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Jordanian king meets US defense secretary

Date: 2020-10-29 11:47:22 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:8649177

AMMAN, Oct 29 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah, accompanied by Jordanian Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II met on Thursday with US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and discussed the strategic Jordanian-US partnership and the ongoing regional ....

Russia, Algeria confer on situation in Sahel, Sahara region

Date: 2020-10-29 09:48:13 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:8648932

MOSCOW, Oct 29 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov conferred on Thursday with Algerian Ambassador to Russia Mohamed Sherif Kourta on the situation in the Sahel and Sahara region and boosting the Russian-Algerian ....

AWIU 23rd conference to start on Monday

Date: 2020-10-29 09:21:45 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8648949

CAIRO, Oct 29 (MENA) - The activities of the 23rd annual conference of the Arab Women Investors Union (AWIU) will start on Monday. The event, which is organized by the union in cooperation with the department of NGOs in the social affairs sector ....

GCC slams Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia

Date: 2020-10-29 08:39:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:8648855

RIYADH, Oct 28 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Nayef al Hajraf condemned Wednesday evening continued Houthi attacks against Saudi civilians via booby-trapped drones. He slammed such attacks as flagrant violation of the ....

Tunisia confirms 1,776 COVID-19 cases in schools since start of school year

Date: 2020-10-28 21:24:38 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:8648717

TUNIS, Oct 28 (MENA) - The Ministry of Education in Tunisia on Wednesday reported 70 more COVID-19 infections in schools over the past 24 hours. The overall number of infections in Tunisian education facilities has reached 1,776 since the start ....

Arab Coalition destroys 2 Houthi ballistic missiles, 6 drones targeting Saudi Arabia

Date: 2020-10-28 20:42:04 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:91 - ID:8648716

RIYADH, Oct 28 (MENA) - The Saudi-led Arab Coalition on Wednesday said it destroyed six bomb-laden drones launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia toward Saudi Arabia as well as two ballistic missiles targeting the southern cities of Jazan and ....

Jordan denounces Houthi drone attacks against Saudi Arabia

Date: 2020-10-28 20:39:20 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:8648715

AMMAN, Oct 28 (MENA) - Jordan on Wednesday denounced the Houthis' continued launching of drones, targeting civilian areas in Saudi Arabia, Petra reported. Jordanian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Daifallah Fayez stressed Jordan's utmost ....

Lebanon registers 1,850 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-10-28 20:28:46 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:8648693

BEIRUT, Oct (MENA) - The Ministry of Public Health daily report announced 1,850 new coronavirus cases, 1,839 of them for locals and 11 for arrivals from outside the country, raising the total number of infections since the outbreak of the virus to ....

Sudan records 18 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-10-28 18:03:48 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:8648602

KHARTOUM, Oct 28 (MENA) - Sudan's Federal Ministry of Health reported 18 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the total of infections to 13,756. In a statement, the Sudanese health ministry said that the total recoveries from ....

Morocco registers 3,985 new coronavirus infections

Date: 2020-10-28 17:52:42 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:8648593

RABAT, Oct 28 (MENA) - Morocco on Wednesday reported 3,985 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to 207,718. The death toll rose by 61 to 3,506, said the Moroccan Ministry of Health in a press release. The ....