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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 ....

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 ....