Arab world

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  • Protesters cut roads in several Lebanese districts

    Date: 2021-03-05 22:06:07 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:8833580

    BEIRUT, March 5 (MENA) - Lebanese protesters continued to block major roads and highways in Beirut for a fourth straight day, over the crippling economic crisis in the country. Dozens of protesters tried to hamper traffic by burning tires and ....

  • Arab Coalition intercepts six explosive drones fired by Yemen's rebels

    Date: 2021-03-05 20:59:09 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:8833560

    RIYADH, March 5 (MENA) - The Arab Coalition said it had destroyed six explosive drones fired towards Saudi Arabia on Friday, with Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia claiming to have launched an attack into southern Saudi Arabia at dawn, Al Arabiya ....

  • Tunisia reports 713 new coronavirus cases, 24 deaths

    Date: 2021-03-05 20:54:22 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:91 - ID:8833509

    TUNIS, March 5 (MENA) - The Tunisian Health Ministry reported 713 new Covid-19 cases and 24 new fatalities within the past 24 hours. A statement issued by the ministry Friday said the new cases bring the total number of coronavirus infections in ....

  • AP supports Egypt, Sudan efforts to protect their water, legal rights

    Date: 2021-03-05 17:42:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:8833273

    CAIRO, March 5 (MENA) – Speaker of the Arab Parliament Adel al-Asoumi asserted on Friday the AP total support to the efforts exerted by Egypt and Sudan to protect their water and legal rights. In a press release, Asoumi added that the water ....

  • Kuwait registers 1,613 new coronavirus cases, 8 fatalities

    Date: 2021-03-05 17:00:18 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:8833240

    KUWAIT CITY, March 5 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Health Ministry said that 1,613 people were tested positive for coronavirus, with eight related deaths reported on Friday, taking the total cases up to 198,110 as deaths rose to 1,113 respectively, KUNA news ....

  • Jordan reports 4,584 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-03-05 16:55:55 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:8833180

    AMMAN, March 5 (MENA) – The Jordanian Health Ministry said 4,584 new coronavirus cases were registered over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections in the Kingdom to 417,934, Petra news agency reported on Friday. The Kingdom's ....

  • Pope Francis arrives in Sayidat al-Nejat cathedral in Iraq's Baghdad

    Date: 2021-03-05 16:23:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:8833060

    BAGHDAD, March 5 (MENA) - Pope Francis on Friday arrived at the Syro-Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation (Sayidat al-Najat) in central Baghdad, as part of his three-day historic visit to Iraq. Upon his arrival at the cathedral, the pope ....

  • Dozens of Houthis killed in Yemen's Marib

    Date: 2021-03-05 15:59:31 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:8833125

    SANAA, March 5 (MENA) - Yemen's pro-government forces announced Friday that dozens of Houthi rebels were killed in the country's northeastern province of Marib. A series of airstrikes were launched by the Arab Coalition jets against the Houthi ....

  • Pope Francis lands in Baghdad in first-ever papal trip to Iraq

    Date: 2021-03-05 15:47:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:8832969

    BAGHDAD, March 5 (MENA) - Pope Francis on Friday began the first-ever papal trip to Iraq, landing in a country with an extraordinary biblical history, but that is also experiencing a serious coronavirus outbreak and ongoing political turmoil, the ....

  • UAE: 31,312 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-03-05 14:34:00 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:8832957

    ABU DHABI, March 5 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention has announced that 31,312 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered in the past 24 hours, WAM news agency reported. The total number of doses provided up to today stands ....

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