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Rocket falls near Baghdad International Airport

Date: 2021-05-02 19:38:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:8939519

BAGHDAD, May 2 (MENA) - A Katyusha rocket landed near Baghdad International Airport on Sunday, the Iraqi security media cell said in a statement. Security forces managed to destroy another rocket before falling, the cell was quoted by National ....

Tunisia reports 1,009 new Covid-19 cases, 60 fatalities

Date: 2021-05-02 19:18:20 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:8939500

TUNIS, April 2 (MENA) - Tunisia registered 1,009 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 311,743, the Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement Sunday. As many as 60 people died from the virus, ....

Libya's coastguard rescues over 600 illegal migrants off coast

Date: 2021-05-02 18:10:03 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:8939402

TRIPOLI, May 2 (MENA) – Libya's coast guard has rescued more than 600 illegal migrants off the country's western coast. A spokesman for the Libyan navy said Sunday 334 of the rescued migrants are African. The migrants were on board shabby ....

Saudi Arabia reports 937 new Covid-19 cases, 11 fatalities in 24 hours

Date: 2021-05-02 17:50:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:8939403

RIYADH, May 2 (MENA) - The Saudi Ministry of Health announced Sunday that 937 new coronavirus cases were detected over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the Kingdom to 419,348, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) ....

Saudi Arabia to open land, sea, air borders as of May 17

Date: 2021-05-02 17:25:13 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:8939416

RIYADH, May 2 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia will lift its suspension on citizens traveling abroad and open land, sea and air borders on Monday, May 17, the Saudi interior ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Saudi citizens who have received two ....

UN envoy discusses election roadmap in Libya

Date: 2021-05-02 17:18:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:8939218

TRIPOLI, May 2 (MENA) - Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Ján Kubiš discussed Sunday with Head of the Libyan High National Elections Commission Emad al Sayeh a plan ....

Palestine calls on Europe to pressure Israel to allow holding elections in Jerusalem

Date: 2021-05-02 17:07:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:8939245

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) – Palestine’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh called on Europe to continue its efforts to pressure Israel to allow elections to be held in Jerusalem and to allow Palestinians there to participate in the elections through ....

Bahrain condemns Houthi drone attack against Saudi Arabia

Date: 2021-05-02 16:55:02 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:8939298

MANAMA, May 2 (MENA) - The Kingdom of Bahrain has strongly condemned the launching of an explosive-laden drone against the city of Khamis Mushait in Saudi Arabia by the terrorist Houthi militia. In a statement carried by BNA on Sunday, Bahrain's ....

Jordan reports 824 new coronavirus cases, 26 deaths

Date: 2021-05-02 15:06:01 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:8939243

AMMAN, May 2 (MENA) - COVID-19 killed 26 in Jordan in the last 24 hours, as the death toll stands at 8,897 and a total of 824 cases were recorded, pushing the caseload to some 712,900, Petra reported. In its statement, the Jordanian Ministry of ....

UAE announces 1,847 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths in last 24 hours

Date: 2021-05-02 14:21:56 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:8939184

ABU DHABI, May 2 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention announced that it conducted 205,625 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment, WAM reported. In a statement, the ministry ....