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502 new coronavirus infections in Kuwait, two deaths
Date: 2020-08-21 11:00:19 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:8555966
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 21 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced Friday that 502 new infections of the coronavirus (COVID-19), raising the total to 79,269. Deaths reached 511 with the addition of two fatalities. Official spokesperson of ....
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Kuwait scraps curfew as of Aug. 30
Date: 2020-08-20 21:04:54 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:8555515
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 20 (MENA) – The Kuwaiti Cabinet has decided to lift a countrywide partial curfew as of August 30, but some activities will remain restricted, KUNA reported. The decision was announced by the Kuwaiti government's Spokesman Tareq ....
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UNAMI condemns killings of activists in Basra, urges stepped up efforts to ensure accountability
Date: 2020-08-20 20:08:21 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:8555491
BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (MENA) – The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) had strongly condemned the killing of two activists in Basra and the targeting of two others over the past week and urged increased government efforts to hold the ....
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UN's Syria committee to meet in Geneva next week
Date: 2020-08-20 19:32:59 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:8555448
GENEVA, Aug 20 (MENA) - A United Nations-brokered committee tasked with amending Syria's constitution will meet in person in Geneva next week despite the coronavirus pandemic, UN envoy Geir Pedersen said Thursday. It will be the first meeting of ....
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Arab Coalition forces shoot down bomb-laden Houthi drone
Date: 2020-08-20 18:36:58 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:8555449
RIYADH, Aug 20 (MENA) - Arab Coalition Spokesperson Col. Turki al-Maliki said Thursday that the coalition forces intercepted and shot down a bomb-laden drone launched by Houthis militias. The drone was fired from Sanaa, Yemen, towards buildings ....
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Trump reaffirms plan to withdraw all US troops from Iraq
Date: 2020-08-20 18:24:18 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:8555419
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump said Thursday that American troops would leave Iraq but gave no timetable for the withdrawal, as he met the country's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi for the first time in Washington, USA Today ....
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U.S. imposes sanctions on senior officials, military leaders, entities in Syria
Date: 2020-08-20 17:59:09 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:8555331
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) - The United States of America Imposed Thursday sanctions on six senior Syrian officials loyal to President Bashar al-Assad to mark the 7th anniversary of Ghouta chemical attack which left over 1,400 Syrians dead. "The ....
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Arab Parliament condemns assassination of Iraqi female activist
Date: 2020-08-20 14:46:52 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:8555202
CAIRO, Aug 20 (MENA) - Chairman of the Arab Parliament Meshaal al-Salami denounced the assassination of an Iraqi female activist Reham Yacoub in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. In press statements Thursday, al-Salami reiterated that recurrence ....
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Saudi Arabia records 1,287 new coronavirus cases, 42 deaths
Date: 2020-08-20 14:38:00 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:8555204
RIYADH, Aug 20 (MENA) - The Saudi Ministry of Health on Thursady announced that 1,287 new confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in the kingdom within the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 303,973, the Saudi Press ....
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Algerian president to open biggest mosque in Africa November
Date: 2020-08-20 14:08:15 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:8555150
ALGIERS, Aug 20 (MENA) - President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is set to open Africa's largest mosque, the Djama El Djazair, or the Great Mosque of Algiers, in November. The president toured Thursday the mosque's mega complex site and announced his plan ....
