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  • Iraqi electricity min. asserts proceeding with electricity linkage with Jordan, Egypt

    Date: 2020-12-14 09:09:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:8711227

    BAGHDAD, Dec 14 (MENA) - Iraqi Electricity Minister Maged Mahdi Hantoush asserted resuming electricity linkage with Jordan and Egypt. Iraq needs 10,000 megawatts of electricity in winter and 28,000 megawatts in summer, Hantoush said, asserting ....

  • Kuwaiti emir issues decree on forming the new government

    Date: 2020-12-14 08:24:21 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:8711224

    KUWAIT CITY, Dec 14 (MENA) - Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah issued a decree on Monday on forming the new government. The decree comes eight days after the resignation of the previous government in the wake of the end of the Kuwaiti ....

  • Terrorist arrested in southern Baghdad

    Date: 2020-12-14 08:19:31 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:8711198

    BAGHDAD, Dec 14 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces arrested a terrorist in southern Baghdad, the Iraqi Operations Command said on Monday. The arrest was carried out acting upon an intelligence information. (MENA) S R E/D A E ....

  • 42 Daesh militants killed in southern Mosul

    Date: 2020-12-13 18:07:36 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:8710842

    BAGHDAD, Dec 13 (MENA) - The Iraqi Armed Forces said Sunday that it had killed 42 Daesh militants in a security operation in southern Mosul. In a statement, spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Yahya Rasool. noted that forces ....

  • Turkey shells vicinity of Ayn Issa in Syria

    Date: 2020-12-13 17:39:32 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:8710841

    DAMASCUS, Dec 13 (MENA) - Turkish forces and their mercenaries from the terrorist organizations renewed their artillery attacks on the vicinity of Ayn Issa town from the areas they occupy in the northern of Raqqa, SANA reported on Sunday. The ....

  • Algerian president says his health is improving

    Date: 2020-12-13 17:07:31 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:8710750

    ALGIERS, Dec 13 (MENA) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune addressed his people on Sunday from his place of convalescence in Germany to reassure them that his health is improving after he was infected with the novel coronavirus. Tebboune, ....

  • GCC trade ministers discuss furthering economic integration

    Date: 2020-12-13 15:31:59 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:8710615

    RIYADH, Dec 13 (MENA) - Trade ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) met on Sunday to discuss means of enhancing intra-GCC trade, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani bin Ahmed ....

  • Iraq's security adviser probes cooperation ties with US amb.

    Date: 2020-12-13 15:20:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:8710646

    BAGHDAD, Dec 13 (MENA) - Iraq's National Security Adviser Qasim Al-Araji met on Sunday at his office US Ambassador in Baghdad Matthew Tueller. The two sides reviewed the overall political and security situation in the region and the need for more ....

  • Awqaf min. awarded AP shield for efforts to counter extremist thought

    Date: 2020-12-13 13:46:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:8710405

    CAIRO, Dec 13 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has been awarded the Arab Parliament (AP) Shield, in appreciation of his efforts to counter the extremist thought. Gomaa was honored during his meeting on Sunday with Arab Parliament ....

  • Bahrain approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for use

    Date: 2020-12-13 13:19:19 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:8710375

    MANAMA, Dec 13 (MENA) - The Bahraini National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) on Sunday announced it has officially approved the registration of Chinese Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine after the submission of all related documentation by G42 ....

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