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  • Lebanon reports 4,332 new cases of COVID-19 cases, 64 deaths in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-20 18:43:09 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:8761588

    BEIRUT, Jan 20 (MENA) - Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health announced 4,332 new cases of coronavirus infection on Wednesday, taking the tally of confirmed cases to 264,647. Meanwhile, as many as 64 deaths have been registered over the past 24 ....

  • Morocco reports 1,152 new infections, 32 deaths in past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-20 18:22:43 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:8761589

    RABAT, Jan 20 (MENA) - Morocco on Wednesday reported 1,152 new COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, taking the total infections in the country to 462,542, the Moroccan Health Ministry said in a statement. The ministry added the total number of ....

  • Algeria’s president undergoes successful surgery on foot in Germany

    Date: 2021-01-20 16:27:22 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:8761399

    ALGIERS, Jan 20 (MENA) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Wednesday underwent successful surgery on his foot at a hospital in Germany, the presidency said, according to Arab News website. Tebboune, 75, has flown to Germany earlier this ....

  • AL welcomes progress made to achieve executive steps in Libya

    Date: 2021-01-20 12:38:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:8760809

    CAIRO, Jan 20 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) has welcomed the progress made to implement the executive steps agreed upon at the Libyan political dialogue forum held last November. In a press release on Wednesday, an AL official source lauded an ....

  • Kuwaiti FM probes with Abul Gheit regional, int'l developments

    Date: 2021-01-20 12:38:33 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:8760807

    KUWAIT CITY, January 20 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al Sabah discussed over phone on Wednesday with Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit regional and international developments. The two sides also discussed the ....

  • Arab parliament supports orphanage children in Arab states

    Date: 2021-01-20 11:59:37 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:8760603

    CAIRO, Jan 20 (MENA) - Speaker of the Arab Parliament Adel Assoumy has stressed the importance of taking care of orphan children in the Arab countries as a safe investment for the future of the coming generations. Addressing an international ....

  • GCC, Oman confer on boosting cooperation

    Date: 2021-01-20 11:13:04 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:8760644

    MUSCAT, Jan 20 (MENA) - Secretary General of Gulf Cooperation Council Nayef Falah al Hajraf conferred on Wednesday with Omani Deputy Prime Minister for Defense Affairs Sayyid Shihab bin Tarik Al Said on means of boosting aspects of Gulf ....

  • Lebanese interior min. to recommend extending full lockdown to curb COVID 19 outbreak

    Date: 2021-01-20 10:30:26 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:8760554

    BEIRUT, Jan 20 (MENA) - Lebanese Interior Minister Mohamed Fahmi said that he will refer a recommendation to the Supreme Defense Council due on Thursday under President Michel Aoun to extend the full lockdown in order to curb the spread of the ....

  • Tank explodes in Syrian crude oil company in Homs

    Date: 2021-01-19 19:09:27 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:8759841

    DAMASCUS, Jan 19 (MENA) – A tank exploded in the Syrian Company for the Transport of Crude Oil next to the Syrian Company for Gas in Homs, causing a huge fire, SANA reported on Tuesday. SANA’s reporter added that the firefighting teams are ....

  • UAE vaccinations surpass 2 million

    Date: 2021-01-19 17:40:27 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:8759676

    ABU DHABI, Jan 19 (MENA) - More than 2 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in the United Arab Emirates, 20.88 percent of the country’s population has been vaccinated, reported state-owned Emirates News Agency. "This ....

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