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Libya registers 504 new coronavirus cases in 24 hrs

Date: 2021-05-07 14:26:00 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:8946608

TRIPOLI, May 7 (MENA) - Libya's National Centre for Disease Control said 504 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of cases to 179,697. In a statement on Friday, the center said 427 cases recovered, raising the total number ....

AL hails US decision to suspend Covid-19 vaccine patents

Date: 2021-05-07 12:17:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:8946352

CAIRO, May 7 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Friday hailed US President Joe Biden's endorsement of a proposal to waive Covid-19 vaccine patents. Such a big move will accelerate the pace of vaccine production to ....

4 bombs defused in Iraq's Saladin

Date: 2021-05-07 12:12:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:8946374

BAGHDAD, May 7 (MENA) - Four homemade bombs have been defused in Saladin province, the Iraqi security forces said in a statement. The bombs were planned to target power transmission towers in Samarra. The operation was carried out with no ....

Tunisia imposes one-week lockdown from Sunday

Date: 2021-05-07 11:45:50 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:8946416

TUNIS, May 7 (MENA) - Tunisia will impose a COVID-19 lockdown for one week from Sunday, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said on Friday, ahead of next week's Eid al-Fitr holiday. Speaking at a news conference, Mechichi said measures were being ....

UAE sends plane carrying 50 metric tons of food supplies to Senegal

Date: 2021-05-07 11:30:27 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:8946388

ABU DHABI, May 7 (MENA) - The UAE on Friday sent a plane carrying 50 metric tons of food supplies to Senegal as part of its initiatives during the holy month of Ramadan, WAM news agency reported. Sultan Ali Al Harbi, UAE Ambassador to Senegal, ....

Iraq to evacuate citizens from virus-stricken India Sunday

Date: 2021-05-07 10:59:32 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:8946306

BAGHDAD, May 7 (MENA) - The Iraqi Transport Ministry said Friday an additional batch of Iraqi nationals would be evacuated from India Sunday amid the spread of coronavirus pandemic in the south Asian country. The Iraqi Airways will launch the ....

Kuwait denounces displacement of Sheikh Jarrah residents

Date: 2021-05-07 10:56:13 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:8946325

KUWAIT CTY, May 7 (MENA) - Kuwait Foreign Ministry denounced Friday the Israeli occupation' displacement of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood residents in East Jerusalem. In a statement, the ministry condemned the Israeli settlement expansion ....

UAE records 1,766 new infections

Date: 2021-05-07 10:50:54 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:8946312

ABU DHABI, May 7 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates recorded 1,766 new COVID-19 cases, 1,728 recoveries and three deaths over the last 24 hours, the country’s health ministry reported on Friday. Friday’s numbers were determined after 211,462 ....

Saudi crown prince meets with Pakistan's chief of army staff

Date: 2021-05-07 08:03:09 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:8946000

RIYADH, May 7 (MENA) - Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, met here on Friday with the Chief of Army Staff of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Saudi ....

Iraqi security forces kill, arrest Daesh leaders in southern Baghdad

Date: 2021-05-06 20:43:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:8945771

BAGHDAD, May 6 (MENA) – Iraqi security forces killed and arrested a number of Daesh leaders in a security operation in southern Baghdad on Thursday. The forces also destroyed a terrorist hotbed and seized several weapons during the operation, ....