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Yemeni army forces kill 23 Houthi militants in Marib province

Date: 2021-05-03 22:04:13 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:8940978

ADEN, May 3 (MENA) - As many as 23 Houthi militants were killed and several others wounded in an ambush by Yemeni army forces and popular resistance members in western Marib province. The rest of Houthis targeted by the ambush have fled after they ....

Kuwait reports 1,246 new Covid-19 cases, 12 fatalities in 24 hours

Date: 2021-05-03 21:58:13 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:91 - ID:8940977

KUWAIT CITY, May 3 (MENA) – Kuwait's Ministry of Health has recorded 1,246 new coronavirus infections and 12 related deaths in the past 24 hours. The new figures take the total cases in the country up to 277,832 and deaths to 1,590 respectively, ....

Arab interior ministers deplore Houthi terrorist operations against Saudi Arabia

Date: 2021-05-03 20:22:53 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:8940875

CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) – The General Secretariat of the Arab Interior Ministers Council asserted its strong condemnation of terrorist operations that have been carried out by Houthi militias over the past three days against Saudi Arabia. In a ....

Kuwait imposes travel ban on unvaccinated citizens as of May 22

Date: 2021-05-03 19:50:45 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:8940881

KUWAIT CITY, May 3 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti government on Monday declared a travel ban on Kuwaitis, and their first-degree relatives and domestic helpers as of May 22 if they do not receive the anti-coronavirus vaccine set by the Ministry of Health, ....

Second filling of Ethiopia's dam threatens Sudanese people: Sudan's FM

Date: 2021-05-03 19:18:50 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:8940840

KHARTOUM, May 3 (MENA) - Sudan pays maximum attention to Ethiopia's plan for the second filling of its dam on the Blue Nile as a national security issue, with Sudanese people's lives at stake, Sudan's Foreign Minister Mariam Al-Mahdi said ....

Arab Journalism Award 2021 kicks off, application deadline June 6

Date: 2021-05-03 16:04:24 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:8940592

CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) - The Dubai Press Club, as a representative of the General Secretariat of the Arab Journalism Award announced Monday the launch of the 20th edition of Arab Journalism Award. Contenders from Arab press institutions and ....

Iraq reports 5,068 new coronavirus cases, 30 deaths

Date: 2021-05-03 14:27:37 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:8940494

BAGHDAD, May 3 (MENA) - The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported 5,068 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 1,079,998. The ministry said in a statement on Monday that 30 patients died from the virus, ....

Jordan records 28 deaths, 1,272 new Covid-19 infections

Date: 2021-05-03 14:04:23 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:8940464

AMMAN, May 3 (MENA) - The Jordanian Health Ministry said on Monday 28 people died of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing total deaths in Jordan to 8,925. A total of 1,272 cases were recorded, pushing the caseload to some 714,173, the ....

GCC slams Houthi's launching of UAVs, ballistic missiles towards Saudi Arabia

Date: 2021-05-03 14:01:59 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:8940450

RIYADH, May 3 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf condemned the terrorist Houthi militia's launching of bomb-laden UAVs and ballistic missiles towards the southern parts of Saudi Arabia, ....

Saudi Arabia records 953 new coronavirus infections

Date: 2021-05-03 13:48:40 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:8940449

RIYADH, May 3 (MENA) - The Saudi Ministry of Health said on Monday 953 new confirmed cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, bringing the total number to 420,301. It added that 13 new deaths ....