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Three-magnitude earthquake shakes Ouarzazate province

Date: 2021-05-05 18:10:34 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:8944063

RABAT, May 5 (MENA) - A 3-magnitude quake on the Richter scale was recorded, on Wednesday, in the province of Ouarzazate, said the National Institute of Geophysics (ING). The earthquake, whose epicenter is located in the commune of Ouisselsate, ....

Jordanian king meets NATO secretary general

Date: 2021-05-05 17:57:29 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:8943779

AMMAN-BRUSSELS, May 5 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II met on Wednesday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, Petra reported. The meeting discussed the strategic partnership and military, training, security and ....

Algeria records 273 new cases

Date: 2021-05-05 17:39:22 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:8944021

ALGIERS, May 5 (MENA) - Algeria on Wednesday reported 273 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of confirmed ones in the North African country to 123,272. Speaking at a press conference, spokesman for the national committee tasked with ....

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 ....