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UAE registers 1,027 new coronavirus cases, 3 deaths

Date: 2020-12-28 14:07:46 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:8730021

ABU DHABI, Dec 28 (MENA) - The UAE's Ministry of Health and Prevention announced that 1,027 new coronavirus cases have been recorded, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the country to 202,863. The ministry added that three-coronavirus ....

Kuwaiti emir receives Saudi king's invitation to attend 41st GCC summit in Riyadh

Date: 2020-12-28 13:47:41 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:8729708

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 28 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received on Monday an invitation from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to attend the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)'s 41st summit, due to be held in Riyadh on ....

Kuwait emir receives invitation for 41st GCC summit

Date: 2020-12-28 09:23:44 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:8729517

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 28 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawaf al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah on Monday received a message from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud inviting him to the 41st Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit. Secretary General of the ....

3 Daesh terrorists arrested in Kirkuk

Date: 2020-12-28 09:17:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8729506

BAGHDAD, Dec 28 (MENA) - Three Daesh sleeper cell terrorists were arrested in Kirkuk, the Iraq National Intelligence Service announced on Monday. The arrested confessed belonging to Daesh and participating in terrorist actions targeting Iraqi ....

Kuwait: flights to resume to countries on travel ban list upon providing Covid-19 vaccines in them

Date: 2020-12-28 08:45:13 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:8729413

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 27 (MENA) - Minister of Health Sheikh Dr. Bassel Al-Sabah has said flights to countries Kuwait banned aviation with them will resume after travelers are vaccinated against Covid-19. In statements carried by KUNA news agency ....

Saudi Arabia extends suspension of int'l flights by another week

Date: 2020-12-28 06:30:31 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8729251

RIYADH, Dec 28 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia has extended a suspension on all international commercial flights and entry into the Kingdom through land and sea ports for another week over the emergency of a new COVID-19 strain, Al Arabiya channel quoted an ....

AP rejects Turkish threats, interference in Libyan affairs

Date: 2020-12-27 16:33:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:8728872

CAIRO, Dec 27 (MENA) - Speaker of the Arab Parliament Adel Al Assoumi rejected Sunday the hostile remarks, and threats issued by the Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar during his recent provocative visit to Libya. Al Assoumi also deplored the ....

2 Daesh militants killed in Iraq's Kirkuk

Date: 2020-12-27 15:02:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:8728610

Baghdad, Dec 27 ( MENA ) - The Iraqi military announced that two Daesh militants were killed in an air strike launched by the US-led coalition (International Coalition) in Kirkuk province. In a statement carried by the National Iraqi News Agency ....

818 new coronavirus cases in Iraq in past 24 hours

Date: 2020-12-27 14:56:41 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:8728792

Baghdad, Dec 27 ( MENA ) - As many as 818 new coronavirus cases were reported in Iraq, taking the total number to 591,597, the Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Sunday. In a statement carried by the Iraqi National News Agency (NINA), the ....

Kuwait's COVID-19 vaccination campaign to kick off Sunday

Date: 2020-12-26 19:20:59 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:8727847

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 26 (MENA) - Health workers' coronavirus vaccination campaign will kick off on Sunday, KUNA quoted the Kuwait Health Ministry as saying Saturday. The ministry noted that its plan mainly focuses on giving the priority to medical ....