Arab world

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  • Abductors of German activist Hella Mewis arrested in Iraq

    Date: 2020-07-24 08:45:24 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8520235

    BAGHDAD, July 24 (MENA) - The Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq said on Friday that the kidnappers of German activist and art curator Hella Mewis who is working in Baghdad have been arrested. The Iraqi security forces managed to arrest the ....

  • Kuwait: 1,225 stranded Egyptians fly home on board 7 flights

    Date: 2020-07-24 08:03:42 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:8520198

    KUWAIT CITY, July 24 (MENA) - Kuwait's Directorate of Civil Aviation said Friday that 1,225 stranded Egyptians in the Gulf country flew home on board seven flights. In a press statement that MENA received, the directorate added that four flights ....

  • Iraqi security forces free German activist Hella Mewis

    Date: 2020-07-24 07:42:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:8520123

    BAGHDAD, July 24 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces have freed German activist Hella Mewis, Spokesperson for the Iraqi army's joint operations command Yahya Rasool said on Friday. Alsumaria news channel carried the news without mentioning further ....

  • AL participates in 4th meeting of int'l committee following up situation in Libya

    Date: 2020-07-23 18:40:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:8519897

    CAIRO, July 23 (MENA) – The Arab League Secretariat participated via video conference on Thursday in the fourth meeting of the committee following up the situation in Libya, assistant AL secretary-general Hossam Zaki said. The meeting, presided ....

  • Arab Parliament urges rapid int’l action to end Houthis’ violations in Yemen

    Date: 2020-07-23 17:46:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:8519857

    CAIRO, July 23 (MENA) – Speaker of the Arab Parliament (AP) Mishaal al Salami has categorically condemned violations committed by Houthi militias against the Yemeni parliament speaker and MPs. Al Salami decried in a statement issued on Thursday ....

  • UN chief: recovery from COVID-19 an opportunity to build back better in Arab region

    Date: 2020-07-23 17:28:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:8519814

    CAIRO, July 23 (MENA) - The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on an Arab region struggling with decades-long development challenges, including occupation and conflict but also a dire economic situation, which have limited States’ capacity to ....

  • Saudi CP receives phone call from US president

    Date: 2020-07-23 15:38:25 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:8519736

    RIYADH, July 23 (MENA) – Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense received on Thursday a phone call from President Donald Trump of the United States of America, SPA ....

  • 2,238 new COVID-19 cases detected in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2020-07-23 15:36:04 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:8519701

    RIYADH, July 23 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia recorded 2,238 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, raising the total to 260,394, the health ministry announced on Thursday. The Kingdom’s death toll increased to 2,635 after 34 people died due to ....

  • Two Daesh elements arrested in Iraq's Kirkuk

    Date: 2020-07-23 15:24:56 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:8519725

    KIRKUK, July 23 (MENA) - Two elements of Daesh terrorist group have been arrested in Kirkuk province, the Iraqi National Intelligence Service announced on Thursday. In a statement broadcast by Alsumaria news channel, the service said that a ....

  • Four new deaths reported in Kuwait, nearly 700 new cases

    Date: 2020-07-23 15:15:49 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:8519773

    KUWAIT CITY, July 23 (MENA) - Kuwait announced 687 new coronavirus cases and four new deaths on Thursday, the ministry of health announced. This marks the third day in a row that daily case counts have hovered around 700 new cases. To date, ....

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