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Morocco registers 1,889 new coronavirus cases, 38 deaths

Date: 2020-09-11 08:32:27 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:8583031

RABAT, Sept 11 (MENA) - Morocco registered 1,889 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 79,767 cases, the health ministry said in a statement Friday. The statement added that 38 deaths have been reported, ....

Jordan: No injuries in Zarqa arms depot explosion, says govt spokesman

Date: 2020-09-11 08:10:52 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:8583029

AMMAN, Sept 11 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Jordanian government Amjad al Adaileh said in a statement Friday that no injuries have so far been recorded in the explosion that hit Zarqa city at dawn, Al Arabiya channel reported. A loud explosion has ....

Russian flagship air carrier Aeroflot resumes flights to UAE

Date: 2020-09-11 07:51:26 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8583028

MOSCOW, Sept 11 (MENA) - Russian flagship air carrier Aeroflot will on Friday resume its flights to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which have been interrupted since this spring amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. The flights will be carried out ....

Short circuit behind Zarqa munition depot explosion: Jordanian official

Date: 2020-09-11 06:38:19 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:8582947

AMMAN, Sept 11 (MENA) - Jordanian Minister of State for Media Affairs Amjad Adaileh said that an explosion occurred in the early hours of Friday at a Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army depot containing unusable mortar munitions east of Zarqa, Jordan News ....

UN: Sudan floods affect more than half million people

Date: 2020-09-11 06:36:45 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:8582946

GENEVA, Sept 11 (MENA) - The UN revealed that the downpours currently hitting Sudan have caused damage to more than half million people so far. In a report, the UN said that Sudan's humanitarian fund has allocated about USD 3 million, including ....

Arab Coalition destroys Houthi ballistic missiles, drones targeting Saudi Arabia

Date: 2020-09-10 21:59:03 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:8582878

RIYADH, Sept 10 (MENA) - The Arab Coalition has intercepted and destroyed several ballistic missiles and explosives-laden drones targeting Saudi Arabia launched by the Iran-backed Houthis, according to a statement released on Thursday by Official ....

Sudan declares state of economic emergency due to fall of currency

Date: 2020-09-10 21:49:27 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:8582876

KHARTOUM, Sept 10 (MENA) - Sudan declared an economic state of emergency on Thursday after its currency fell sharply in recent weeks due to "systematic vandalism". Addressing a press conference held on Thursday night with a number of ministers ....

Kuwaiti Emir health is stable, Emiri Diwan says

Date: 2020-09-10 21:39:01 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:8582865

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 10 (MENA) - Kuwait's Emiri Diwan said in a statement on Thursday that the Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah's health is stable and that the Emir is receiving the scheduled medical treatment following surgery, state news agency ....

Libya's parliament, High Council of State reach comprehensive agreement on mechanisms of assuming sovereign posts

Date: 2020-09-10 21:17:59 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:8582851

BENGHAZI/BOUZNIKA, Sept 10 (MENA) - Members of the Libyan parliament and High Council of State, participating in the talks held in the Moroccan city of Bouznika on Thursday, reached a comprehensive agreement on mechanisms and standards of assuming ....

Arab Parliament reiterates support to Sudan during floods crisis

Date: 2020-09-10 20:37:24 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:8582774

CAIRO, Sept 10 (MENA) - Arab Parliament Speaker Mishaal Al Salami on Thursday reiterated full support to flood-hit Sudan. This came in a phone call made by Al Salami to Chairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, where he ....