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  • 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 ....

  • Deash leader in Libya killed- official

    Date: 2020-09-16 21:55:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:8591123

    BENGHAZI, Sept 16 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Libyan National Army Ahmed el Mesmary said on Wednesday that Daesh leader in Libya was killed during skirmishes between LNA and a terrorist cell. A tip-off was received by LNA command about a ....

  • Libya's Al Sarraj resigns -- 2 Tripoli

    Date: 2020-09-16 21:38:28 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:8591107

    Welcoming the outcome of the UN-sponsored talks on Libya, Sarraj stressed his support to all the parties involved to achieve more positive results. Ever since the UN-brokered Skhirat Agreement was signed in December 2015, we have been trying to ....

  • Libya's Al Sarraj resigns

    Date: 2020-09-16 20:53:56 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:8591094

    TRIPOLI, Sept 16 (MENA) - Head of Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Al Sarraj has announced his resignation on Wednesday. In a televised a speech delivered on Wednesday evening, Sarraj declared his desire to hand ....

  • Libya’s parliament speaker calls on Libyans to cast ballots in municipality elections in October

    Date: 2020-09-16 20:44:18 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:8591081

    BENGHAZI, Sept 16 (MENA) – Libya’s Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh on Wednesday called on the Libyans to cast their ballots in the coming municipal elections, planned to be held in October. This came during a visit paid by Saleh to the president ....

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