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  • Saudi Arabia reports 327 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-02-05 15:24:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:8785250

    RIYADH, Feb 5 (MENA) - The Saudi Ministry of Health recorded on Friday 327 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the Kingdom to 369,575, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The ministry added that the ....

  • UAE ranks first regionally, fourth globally in Global Entrepreneurship Index 2020

    Date: 2021-02-05 14:15:37 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:8785159

    ABU DHABI, Feb 5 (MENA) - The UAE has been ranked first in the region, and fourth globally in the Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEI) 2020 by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM – NECI), climbing up from its fifth ranking in the 2019 ....

  • IOM: Libyan navy intercepts over 800 migrants in Mediterranean

    Date: 2021-02-05 13:09:05 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:8785008

    GENEVA, Feb 5 (MENA) - Hundreds of Europe-bound migrants were intercepted in the Mediterranean sea off Libya's coasts and taken into detention over the last 24 hours, the UN migration agency said Friday. The International Organization for ....

  • UAE records 3,251 new COVID-19 cases, 14 deaths

    Date: 2021-02-05 13:08:32 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:8784898

    ABU DHABI, Feb 5 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates recorded 3,251 new cases of COVID-19, 3,860 recoveries and 14 deaths on Friday, Al Arabiya news channel reported. The country's Ministry of Health disclosed that 148,574 were carried out as part ....

  • Iraqi army aviation commander survives assassination attempt in Baghdad

    Date: 2021-02-05 13:07:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:8784872

    BAGHDAD, Feb 5 (MENA) – Iraqi Army Aviation Commander Samir al Malki survived an attempt on his life on Friday after a bomb was found outside the commander’s house in Baghdad. Alsumaria news channel quoted a security source as saying that an ....

  • Bahrain welcomes Biden's commitment to cooperation with Saudi Arabia to defend its sovereignty

    Date: 2021-02-05 09:38:55 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:8784725

    MANAMA, Feb 5 (MENA) - The Bahraini Foreign Ministry welcomed what US President Joe Biden's speech included as regards Washington's commitment to cooperating with Saudi Arabia to defend its sovereignty and address the threats targeting it. In a ....

  • Syria records 65 new COVID-19 infections

    Date: 2021-02-05 08:58:32 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:8784731

    DAMASCUS, Feb 5 (MENA) - The Syrian Health Ministry said Friday that it registered 65 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 14,267, the Syrian news agency (SANA) reported. In a statement, the ministry said that it also ....

  • US condemns assassination of Lebanese Hebzollah critic Lokman Slim

    Date: 2021-02-04 23:04:28 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:8784501

    WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) - The US State Department on Thursday blasted the “heinous assassination” of Lebanese anti-Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim. “We condemn in the strongest terms the heinous assassination of prominent Shia activist Lokman Slim ....

  • Tunisia reports 1,270 new coronavirus cases, 68 deaths over past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-02-04 22:28:01 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:8784490

    TUNIS, Feb 4 (MENA) - Tunisia surpassed 7000 deaths from COVID-19 after the country reported on February 3rd 68 additional deaths over the past 24 hours, pushing the death tally to 7,048. Meanwhile, the number of infections recorded increased by ....

  • Abu Dhabi CP calls Grand Imam of Azhar, Vatican Pope

    Date: 2021-02-04 21:54:20 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:8784471

    ABU DHABI, Feb 4 (MENA) - Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Thursday made two telephone calls with the Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church, and the Grand Imam of ....

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