Arab world

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  • Omani FM probes Gulf cooperation with GCC Secretary General

    Date: 2020-09-16 12:04:07 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:8590331

    MUSCAT, Sept 16 (MENA) - Omani Foreign Minister Badr ben Hammoud al Busaeedi received on Wednesday Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Nayef Falah. According to Oman News Agency, the meeting tackled a number of regional issues ....

  • UN envoy: Houthi closing Sanaa Airport to aid is 'very worrying’

    Date: 2020-09-15 22:33:00 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:8589619

    NEW YORK, Sept 15 (MENA) - UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths said that the Houthi militia’s closure of Sanaa Airport to aid is "very worrying," Al Arabiya news channel reported. Griffiths told the UN Security Council that he sent an "advanced ....

  • Lebanon reports 592 new COVID-19 infections

    Date: 2020-09-15 21:32:48 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:8589601

    BEIRUT, Sept 15 (MENA) - The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health announced 592 new coronavirus cases, raising the total number of COVID-19 infections to 25,449. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry said six new deaths have been confirmed over ....

  • Algerian president issues decree setting Nov. 1 for voting on constitutional amendments

    Date: 2020-09-15 19:49:16 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:8589496

    ALGIERS, Sept 15 (MENA) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Tuesday issued a decree setting November 1 as a date for voting on a referendum on constitutional amendments, the Algerian Presidency said in a statement. The presidential ....

  • Trump meets Bahraini FM, praises declaration in support of peace as 'historic achievement'

    Date: 2020-09-15 19:37:51 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:8589545

    MANAMA/WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump received at the White House Bahraini Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid al Zayani, on the occasion of his participation in the signing ceremony of the Declaration in Support of ....

  • IPI president congratulates Bahrain's king on peace deal with Israel

    Date: 2020-09-15 18:55:25 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:8589458

    MANAMA, Sept 15 (MENA) - President of the International Peace Institute (IPI) Terje Rød-Larsen sent a cable to Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa, congratulating him on the peace deal reached between the Kingdom and Israel, Bahrain News Agency ....

  • US army helicopter crashes in Syria’s north – state media

    Date: 2020-09-15 11:06:59 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:8588597

    DAMASCUS, Sept 15 (MENA) – A US military helicopter has crashed in Syria’s Al-Hasakah province, Syrian state-run media reported, citing local sources. According to Syrian news agency SANA, a US helicopter has crashed in the countryside near the ....

  • Saudi, Moroccan FMs discuss enhancing bilateral relations

    Date: 2020-09-15 10:25:27 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:8588548

    RIYADH, Sept 15 (MENA) - Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir conferred by phone on Tuesday with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita on bilateral relations and means of bolstering them, reported the Saudi Press ....

  • Jordanian PM confers with UN Commissioner on needs of Syrian refugees

    Date: 2020-09-15 09:48:55 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:8588501

    AMMAN, Sept 15 (MENA) - Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Tuesday met with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi for talks on spheres of cooperation regarding the needs of Syrian refugees. During the meeting, ....

  • Bahrain, India discuss boosting cooperation in health field

    Date: 2020-09-15 09:32:23 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:8588453

    MANAMA, Sept 15 (MENA) - Bahraini Health Minister Faeqa bint Saeed Al Saleh on Tuesday received Indian Ambassador to Bahrain Piyush Srivastava, Bahrain News Agency reported. The minister praised relations between Bahrain and India in various ....

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