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Tunisia reports 2,401 new Covid-19 cases, 86 fatalities

Date: 2021-04-16 20:04:19 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:8913235

TUNIS, April 16 (MENA) – Tunisia's Health Ministry reported 2,401 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the country to 281,777. The death toll from the virus rose by 86 to 9,639, the ministry said in ....

Syria registers 158 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-04-16 19:07:24 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:8913171

DAMASCUS, April 16 (MENA) – The Syrian Health Ministry announced that 158 new coronavirus infections were recorded in the country and 134 patients have recovered from the pernicious disease while 12 have passed away, SANA reported. In a ....

Arab Lawyers Union deplores Iraq's terror attacks

Date: 2021-04-16 18:45:30 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:8913123

CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) – The Arab Lawyers Union strongly condemned the terrorist attacks on Erbil International Airport and a market in east Baghdad that killed and injured a number of people. In a press release, the union’s secretary general, ....

UNHCR: Civilians at risk from escalating fighting in Yemen’s Marib

Date: 2021-04-16 15:42:33 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:8912990

GENEVA, April 16 (MENA) – UNHCR Spokesperson Aikaterini Kitidi said the commission is deeply concerned about the safety of civilians as conflict intensifies in Yemen’s Marib governorate. “The fighting is increasingly impacting areas in and ....

Saudi Arabia reports 964 new COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths

Date: 2021-04-16 15:28:07 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:8912987

RIYADH, April 16 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia has confirmed 964 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 403,106, Al Arabiya reported. The majority of new cases were detected in the city of Riyadh with a total ....

Kuwait strongly condemns terrorist attacks in Erbil, Baghdad

Date: 2021-04-16 13:44:16 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:8912833

KUWAIT CITY, April 16 (MENA) - Kuwait on Friday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Erbil International Airport and the terrorist attack on a market in east Baghdad that killed and injured a number of people, KUNA reported. The Ministry ....

Libya reports 573 new coronavirus cases, 9 deaths

Date: 2021-04-16 13:37:03 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:8912819

TRIPOLI, April 16 (MENA) - Libya registered 573 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the National Center for Disease Control announced on Friday. In a statement carried by Libya's Africa news portal, the center added that 632 ....

Arab interior ministers denounce terrorist attacks in Iraq’s Baghdad, Erbil

Date: 2021-04-16 13:33:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:8912755

CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) – The General Secretariat of the Arab Interior Ministers' Council has condemned terrorist attacks that targeted the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Erbil, leaving several innocent civilians dead and injured. In a statement ....

Iraq: Invitations sent to 75 embassies, int'l organizations to monitor parliamentary elections

Date: 2021-04-16 11:34:47 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:8912532

BAGHDAD, April 16 (MENA) - The Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq (IHEC) announced on Friday that it invited 75 Arab and foreign embassies, as well as international organizations, to monitor the Council of Representatives’ elections, ....

UAE announces 1,843 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths in past 24 hours

Date: 2021-04-16 10:51:33 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:8912499

ABU DHABI, April 16 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that 1,843 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of reported cases in the UAE to 493,266, WAM news agency ....