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Lebanon confirms 634 new virus cases, seven deaths

Date: 2020-09-16 19:12:29 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:8591012

BEIRUT, Sept 16 (MENA) - Lebanon confirmed 634 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths Wednesday, bringing the total number of registered cases in the country to 26,083. Of the new cases, 624 were detected among the local population and 10 among ....

Morocco registers 1,692 new Covid-19 cases, 1,921 recoveries over past 24 hours

Date: 2020-09-16 19:09:27 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:8590994

RABAT, Sept 16 (MENA) - Morocco registered 1,692 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 90,324. A statement by the Morocan Health Ministry said 38 new deaths related to the virus were ....

Algeria reports 232 new coronavirus cases, 13 deaths

Date: 2020-09-16 17:02:13 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:8590881

ALGIERS, Sept 16 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in Algeria hit 48,966 after the country reported 232 new infections, Spokesman of the Scientific Committee in charge of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic Djamel Fourar said. In a ....

Jordan reports 175 new Covid-19 cases

Date: 2020-09-16 16:50:09 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:8590834

AMMAN, Sept 16 (MENA) - The Jordanian Ministry of Health announced that 175 new Covid-19 cases, including 171 local infections, were recorded in the country on Wednesday, bringing the total caseload to 3,852, Petra News Agency reported. A total ....

Prayers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque suspended over coronavirus

Date: 2020-09-16 13:29:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:8590107

RAMALLAH, Sept 16 (MENA) - All Muslim visits and prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound will be suspended for three weeks in an effort to battle the spread of coronavirus, Wafa News Agency reported Wednesday quoting officials. The Islamic Religious ....

Syria, UN Commissioner probe promotion of joint coop.

Date: 2020-09-16 13:27:44 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:8590299

DAMASCUS, Sept 16 (MENA) – Syria's Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem on Wednesday received UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and the accompanying delegation, SANA reported. The two sides ....

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 ....