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Iraq: Three terrorists arrested in security operation eastern Baghdad

Date: 2020-09-05 08:57:01 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8574810

BAGHDAD, Sept 5 (MENA) – Three terrorists have been arrested in a security operation in Husseiniya town in eastern Baghdad, the Iraqi Security Media Cell announced on Saturday. In a statement broadcast by Alsumaria news channel, the cell said ....

Pompeo offers removal from US terror list after normalizing ties with Israel: Sudanese FM

Date: 2020-09-05 07:48:29 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:8574714

KHARTOUM, Sept 5 (MENA) - Sudan's Acting Foreign Minister Omar Qamar al Din revealed that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has offered lifting Sudan from the US terrorism list, in case it normalized ties with Israel. The US secretary made the ....

UN agencies support flood response in Sudan

Date: 2020-09-04 21:43:02 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:8574637

KHARTOUM, Sept 4 (MENA) - The UN and its partners are supporting the Sudanese Government as it responds to recent severe flooding, which has killed 90 people and affected 380,000 others, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said. The ....

UAE flies second batch of medical aid to Syria in fight against COVID-19

Date: 2020-09-04 19:41:42 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:8574532

ABU DHABI - DAMASCUS, Sept 4 (MENA) - The Syrian capital, Damascus, on Friday received the second batch of medical aid sent by the UAE to help reduce the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and support the Syrian medical sector in coordination with the ....

68 new COVID-19 cases in Jordan

Date: 2020-09-04 16:40:45 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:8574425

AMMAN, Sept 4 (MENA) - A total of 68 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Jordan on Friday, 55 of which are local cases, bringing the total number of cases since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis to 2,301, Petra news agency reported. ....

Saudi Arabia confirms 822 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-09-04 16:09:53 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:8574362

RIYADH, Sep 4 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia has confirmed 822 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, the health ministry reported on Friday amid a drop in new infections, according to Al Arabiya news channel. The death toll has increased to 4,015 ....

Kuwait reports 865 new COVID-19 cases, total 88,243

Date: 2020-09-04 14:46:36 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:8574114

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 4 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Health Ministry announced Friday 865 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number to 88,243, while one death was recorded raising the number of deaths to 537. Health Ministry spokesman Abdullah al-Sanad ....

UAE reports 612 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-09-04 11:52:35 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:8573940

ABU DHABI, Sept 4 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates has recorded 612 new coronavirus cases after conducting 80,935 tests over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of cases to 72,766, Al Arabiya news channel quoted the UAE health ministry as ....

Kuwait: 626 COVID-19 cases cured of infection

Date: 2020-09-04 11:04:19 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:8573987

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 4 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health said on Friday that 626 patients of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) recovered from the infection during the past 24 hours, KUNA news agency reported. Total number of the recuperated ....

3.4 magnitude quake felt in UAE's east coast

Date: 2020-09-04 10:39:31 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:8573941

ABU DHABI, Sept 4 (MENA) - The National Seismic Network, part of the National Center of Meteorology (NCM) recorded on Friday's early morning a 3.4 magnitude tremor on Richter scale at a depth of 12.1 kilometers in Fujairah, WAM news agency ....