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  • 2nd Libya shipwreck raises toll to around 100 in one day

    Date: 2020-11-13 18:38:27 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:8671026

    TRIPOLI, Nov 13 (MENA) – A shipwreck off the Libyan coast has killed 20 people, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said, just hours after news of a separate incident in which at least 74 migrants died, France 24 reported. MSF teams in the northwestern ....

  • UNHCR says over 14,500 Ethiopians fled into Sudan amid ongoing clashes

    Date: 2020-11-13 17:47:55 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:8670957

    KHARTOUM, Nov 13 (MENA) – The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) on Friday said its "extremely concerned" about the worsening crisis in northern Ethiopia where ongoing clashes between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray forces are driving ....

  • Saudi Arabia reports 441 new COVID-19 cases, 20 deaths

    Date: 2020-11-13 15:13:31 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:8670780

    RIYADH, Nov 13 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia has reported 441 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of infections in the Kingdom to 352,601, Al Arabiya reported on Friday. Of the new cases, 59 were detected in the city of ....

  • Beirut explosion: 100 days on, calls grow for international inquiry

    Date: 2020-11-13 13:18:42 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:8670734

    BEIRUT, Nov 13 (MENA) - Calls are growing for an international investigation into the blast 100 days ago that devastated Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, as survivors, human rights groups and lawyers claim the Lebanese government’s inquiry is badly flawed ....

  • Kuwait reports 718 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths

    Date: 2020-11-13 13:07:42 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:8670645

    KUWAIT CITY, Nov 13 (MENA) - Kuwait on Friday tallied 718 new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours to up the total to 135,650, while a trio of fatalities pushed its death toll from the outbreak to 833, KUNA news agency reported. The ....

  • Iraq: All members of terrorist group behind Radwaniyah attack killed

    Date: 2020-11-13 09:03:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:8670280

    BAGHDAD, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Baghdad Operations Command has announced that all members of the terrorist group that targeted Al- Sahwa fighters and Iraqi soldiers in Radwaniyah area have been killed. "Based on intelligence information, the Baghdad ....

  • Oman denounces shooting against Saudi Embassy in The Hague

    Date: 2020-11-13 09:03:18 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:8670263

    MUSCAT, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Sultanate of Oman condemned on Friday a shooting that targeted the Saudi Embassy in The Hague. The Sultanate described the attack as a violation of international laws and human values, voicing full solidarity with ....

  • Explosion occurs on route of Russian military police convoy in Syria

    Date: 2020-11-13 09:02:08 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:8670144

    MOSCOW, Nov 13 (MENA) - An explosion occurred on the route of a convoy of the Russian military police in Syria, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Syrian Reconciliation said at a daily briefing on Thursday. He noted that an ....

  • Sudan registers 55 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-11-13 06:03:18 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8670132

    KHARTOUM, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Sudanese Health Ministry said that 55 new coronavirus infections have been registered in the country, taking the total tally of the virus cases to 14,401. In a statement, the ministry added that no virus-linked ....

  • Conference on return of Syrian refugees stresses importance of fighting terrorism

    Date: 2020-11-12 20:01:28 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:8669973

    MOSCOW, Nov 12 (MENA) – A communique of the International Conference for the Return of Refugees in Damascus stressed Thursday the importance of firmly fighting terrorism and eradicating all organizations linked to the terror Daesh and Nusra Front ....

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