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  • Yemen accuses Houthi militias of undermining efforts for reaching peace after rocket launching against civilians

    Date: 2020-09-17 20:07:05 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:8592626

    ADEN, Sept 17 (MENA) - Yemeni Information Minister Muammar Al-Iryani accused the Houthi militias of undermining all efforts aimed at realizing peace in the war-stricken country in the wake of the launching of ballistic missiles on residential ....

  • US imposes sanctions on Lebanon-based companies, Hezbollah-linked individual

    Date: 2020-09-17 18:44:09 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:8592557

    WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (MENA) - The U.S. Treasury on Thursday imposed sanctions on two Lebanon-based companies and a man described as an official with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. The U.S. considers Iran-backed Hezbollah a terrorist ....

  • Algeria reports 228 new coronavirus cases, 9 deaths

    Date: 2020-09-17 17:34:47 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:8592468

    ALGIERS, Sept 17 (MENA) - Algeria has recorded 228 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus, 158 recoveries and nine deaths over the last 24 hours, the spokesman of the scientific committee for monitoring the progress of the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. ....

  • Middle East settlement issue remains acute - Russian Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2020-09-17 11:57:26 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:8591462

    MOSCOW, Sept 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian problem remains acute despite normalizing ties between Israel and a number of Arab states, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. "Taking into account the ongoing progress in the ....

  • Iraq wants to be off European commission's high-risk countries list

    Date: 2020-09-17 09:16:14 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:8591463

    BAGHDAD, Sept 17 (MENA) - The Iraqi foreign minister renewed on Thursday call on the European Commission to remove the name of Iraq from the AML high risk countries list. The ministry said in a statement to Shafaq News Agency that " Minister ....

  • Kuwait: 724 coronavirus cases cured in Kuwait

    Date: 2020-09-17 08:11:47 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:8591357

    KUWAIT CITY, Sept 17 (MENA) - As many as 724 coronavirus cases were cured in Kuwait within the past 24 hours taking to 87,911 the number of cured cases in the country, Kuwaiti Minister of Health Sheikh Basel al Sabah said. In a press statement on ....

  • Kuwait denies infection of PM or any minister by coronavirus

    Date: 2020-09-17 07:37:11 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:8591338

    KUWAIT CITY, Sept 17 (MENA) - Reliable sources stressed on Thursday that Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al Hamad al Sabah is not infected with coronavirus. In press statements, the same sources also stressed that no minister in the Kuwaiti ....

  • ERC distributes 16 tons of food aid to displaced Yemenis in Red Sea Coast

    Date: 2020-09-17 07:24:48 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:8591307

    ABU DHABI, Sept 17 (MENA) - The UAE continues to provide food assistance in Yemen as part of its humanitarian mission to alleviate the burden of residents living in dire conditions. The UAE's humanitarian arm, the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, ....

  • Baghdad investment commission head arrested - security source

    Date: 2020-09-17 05:47:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:8591182

    BAGHDAD, Sept 17 (MENA) - Security forces arrested the head of Baghdad Investment Commission, a security source said on Thursday. Reasons behind the arrest are still unclear. Few days ago, the Iraqi forces arrested director of state pensions ....

  • Libya's Al Sarraj resigns -- 3 last Tripoli

    Date: 2020-09-16 22:09:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:8591108

    Sarraj said that the GNA government had always been crippled by internal as well as external plots ever since it was formed; therefore, it could not perform its duties properly. "This is a fact; we are not trying to evade responsibility," Sarraj ....

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