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Iraq reports 4,254 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-09-11 17:47:19 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:8583765

BAGHDAD, Sept 11 (MENA) – Around 4,254 new coronavirus cases were detected in Iraq over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's overall tally of infections to 282,672, the Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment announced on Friday. In a ....

Bahrain, Germany probe regional, int'l issues

Date: 2020-09-11 16:43:56 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:8583763

BERLIN/MANAMA, Sep 11 (MENA) - Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullatif bin Rashid al Zayani met on Friday his German counterpart Heiko Maas at the headquarters of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two sides underlined the depth ....

Iraqi president, PM probe preparations for next parliamentary elections

Date: 2020-09-11 15:28:19 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:8583652

BAGHDAD, Sep 11 (MENA) - Iraqi President Barham Salih discussed on Friday with Prime Minister Moustafa al Kadhimi the latest preparations for the coming parliamentary elections, the Iraqi premier office said. In a statement, Kadhim, during his ....

Kuwait registers 653 new coronavirus cases, one death

Date: 2020-09-11 13:57:14 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:8583591

KUWAIT CITY, Sep 11 (MENA) - Kuwait's confirmed coronavirus cases increased by 653 to 93,475 with one person having succumbed to the disease which raised the death toll to 557 in the past 24 hours, a health ministry official said on Friday. The ....

Saudi Arabia reports lowest daily COVID-19 increase in months

Date: 2020-09-11 13:49:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:8583602

RIYADH, Sept 11 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia detected 687 new cases of the novel coronavirus – the lowest daily COVID-19 increase in about five months – bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the kingdom to 324,407, the Ministry of Health ....

13th Arab-German Health Forum to kick off in Düsseldorf on Sept.21

Date: 2020-09-11 12:50:50 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:8583543

BERLIN, Sept 11 (MENA) - Germany will host the 13th Arab-German Health Forum in the city of Düsseldorf on September 21-22. In a statement on Friday, the German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce (GACIC) said that the forum is organized ....

AL welcomes current political moves to resolve Libyan crisis

Date: 2020-09-11 11:50:26 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:8583378

CAIRO, Sept 11 (MENA) - The Arab League welcomed on Friday the current political moves to bring closer viewpoints and building confidence among the Libyan parties to reach specific understandings to resolve the crisis on its security, political and ....

620 recoveries from COVID-19 in Kuwait, tally at 83,660

Date: 2020-09-11 10:41:28 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:8583331

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 11 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Health Ministry said on Friday that some 620 people recovered from the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 83,660. The ministry added, in a statement to KUNA, that the new ....

UAE reports 931 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-09-11 10:36:27 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:8583312

ABU DHABI, Sept 11 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) on Friday recorded 931 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of cases to 77,842, WAM news agency reported. The total number of ....

Jordan's Zarqa explosion caused by extreme high temperature: military source

Date: 2020-09-11 09:15:30 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:8583082

AMMAN, Sept 11 (MENA) - Initial investigations into the explosion that hit Jordan's Zarqa city at dawn revealed that it was caused by an extreme high temperature, a military source said on Friday. The explosion was caused by extreme high ....