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Iraqi PM heads for Amman for tripartite summit

Date: 2020-08-25 09:23:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:8560772

BAGHDAD, Aug 25 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi left here on Tuesday heading for Amman to attend a summit meeting grouping also Jordan and Egypt. The tripartite summit will focus on the files of economic cooperation and partnership ....

8 killed, injured in Daesh attack in Daquq district

Date: 2020-08-24 22:48:26 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:88 - ID:8560402

BAGHDAD, Aug 24 (MENA) - Iraq's security media cell said that eight persons were killed and injured in a Daesh-led attack in Kirkuk's Daquq district on Monday. In a statement, the media cell said that elements of the terrorist Daesh gangs opened ....

Morocco confirms 903 new COVID-19 cases, 32 deaths in 24 hours

Date: 2020-08-24 21:45:49 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:8560377

RABAT, Aug 24 (MENA) - Morocco’s Ministry of Health has reported 903 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Morocco to 53,252. Morocco also recorded an additional 1,135 recoveries from COVID-19 ....

Pompeo to arrive in Khartoum Tuesday

Date: 2020-08-24 14:42:20 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:8559869

KHARTOUM, Aug 24 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will embark on an official visit to Khartoum on Tuesday, SUNA news agency reported on Monday. Pompeo will hold talks with Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereign Council Lieutenant General ....

US, Sudan probe military cooperation

Date: 2020-08-24 14:37:32 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:8559838

KHARTOUM , Aug 24 (MENA) - Deputy Commander of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces Abdulrahim Hamdan Dagallo on Monday discussed with US Embassy in Sudan's military attache ways of developing cooperation in the military domains. Dagallo posted the US ....

Attempts to undermine Sudanese army not effective, says chief of staff

Date: 2020-08-24 13:36:24 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:8559665

KHARTOUM, Aug 24 (MENA) – Sudanese chief of Staff Mohamed Othman al Hussein said Monday that attempts to target the army will not undermine the military establishment. Addressing officers and soldiers in “Wady Saidena” military zone, Hussein ....

Syrian parties meet anew in Geneva for new constitution

Date: 2020-08-24 11:13:31 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:8559455

GENEVA, Aug 24 (MENA) - Syrian government, opposition and civil society delegations are resuming meetings Monday in Geneva to discuss a possible new constitution — a step seen by the UN mediator as a prospective “door-opener” to a final resolution ....

US experts scan Beirut hospitals to assess damages: US embassy in Beirut

Date: 2020-08-24 10:12:03 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:8559300

BEIRUT, Aug 24 (MENA) - US experts are scanning Lebanese hospitals in Beirut to assess the damages caused by Beirut Port blast and stand on the needs of the patients and their operational efficiency, the US embassy in Beirut said. The US is ....

Kuwaiti health minister: 618 people recover from coronavirus, tally at 72,925

Date: 2020-08-24 09:55:59 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:8559365

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 24 (MENA) - Kuwait Ministry of Health said Monday 618 people recovered from the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 72,925. The ministry added, in a statement to KUNA, that the new number was based ....

Mauritania's police release ex-president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Date: 2020-08-24 09:19:22 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:8559200

NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 24 (MENA) - The Mauritanian police have released the country's ex-president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who was detained over alleged corruption-related charges, his lawyer Taghioullah Aida was quoted by Sputnik news agency as saying ....