with explosive drone

Date: 2021-06-06 08:28:21 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:8995110

ABU DHABI, June 6 (MENA) - The UAE has strongly condemned the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militias’ systematic attempts to attack civilians and civilian objects in Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia, with an explosive drone, which was intercepted by the ....

US diplomatic center in Baghdad attacked by rocket

Date: 2021-06-06 08:25:47 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:8995112

BAGHDAD, June 6 (MENA) - A US-run diplomatic facility in the Iraqi capital Baghdad was attacked by a rocket late on Saturday, said Col. Wayne Marotto, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR). The attack targeted the Baghdad Diplomatic ....

UAE denounces terror attack in Mogadishu

Date: 2021-06-06 07:06:23 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:8994999

ABU DHABI, June 6 (MENA) - The UAE has condemned the terrorist attack that took place near a bus station in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, and killed several innocent people and injured others, WAM News Agency reported. In a statement on Sunday, ....

Drones shot down before targeting Ain Al-Asad base in Iraq

Date: 2021-06-06 06:57:32 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:8994964

BAGHDAD, June 6 (MENA) - The air defense system at Ain Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq's Al-Anbar governorate, where American forces are stationed, shot down two drones that attempted to attack the base on Saturday night, according to the Iraqi Security ....

Arab coalition destroys drone fired by Houthis towards Saudi Arabia's Khamis Mushait

Date: 2021-06-06 06:33:03 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8994952

RIYADH, June 6 (MENA) - The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said early on Sunday it had destroyed an explosives-laden drone launched by Houthi militia towards Khamis Mushait, Saudi state TV Al Ekhbariya reported. Houthis use propeller driven ....

Danish FM arrives in Iraq on official visit

Date: 2021-06-06 06:20:41 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:8994946

BAGHDAD, June 6 (MENA) - Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod arrived in Baghdad on Sunday on an official visit for talks with President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed al Sahhaf ....

Kuwait registers 1,331 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-06-05 22:32:07 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:8994831

KUWAIT CITY, June 5 (MENA) - Kuwait's Ministry of Health on Saturday reported seven new COVID-19 deaths, and 1,331 infections in the past 24 hours, KUNA reported. The ministry's spokesman Abdullah Al-Sanad said that the total fatalities increased ....

Tunisia registers 1,479 new coronavirus infections, 46 fatalities

Date: 2021-06-05 20:28:51 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:8994742

TUNIS, June 5 (MENA) – Tunisia registered 1,479 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 353,782, the Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement Saturday. As many as 46 people died from the virus, ....

Houthis hit Ma'rib fuel station, kill 14 civilians

Date: 2021-06-05 19:40:51 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:8994715

MA'RIB, Yemen, June 5 (MENA) - Fourteen Yemeni civilians, including a child, were killed and four others injured when the Iran-backed Houthi militias hit a fuel station in Ma'rib using a ballistic missile and a booby-trapped drone. Local sources ....