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  • Town in Tulkarm closed due to coronavirus widespread

    Date: 2020-12-05 19:15:39 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:8700249

    TULKARM, Dec 5 (MENA) - Palestine's Tulkarm Governor Essam Abu Bakr decided on Saturday to close Bal'a town for 48 hours as of Sunday. The move came in light of the increasing cases of the coronavirus infections in the town and to maintain the ....

  • Polling centers for Kuwait’s parliament election closed

    Date: 2020-12-05 19:00:05 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:8700242

    KUWAIT CITY, Dec 5 (MENA) – Polling stations for Kuwait’s 2020 National Assembly elections in the five constituencies closed their doors on Saturday, KUNA reported. The voters are set to choose the members of the National Assembly in its 16th ....

  • ICRC chief affirms necessity of countering terrorism in all its forms

    Date: 2020-12-05 17:42:54 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:8700188

    MANAMA, Dec 5 (MENA) - President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer stressed on Saturday the importance of focusing on the humanitarian side and working on countering terrorism in all its forms, Bahrain News Agency ....

  • Bahraini, Omani FMs discuss developing bilateral relations

    Date: 2020-12-05 09:42:07 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:8699421

    MANAMA, Dec 5 (MENA) - Bahrain's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, met with his Omani counterpart, Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al-Busaidi, on the sidelines of the 16th Manama Dialogue, Bahrain News Agency reported on ....

  • Iraq: Int'l alliance destroys 5 Daesh hideouts north of country

    Date: 2020-12-05 08:58:12 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:8699358

    BAGHDAD, Dec 5 (MENA) - The Security Media Cell in Iraq said it destroyed five Daesh hideouts in airstrikes in the vicinity of Makhoul Moutains, north of the country, Alsumaria TV reported. Acting upon an order by the Joint Operations Command, ....

  • Iraqi intelligence arrests 3 Daesh terrorists in Kirkuk, Salahuddin

    Date: 2020-12-05 08:36:36 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8699314

    BAGHDAD, Dec 5 (MENA) - The Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency in Iraq said on Saturday it arrested three terrorists in Kirkuk and Salahuddin governorates. The agency said in a statement that a FIIA force arrested the three wanted ....

  • AL chief praises Kuwaiti efforts to end Arab rift

    Date: 2020-12-04 18:09:04 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:8699063

    CAIRO, Dec 4 (MENA) - The Arab League welcomes Kuwait-led progress towards resolving a lingering dispute involving Arab states, Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in a statement Friday, shortly after Kuwait's foreign minister indicated in a TV ....

  • Palestinians thwart settler's attempt to burn Gethsemane Church in Jerusalem

    Date: 2020-12-04 16:20:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:8698920

    RAMALLAH, Dec 4 (MENA) - Palestinians on Friday thwarted an attempt by an Israeli settler to burn down the Gethsemane Church in the Mount of Olives area in occupied East Jerusalem, WAFA news agency quoted local sources as saying. Witnesses ....

  • Saudi Arabia signs deal to establish diplomatic relations with Zimbabwe

    Date: 2020-12-04 12:48:05 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:8698621

    RIYADH, Dec 4 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia signed on Friday an agreement to establish diplomatic relations with Zimbabwe. The agreement was signed by Saudi Arabia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Abdullah bin Yahya Al-Muallami, and ....

  • OIC chief denounces Houthi attempts to target civilians in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2020-12-04 11:43:02 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:8698519

    RIYADH, Dec 4 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef Al-Othaimeen has deplored an attack by a bomb-laden drone that has been launched systematically and deliberately by the terrorist Houthi ....

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