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Int'l team arrives in Yemen's Aden to probe deadly airport bombings

Date: 2021-02-03 22:05:45 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:100 - ID:8782839

ADEN, Feb 3 (MENA) - An international team arrived on Wednesday in Yemen's southern port city of Aden to investigate the deadly bombings that struck the city's airport at the end of December 2020, Al Arabiya New Channel reported Wednesday quoting a ....

Tunisia reports 1,267 coronavirus cases, 87 deaths

Date: 2021-02-03 22:00:57 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:8782833

TUNIS, Feb 3 (MENA) - Tunisia has recorded 1,267 coronavirus infections and 87 new deaths from the virus on Wednesday, the health ministry said. Accordingly, the infection tally has hit 212,679 so far, while fatalities reached 6,980, as 87 new ....

Morocco reports 774 new infections, 14 deaths in past 24 hours

Date: 2021-02-03 20:11:32 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:8782755

RABAT, Feb 3 (MENA) - Morocco on Wednesday reported 774 new COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, taking the total infections in the country to 473,047, the Moroccan Health Ministry said in a statement. The ministry added the total number of ....

Algeria condemns Tunisia's terrorist act

Date: 2021-02-03 18:57:26 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:8782720

ALGIERS, Feb 3 (MENA) - Algeria condemned on Wednesday the terrorist blast that left four Tunisian soldiers dead. A land mine hit a military vehicle of the Tunisian army while carrying out a sweep for extremists in a mountainous region near the ....

Saudi Arabia reports 306 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths

Date: 2021-02-03 17:27:04 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:8782226

RIYADH, Feb 3 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia reported on Wednesday 306 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 368,945 cases, according to the Ministry of Health. The death toll rose by three to 6,386, Al Arabiya reported. The kingdom registered ....

Jordan' amb. presents his credentials as new representative to AL

Date: 2021-02-03 17:24:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:8781832

CAIRO, Feb 3 (MENA) – Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit received on Wednesday Jordanian Ambassador to Egypt Amjad Al Adaileh who presented his credentials as Jordan’s new representative to the Arab League. During the meeting, Abul ....

Iraqi Airways denies finding wreckage of missing plane in Greece

Date: 2021-02-03 17:19:36 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:8782492

BAGHDAD, Feb 3 (MENA) – The Iraqi Airways denied Wednesday reports on finding the wreckage of a training aircraft, flown by an Iraqi trainee pilot, in Greece. “This news is baseless,” the Iraqi Airways asserted, adding that the search is ....

Algeria reports 275 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths

Date: 2021-02-03 16:55:54 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:8782469

ALGIERS, Feb 3 (MENA) - A total of 275 new confirmed Covid-19 cases were recorded over the last 24 hours in Algeria, bringing the country's total to 108,116 cases, APS reported. Spokesman for the scientific committee for monitoring the progress ....

Jordan records 10 Covid-19 fatalities, 1,280 new cases

Date: 2021-02-03 16:43:31 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:8782467

AMMAN, Feb. 3 (MENA) - The Jordanian Ministry of Health said ten Covid-19 fatalities and 1,280 new cases were recorded on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 4,344 and the caseload to 330, 474, Petra reported. The number of patients who were ....

Japan supports Iraq with $50 mln to carry out 11 projects

Date: 2021-02-03 16:15:12 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:8782220

BAGHDAD, Feb 3 (MENA) - Japanese Ambassador to Iraq Kotaro Suzuki said on Wednesday that his country will grant Iraq 50 million dollars in aid to fund 11 projects. In a statement carried by Alsumaria TV channel, the ambassador said the grant was ....