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Sudan wins membership of nuclear watchdog executive council

Date: 2021-04-28 21:44:42 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:8934035

KHARTOUM, April 28 (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday Sudan's winning of the membership of the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), in the Hague. Sudan unanimously won the post, ....

Kuwait reports 1,464 new Covid-19 cases, 11 fatalities in 24 hours

Date: 2021-04-28 21:20:00 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:8934034

KUWAIT CITY, April 28 (MENA) - Kuwait's Ministry of Health has recorded 1,464 new coronavirus infections and 11 related deaths in the past 24 hours, KUNA reported. The new figures take the caseload in the country up to 271,145 and the death toll ....

Educational programs committee urges int'l committee to provide protection for Arab students in occupied lands

Date: 2021-04-28 19:06:49 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:8933514

CAIRO, April 28 (MENA) - The educational programs committee directed to Arab students in the occupied Arab territories has called on the international community, especially UNESCO, to provide international protection for Arab students in the ....

Iraqi police seize homemade bombs, mortar shells in Kirkuk

Date: 2021-04-28 19:03:37 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:8933814

BAGHDAD, April 28 (MENA) - The Iraqi Federal Police Force Command (FPFC) revealed that three improvised explosive devices (IEDs), two 82mm mortar rounds and four explosive charges were seized in Al-Hawija District in the Kirkuk Province on ....

Iraq reports 6,858 new COVID-19 cases

Date: 2021-04-28 17:48:01 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:8933852

BAGHDAD, April 28 (MENA) - Iraqi officials voiced concerns on Wednesday about the continuous increase of COVID-19 infections in the country as the ministry of health reported 6,858 new cases. So far, with 6,858 new COVID-19 cases being reported ....

Jordan records 1,910 new infections

Date: 2021-04-28 17:34:51 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:8933829

AMMAN, April 28 (MENA) - Jordan recorded 47 deaths and 1,910 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases since the beginning of the crisis to 708,265. The death toll has risen to 8,754. A total of 2,963 recoveries have ....

Algeria registers 236 new coronavirus cases, 9 fatalities in past 24 hrs

Date: 2021-04-28 17:22:22 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:8933801

ALGIERS, April 28 (MENA) - A total of 236 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and nine deaths have been reported over the past 24 hours in Algeria, spokesman for the scientific committee for monitoring the evolution of the coronavirus pandemic Dr. ....

AL reiterates need to refrain from violence in Somalia

Date: 2021-04-28 14:07:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:8933362

CAIRO, April 28 (MENA) - The Arab League Wednesday called again on all parties in Somalia to resort to political flexibility to pave the way for reaching a vast national reconciliation and holding postponed presidential and parliamentary ....

UAE reports 1,710 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths

Date: 2021-04-28 11:38:08 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:8932983

ABU DHABI, April 28 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 195,166 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment, WAM reported. In a statement on ....

Kuwait chairs UNSCO meeting on ethics of artificial intelligence

Date: 2021-04-27 21:14:40 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:8932215

KUWAIT CITY, April 27 (MENA) - Kuwait chaired on Tuesday a UNSCO experts meeting on negotiating a draft text of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Kuwait's delegate to the UNESCO Dr. Adam Al-Mulla moderated today's ....