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Kuwait FM, GCC chief probe regional, int'l developments

Date: 2020-12-01 12:23:46 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:8694532

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 1 (MENA) - Foreign Minister and Acting Minister of Information Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah received, Tuesday, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation .Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf The two officials, according ....

Lebanese FM says his country mulls closure of some embassies abroad due to financial crisis

Date: 2020-12-01 09:53:51 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:8694174

BEIRUT, Dec 1 (MENA) - Lebanese Foreign Minister Charbel Wahba has revealed that his country mulls the closure of some Lebanese embassies abroad due to the serious financial crunch Lebanon is facing now. In statements published the Lebanese ....

Iraqi intelligence announces targeting Daesh elements

Date: 2020-12-01 07:34:23 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:8693985

BAGHDAD, Dec 1 (MENA) - The Iraqi terror fighting agency on Tuesday announced targeting elements of Daesh terrorist group in Makhmour mountains. In a statement published by Al Summaria news channel, the agency added that the security operation is ....

Algeria's president is recovering, to return to his country soon

Date: 2020-11-30 20:34:07 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:8693697

ALGIERS, Nov 30 (MENA) – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is recovering and he will return to the country in the coming days, APS reported on Monday. “In accordance with the recommendations of the medical staff, President of the Republic ....

Jordan reports 5,123 new COVID-19 cases 57 fatalities in 24 hours

Date: 2020-11-30 16:09:40 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:8693477

AMMAN, Nov 30 (MENA) - Jordan's Ministry of Health announced Monday that 57 new COVID-19 deaths and 5,123 cases were recorded in Jordan over the past 24 hours. This brings the death toll from the pandemic to 2,751, and the tally of infections to ....

Palestine reports 2,062 new coronavirus cases, 15 deaths

Date: 2020-11-30 15:05:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:8693277

RAMALLAH, Nov 30 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila announced Monday that 2,062 new cases of coronavirus were detected over the past 24 hours. WAFA News Agency quoted Alkaila as saying that 15 Palestinians died from the virus, ....

Jordan condemns Nigeria terrorist attack

Date: 2020-11-30 14:55:39 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:8693365

AMMAN, Nov 30 (MENA) - Jordan denounced the terrorist attack that targeted civilians in north-east Nigeria, killing not less than 110 people, and injuring many others, Petra reported. In a statement on Monday, Spokesperson for the Ministry of ....

Abbas wraps up visit to Cairo

Date: 2020-11-30 14:16:55 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:8693195

CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas left here on Monday, wrapping up a visit during which he held talks with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi at Al-Ittihadiya Palace. During the meeting, Sisi stressed that the Palestinian ....

Iraq, Saudi Arabia dicuss military cooperation

Date: 2020-11-30 11:17:52 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:8692986

BAGHDAD, Nov 30 (MENA) - Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army Lt-General Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah and the Saudi Military Attache in Baghdad discussed on Monday military cooperation and coordination between the two countries. The Saudi military ....

Sisi, Jordan's King probe regional issues, bilateral ties

Date: 2020-11-29 19:05:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:8692261

CAIRO, Nov 29 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Sunday received a phone call from King Abdullah II of Jordan. The call touched upon promotion of bilateral ties, trade exchange and cooperation in the fields of energy and electricity ....