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Kuwait reports 1,176 new infections

Date: 2021-05-26 20:09:56 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:8977423

KUWAIT CITY, May 26 (MENA) - Kuwait's Ministry of Health reported five COVID-19 deaths, and 1,176 new infections in the past 24 hours, KUNA reported on Wednesday. The ministry's spokesman Abdullah Al-Sanad said that total fatalities increased to ....

Sudan army says situation along eastern borders calm

Date: 2021-05-26 19:55:50 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:8977402

KHARTOUM, May 26 (MENA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces stressed on Wednesday that situation is very calm along the eastern borders. A statement by the army command refuted media claims about eruption of military clashes along eastern borders. The ....

Lebanon reports 280 new Covid-19 cases, 7 fatalities in 24 hours

Date: 2021-05-26 19:24:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:91 - ID:8977325

BEIRUT, May 26 (MENA) – Lebanon recorded 280 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 539,271, NNA reported. In a statement on Wednesday, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health added that it recorded seven new deaths ....

Iraq registers 4,718 new coronavirus cases, 26 deaths

Date: 2021-05-26 18:54:41 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:8977302

BAGHDAD, May 26 (MENA) - The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday 4,718 new coronavirus cases and 26 fatalities. In a statement broadcast by Al Sumaria News TV channel, the ministry said 3,249 patients recovered from the disease in the ....

Iraq, Bahrain discuss boosting tourism, cultural cooperation

Date: 2021-05-26 18:54:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:8977279

BAGHDAD, May 26 (MENA) – Iraq’s Tourism and Culture Minister Hassan Nadhim discussed Wednesday with Bahrain’s Trade, Industry, and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani means of boosting cooperation in the fields of tourism, culture, and ....

Palestine thanks Egypt for aid convoys in Gaza

Date: 2021-05-26 18:39:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:8977284

RAMALLAH, May 26 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh thanked Egypt for dispatching relief and aid convoys to the Gaza Strip. Egypt offered all required facilities to hurry up the arrival of the convoys in the coastal enclave ....

UAE, Saudi Arabia discuss defense cooperation

Date: 2021-05-26 18:28:30 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:8976838

ABU DHABI, May 26 (MENA) - UAE Minister of State for Defence Affairs Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi received at his office on Wednesday Saudi Chief of General Staff Lt. General Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili, and his delegation, WAM reported. During ....

Palestinian PM discusses reconstruction of Gaza with British Foreign Secretary

Date: 2021-05-26 18:05:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:8977062

RAMALLAH, May 26 (MENA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh discussed with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab during a meeting in Ramallah, the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, and the significant importance in preventing a ....

Jordan reports 842 new Covid-12 cases, 12 fatalities in 24 hours

Date: 2021-05-26 17:35:36 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:8977078

AMMAN, May 26 (MENA) - The Jordanian Health Ministry announced Wednesday that around 842 new coronavirus cases were detected in Jordan over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 733,198. Meanwhile, the kingdom's total ....

Arab human rights committee calls upon int'l community to stop Israel's crimes in Palestine

Date: 2021-05-26 17:23:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:8977066

CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) - The Permanent Arab Committee for Human Rights on Wednesday called upon the international community to bear its moral and legal responsibility towards Palestinians by putting an end to the systematic large-scale violations ....