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Bahrain denies reports linking death of citizen to Covid-19 vaccination

Date: 2020-12-23 09:28:52 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:8723229

MANAMA, Dec 23 (MENA) - Bahrain's Ministry of Health has categorically denied allegations on social media linking the death of a 53-year-old Bahraini man to vaccination against Covid-19. The cause of the death of the Bahraini citizen was a sudden ....

Dangerous Daesh leader killed in airstrike in Hamrin Mountains

Date: 2020-12-23 09:26:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:8723297

BAGHDAD, Dec 23 (MENA) - A dangerous Daesh leader was killed in an airstrike conducted by the International Coalition in Hamrin Mountains, the Iraqi security media cell announced. In a statement quoted by Alsumaria news, the cell said the jets ....

AL calls for new strategies for providing proper housing for Arab citizens

Date: 2020-12-23 09:05:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8723223

CAIRO, Dec 23 (MENA) – The Arab League (AL) has called for drawing up strategies and policies aiming at providing appropriate housing for Arab citizens and helping establish stable and safe urban communities as part of efforts to achieve the goals ....

4 terrorists arrested in Kirkuk

Date: 2020-12-23 08:33:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:8723227

BAGHDAD, Dec 23 (MENA) - The Iraqi Intelligence Service announced on Wednesday that four terrorists were arrested in Kirkuk. In a statement quoted by Alsumaria news, the service said that the arrested are wanted in Kirkuk for belonging to ....

Morocco reports 2,646 new Covid-19 cases

Date: 2020-12-22 18:38:38 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:8722839

RABAT, Dec 22 (MENA) - Morocco registered 2,646 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the total tally in the North African country since March 2 to 420,648, the health ministry said in a statement. The total number of recoveries from COVID-19 in ....

Kuwait's COVID-19 cases jumps by 298 to 148,507, one death

Date: 2020-12-22 18:09:49 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:8722807

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 22 (MENA) - Kuwait's Ministry of Health (MoH) registered on Tuesday 298 additional COVID-19 cases over a 24-hour span, increasing the total number of infections to 148,507, while one new death was recorded to a death toll of ....

Kuwait's COVID-19 recoveries up by 214 to 144,356

Date: 2020-12-22 17:40:31 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:8722760

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 22 (MENA) - Kuwait's Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed on Tuesday that 214 people healed from COVID-19 in a span of 24 hours, added to a total of 144,356 cured people thus far. In a statement to KUNA, the ministry mentioned that ....

Jordan reports 2,444 new coronavirus cases, 23 fatalities

Date: 2020-12-22 16:27:44 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:8722669

AMMAN, Dec 22 (MENA) - The Jordanian Health Ministry announced on Tuesday that around 2,444 new coronavirus cases were detected in Jordan over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 279,892. Meanwhile, the kingdom's total ....

Russia's Bogdanov, Saudi ambassador discuss situation in Arab Gulf, Yemen

Date: 2020-12-22 16:13:17 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:8722531

MOSCOW, Dec 22 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov has discussed the latest developments in the Arab Gulf and Yemen with Saudi Arabia's Ambassador in Moscow Abdulrahman ....

US-Israeli delegation arrives in Rabat

Date: 2020-12-22 15:44:48 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:8722583

RABAT, Dec 22 (MENA) - The Salé Airport in Rabat received Tuesday the first direct flight from Israel, carrying a joint US-Israeli delegation. The 6-hour flight, which took off from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv today morning, marks the actual ....