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Arab League: AASTMT hosts preparatory meeting of Arab transport ministers' council Tuesday

Date: 2020-10-19 10:38:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:8634239

CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - The Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) will host on Tuesday the 65th meeting of the Arab transport ministers' executive office to prepare for the 33rd session of the Arab Transport Ministers' ....

Iraqi premier arrives in Paris on first leg of European tour

Date: 2020-10-19 10:03:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:8634211

BAGHDAD, Oct 19 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Mostafa Al Kadhemi arrived on Monday in Paris on the first leg of a European tour that will take him to Britain and Germany, the Iraqi News Agency (NINA) reported. The Iraqi premier is scheduled to ....

Daesh assassinations official detained in Diyala

Date: 2020-10-19 08:52:45 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:8634074

BAGHDAD, Oct 19 (MENA) - A Daesh militant responsible for abductions and assassinations in Diyala was detained, Iraqi Intelligence Service announced on Monday. The militant, aka Abu Taha el Bakri, confessed belonging to Daesh and that he was ....

Military operations to purge island in Mosul from Daesh cells

Date: 2020-10-19 08:17:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:8633984

BAGHDAD, Oct 19 (MENA) - Joint security forces in Iraq started on Monday a military operation to purge Kanous island southern Mosul from Daesh cells. Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said in a statement quoted by Alsumaria News said that the ....

Sudan affirms readiness to cooperate with ICC

Date: 2020-10-18 17:38:29 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:8633657

KHARTOUM, Oct 18 (MENA) – The First Vice-President of the Sudanese Transitional Sovereign Council (TMC) Lt-General Mohammed Hamdan Daglo has affirmed the Transitional Period Government readiness to cooperate with the International Criminal Court ....

Sudan's TSC member meets ICC prosecutor

Date: 2020-10-18 15:00:57 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:8633325

KHARTOUM, Oct 18 (MENA) - Member of the Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council Mohamed Hassan Al-Taishi met on Sunday with visiting International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, SUNA reported. The ICC prosecutor expressed in a ....

GCC condemns terrorist massacre in Iraq

Date: 2020-10-18 13:39:57 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:8633264

RIYADH, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) condemned the terrorist massacre in al Farhatiya district of Iraq's Saluhuddin province, which left eight Iraqis dead. Secretary General of the GCC Nayef Falah Mubarak al Hajraf Sunday ....

Bahrain, Japan probe military cooperation

Date: 2020-10-18 13:34:23 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:8633266

MANAMA, Oct 18 (MENA) – Bahraini Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, received Japanese Ambassador to Bahrain, Hideki Ito, and ARIKE Captain Commander Nantaka Ezawa, BNA reporeted. They discussed ways to enhance ....

752 recoveries from Covid-19 in Kuwait, tally at 107,860

Date: 2020-10-18 12:17:05 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:8633080

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 18 (MENA) – Kuwait Ministry of Health said Sunday 752 people recovered from coronavirus (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, bringing total to 107,860. The ministry added, in a statement to KUNA, that the new number was based on ....

Emirates registers 1,215 coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-10-18 12:15:36 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:8633085

ABU DHABI, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health and Prevention, said 1, 215 new coronavirus cases were reported over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the UAE to 115,602, Emirates News Agency (WAM) said Sunday. ....