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US state secretary to participate in donor conference on Yemen in March

Date: 2021-02-27 07:47:41 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:8820143

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) - Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will lead the US delegation to the virtual donor conference on Yemen co-hosted by the UN and the governments of Switzerland and Sweden on March 1, Department Spokesman Ned Price said ....

Tunisia reports new Covid-19 31 deaths

Date: 2021-02-26 20:41:30 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:8819970

TUNIS, Feb 26 (MENA) - Tunisia's Health Ministry reported 31 new deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, bringing the total number of fatalities to 7,942. The ministry said in a statement that 666 new cases were registered, raising the total number of ....

Russia, Saudi Arabia in talks on regional issues

Date: 2021-02-26 18:15:03 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:8819809

MOSCOW, Feb 26 (MENA) - Mikhail Bogdanov, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs met Friday with Saudi Ambassador in Moscow Abdurrahman Al-Ahmed, The ....

Jordan records 3,644 new coronavirus cases, 23 deaths

Date: 2021-02-26 18:02:40 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:8819765

AMMAN, Feb 26 (MENA) - Jordan has recorded 3,644 new Covid-19 cases Friday, bringing the total number of infections since the beginning of the crisis to 383,912, Petra news agency reported. Meanwhile, 23 patients died from the virus over the past ....

UAE provided over dlrs 6 bln in assistance to Yemen - minister

Date: 2021-02-26 17:06:27 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:8819692

ABU DHABI, Feb 26 (MENA) - The UAE on Friday committed dlrs 230 million to Yemen, ahead of the United Nations Pledging Conference co-hosted between the Swiss Confederation and the Kingdom of Sweden, WAM news agency reported. This support will ....

UN sanctions top Houthi police official in Yemen’s capital

Date: 2021-02-26 14:30:35 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:8819424

NEW YORK, Feb 26 (MENA) - The UN Security Council imposed sanctions on a top police security official in Yemen’s capital, which is controlled by Houthi rebels, citing his prominent role in intimidations, systematic arrests, detentions, torture, ....

Iraq reports 4,336 new coronavirus cases, 14 deaths

Date: 2021-02-26 14:00:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:8819372

BAGHDAD, Feb 26 (MENA) - The Iraqi Ministry of Health on Friday reported 4,336 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections to 688,698, Alsumaria news channel reported. The ministry said in a daily briefing that 14 persons died ....

UAE, India discuss boosting relations, anti-coronavirus efforts

Date: 2021-02-26 13:05:09 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:8819209

NEW DELHI, Feb 26 (MENA) - UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan met here with Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to discuss the historic UAE-India friendship ties ....

Russia’s UN envoy slams US claim that Moscow weaponizes aid in Syria

Date: 2021-02-26 12:39:34 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:8819255

MOSCOW, Feb 26 (MENA) - Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzya said that Russian military in Syria create humanitarian corridors to help out those who need it most, something that cannot be said of the American troops who ....

UAE records 3,498 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-02-26 11:52:02 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:8819243

ABU DHABI, Feb 26 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention announced 3,498 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the UAE to 385,160. It also announced 16 deaths due to COVID-19 complications, bringing the ....