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Iraqi Health Ministry: Our goal is to vaccinate 4m citizens by end of 2021

Date: 2021-05-19 10:10:12 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:8963805

BAGHDAD, May 19 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health announced Wednesday that it is seeking to vaccinate 4 million citizens by the end of 2021, National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) reported. The official spokesman for the Ministry, Saif Al-Badr, said in ....

AL participates in UN meeting supporting Palestinians

Date: 2021-05-19 09:03:36 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:8963823

CAIRO, May 19 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit assigned assistant Hossam Zaki to take part in a UN General Assembly meeting that will be held in New York on Thursday to discuss the situation in the Palestinian ....

Lebanese FM resigns

Date: 2021-05-19 07:36:16 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8963733

BERIUT, May 19 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe on Wednesday asked President Michel Aoun to quit his ministerial post after his recent statements that caused anger of some Arab and Gulf countries. Wehbe made statements to the US Al Hurra ....

AL chief: Statements by Lebanese FM about Saudi Arabia not appropriate diplomatically

Date: 2021-05-19 07:09:22 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:8963681

CAIRO, May 19 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on Wednesday said that statements by the Lebanese foreign minister about Gulf countries and particularly Saudi Arabia were not appropriate diplomatically. An official ....

ACHR hails Sisi's initiative to reconstruct Gaza

Date: 2021-05-18 21:37:35 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:8963401

CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) - President of the Arab Council for Human Rights Abdel Gawad Ahmed has praised an initiative, announced by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to allocate $500 million for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, after the latest ....

Flight takes off from Taif airport in Saudi Arabia to Cairo

Date: 2021-05-18 18:10:48 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:8963222

RIYADH, May 18 (MENA) - After the resumption of international flights from Saudi Arabia’s airports on Monday, a flight took off from Taif International Airport en route to Cairo International Airport for the first time since Saudi authorities ....

Saudi Arabia reports 1,047 new COVID-19 cases, 14 deaths

Date: 2021-05-18 17:06:11 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:8962768

RIYADH, May 18 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia on Tuesday reported 1,047 new coronavirus cases and 14 deaths, bringing the country's total to 435,027 cases and the death toll to 7,188, according to the Ministry of Health. The number of recoveries in the ....

Palestinian president to deliver speech during Arab Parl't session on Palestine tomorrow

Date: 2021-05-18 17:05:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:8963074

CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will deliver a speech via video-conferencing during an emergency meeting that will be held by the Arab Parliament on Wednesday to discuss the spiraling Israeli aggression against the ....

Leaders of Egypt, France, Jordan to discuss Palestinian developments

Date: 2021-05-18 11:46:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:8962387

PARIS, May 18 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived at the Elysee Palace Tuesday to take part in a trilateral summit on the latest developments in the Palestinian territories. Sisi and French President Emmanuel Macron will be ....

Burhan back home from support conf. in France

Date: 2021-05-18 08:59:45 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:8961976

KHARTOUM, May 18 (MENA) - President of the Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) Gen. Abdel-Fattah al Burhan returned home earlier Tuesday after a two-day visit to France during which he took part in a conference to support the democratic ....