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UN: Israeli settlement activities in Palestine illegal

Date: 2021-05-05 17:23:40 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:8943646

NEW YORK, May 5 (MENA) – Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, said Israeli settlement activities in Palestine are illegal. Our position, which remains unchanged, is that all settlement activities, including the ....

Morocco records 371 new infections

Date: 2021-05-05 17:09:55 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:8943998

RABAT, May 5 (MENA) - Morocco registered 371 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 512,656, the health ministry said in a statement Wednesday. The statement added that the nationwide coronavirus-linked ....

Jordan records 33 COVID-19 fatalities, 1, 220 new cases

Date: 2021-05-05 14:08:57 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:8943648

AMMAN, May 5 (MENA) – The Jordanian Ministry of Health said 33 Covid-19 fatalities and 1,220 new cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Wednesday, Petra reported. The new figures brought the death toll to 8,988 and the total caseload from the ....

Iraq records 32 new COVID-19 deaths, 5,813 infections

Date: 2021-05-05 14:03:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:8943645

BAGHDAD, May 5 (MENA) - The Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday the detection of 32 new death cases from COVID-19 and 5,813 infections in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 1,091,954. A statement issued by ....

Saudi Arabia records 1,016 new COVID-19 Cases

Date: 2021-05-05 13:37:34 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:8943519

RIYADH, May 5 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health announced Wednesday that 1,016 new confirmed cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in the Kingdom, bringing the total number to 422,316, including 9,691 active cases, said the ....

UAE reports 1,954 coronavirus cases in 24 hours

Date: 2021-05-05 12:59:14 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:8943322

ABU DHABI, May 5 (MENA) - As many as 1,954 new coronavirus cases were reported in the UAE over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of registered cases to 529,220, according to the Health Ministry on Wednesday as quoted by WAM. The ....

Libya records 255 new COVID-19 infections, 9 deaths in 24 hours

Date: 2021-05-05 12:43:17 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:8943304

TRIPOLI, May 5 (MENA) - The National Center for Disease Control in Libya has detected 255 COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours bringing the infection tally across the country to 178,927. In a statement on Wednesday, it said 395 cases ....

Arabia, US confer on latest regional, int'l developments

Date: 2021-05-05 10:10:05 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:8942667

RIYADH, May 4 (MENA) – Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir conferred on the phone on Tuesday with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on the latest regional and international developments of mutual interest. They reviewed means of ....

Supporting UAE Armed Forces strategic priority: UAE president

Date: 2021-05-05 09:59:23 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:8943004

ABU DHABI, May 5 (MENA) - UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has said that supporting and advancing the UAE Armed Forces and defense industries will remain a strategic priority, WAM reported. In a statement to mark the 45th ....

Abu Dhabi CP, US President discuss regional developments

Date: 2021-05-05 06:14:30 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:8942665

ABU DHABI, May 5 (MENA) - Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and US President Joe Biden discussed over the phone Tuesday night the latest regional developments of mutual concern. WAM said they probed developments in the Gulf and ....