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Saudi king, Iraqi president probe bilateral relations

Date: 2021-04-17 05:55:01 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:8913400

BAGHDAD/RIYADH, April 17 (MENA) - Iraqi President Barham Salih discussed on Friday with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud bilateral relations and means to cement them in all fields in a way that serves the interests of the two peoples. The ....

FMs of Morocco, Italy discuss means to boost cooperation

Date: 2021-04-17 04:45:55 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8913389

RABAT, April 17 (MENA) - Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, on Friday held talks through videoconference with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di ....

Bahrain condemns Houthi missile attack on Saudi Arabia's Jazan

Date: 2021-04-17 04:22:00 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:8913384

MANAMA, April 17 (MENA) - The Kingdom of Bahrain condemned on Friday the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia’s launch of a ballistic missile towards the city of Jazan, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, targeting civilian facilities and innocent ....

Kuwait registers 1,406 new Covid-19 infections, 8 deaths

Date: 2021-04-16 21:22:05 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:8913305

KUWAIT CITY, April 16 (MENA) - Kuwait's Ministry of Health on Friday registered 1,406 new infections and eight new COVID-19 fatalities in the past 24 hours. The Ministry's spokesman Abdullah Al-Sanad told KUNA that the death toll increased to ....

Syria reports 143 new coronavirus cases, 9 deaths

Date: 2021-04-16 21:18:14 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:8913315

DAMASCUS, April 16 (MENA) - Syria's Health Ministry said on Friday that 143 new COVID-19 cases have been detected in the country and nine patients died from the virus. The ministry said in a statement to SANA that the total number of coronavirus ....

587 new Covid-19 cases, over 4.5 million vaccinated in Morocco

Date: 2021-04-16 20:35:48 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:8913244

RABAT, April 16 (MENA) - A total of 587 new Covid-19 cases have been reported in the past 24 hours in Morocco, taking the tally of confirmed cases in the North African country to 504,847, the health ministry said Friday. A total of 4,583,664 ....

Tunisia reports 2,401 new Covid-19 cases, 86 fatalities

Date: 2021-04-16 20:04:19 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:8913235

TUNIS, April 16 (MENA) – Tunisia's Health Ministry reported 2,401 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the country to 281,777. The death toll from the virus rose by 86 to 9,639, the ministry said in ....

Syria registers 158 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-04-16 19:07:24 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:8913171

DAMASCUS, April 16 (MENA) – The Syrian Health Ministry announced that 158 new coronavirus infections were recorded in the country and 134 patients have recovered from the pernicious disease while 12 have passed away, SANA reported. In a ....

Arab Lawyers Union deplores Iraq's terror attacks

Date: 2021-04-16 18:45:30 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:8913123

CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) – The Arab Lawyers Union strongly condemned the terrorist attacks on Erbil International Airport and a market in east Baghdad that killed and injured a number of people. In a press release, the union’s secretary general, ....

UNHCR: Civilians at risk from escalating fighting in Yemen’s Marib

Date: 2021-04-16 15:42:33 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:8912990

GENEVA, April 16 (MENA) – UNHCR Spokesperson Aikaterini Kitidi said the commission is deeply concerned about the safety of civilians as conflict intensifies in Yemen’s Marib governorate. “The fighting is increasingly impacting areas in and ....