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Libya's PM-designate has 21 days to form cabinet: UN official

Date: 2021-02-06 17:09:15 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:8786693

GENEVA-BENGHAZI, Feb 6 (MENA) - Libya's Prime Minister-designate Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah must form his cabinet and present its action plan to the Libyan House of Representatives within a maximum period of 21 days, Acting Special Representative ....

Arab FMs to meet in Cairo Monday

Date: 2021-02-06 16:25:17 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:8786746

CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - An extraordinary session of the Arab League (AL) Council at the level of foreign ministers is due to convene in Cairo Monday. In a statement, AL Assistant Secretary General Hossam Zaki said the meeting would discuss ....

Bahraini Interior Ministry foils terrorist plots targeting two ATMs

Date: 2021-02-06 16:13:05 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:8786610

MANAMA, Feb 6 (MENA) – The Bahraini National Security Agency foiled two terrorist plots targeting two ATMs of a national bank in Nuaim and Jidhafs areas in the Capital Governorate, Bahrain News Agency reported Saturday. The explosive disposal ....

Jordan records 865 coronavirus cases, 7 deaths

Date: 2021-02-06 16:12:05 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:8786691

AMMAN, Feb 6 (MENA) - Jordan has recorded seven coronavirus deaths and 865 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, Petra reported. The total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic in Jordan is 333,855. While, the death toll has risen to 4,369. ....

Oman welcomes formation of new Libyan government

Date: 2021-02-06 15:46:34 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:8786687

MUSCAT, Feb 6 (MENA) - The Sultanate of Oman has welcomed the formation of a new Libyan government. In a statement Saturday, the Omani Foreign Ministry expressed hope that the new government would contribute to achieving security, stability and ....

Israeli occupation soldiers attack Palestinian farmers in West Bank

Date: 2021-02-06 15:19:56 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:8786373

RAMALLAH, Feb 6 (MENA) – Israeli occupation soldiers on Saturday attacked dozens of Palestinian farmers and activists who were planting trees in lands in the northern West Bank town of Bidya, west of the city of Salfit, and fired teargas canisters ....

Mauritania's FM to Cairo for emergency AL meeting on Monday

Date: 2021-02-06 13:52:25 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:8786385

NOUAKCHOTT, Feb 6 (MENA) - Mauritania's Foreign Minister Ismael Ould Cheikh Ahmed left here on Saturday heading to Cairo to attend an emergency meeting of the Arab League (AL) foreign ministers scheduled for Monday. The meeting will take up a ....

AL welcomes ICC decision to lauch full investigation into war crimes committed in Palestinian territories

Date: 2021-02-06 12:28:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:8786140

CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) – The Arab League welcomed on Saturday the International Criminal Court’s statement that says that it has jurisdiction to investigate war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories. In statements, Assistant ....

Iraq: Three Daesh terrorists arrested in Nineveh

Date: 2021-02-06 10:48:40 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:8786051

BAGHDAD, Feb 6 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces arrested three elements of Daesh terrorist group in Nineveh province, the Iraqi interior ministry announced Saturday. Acting upon an intelligence tip-off, the joint security forces managed to arrest ....

Three Iraqi police elements killed, injured in Kirkuk attack

Date: 2021-02-06 06:33:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8785778

BAGHDAD, Feb 6 (MENA) - An Iraqi federal police element was killed and two others were injured in an armed attack in Daquq district of Kirkuk province, an Iraqi security source told Alsumaria news channel Saturday. An attack targeted a police ....