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  • Bahrain says capital punishment 'rare', strictly conforms with international norms

    Date: 2020-07-18 21:16:31 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:8513061

    MANAMA, July 18 (MENA) - Bahrain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has categorically rejected statements issued by some organizations regarding the death sentence imposed on July 13 on two individuals convicted of the premeditated murder of a police ....

  • UNSMIL fails to live up to its responsibilities: Libyan senior lawmaker

    Date: 2020-07-18 21:13:26 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:8513060

    TRIPOLI, July 18 (MENA) - First Deputy Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives Fawzi al Nuwairi criticized Saturday the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for failing to shoulder its responsibilities. The UNSMIL remains ....

  • OIC chief lauds member states' anti-coronavirus efforts

    Date: 2020-07-18 19:54:20 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:8513005

    JEDDAH, July 18 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef Al-Othaimeen hailed efforts exerted by the member states in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Othaimeen was delivering a speech on Saturday ....

  • 'I will not resign': Lebanese PM

    Date: 2020-07-18 18:00:03 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:8512963

    BEIRUT, July 18 (MENA) – Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab insisted he would not resign following a meeting with Maronite Patriarch Mar Beshara Boutros Rai Saturday, The Daily Star Lebanon reported. “I will not resign because if I resign the ....

  • Kuwaiti CP to take over some of emir's jurisdictions

    Date: 2020-07-18 17:35:16 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:8512941

    KUWAIT CITY, July 18 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Minister of the Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah on Saturday announced that an Amiri Order was issued temporarily assigning the crown prince to take over some constitutional jurisdictions of the ....

  • Palestine reports 532 new corona cases, 3 deaths in last 24 hours

    Date: 2020-07-18 17:28:07 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:8512905

    RAMALLAH, July 18 (MENA) – Coronavirus test results showed 532 new cases in the West Bank in the last 24 hours, raising the total in Palestine to 9,587, among them 7,759 still active, and three deaths for a total of 58 since March, WAFA cited the ....

  • Kuwait records 683 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths

    Date: 2020-07-18 14:21:57 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:8512628

    KUWAIT CITY, July 18 (MENA) - Kuwait recorded 683 new cases of the deadly coronavirus, raising the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 58,904, Al Arabiya cited the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health as saying on Saturday. Three people ....

  • France supports Iraq with $ 330,000 to confront coronavirus

    Date: 2020-07-18 07:55:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:8512219

    BAGHDAD, July 18 (MENA) - The United Nations Mission in Iraq said the French government allocated 300,000 Euros, more than 330,000 US dollars, to the Iraqi government, to support it in confronting the coronavirus pandemic, the National Iraqi News ....

  • Kuwait: 1,060 stranded Egyptians fly home on 6 flights

    Date: 2020-07-18 07:30:33 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:8512178

    KUWAIT CITY, July 18 (MENA) - Kuwait's Directorate of Civil Aviation on Saturday said 1,060 stranded Egyptians in the Gulf country flew home on six flights. Four flights carrying 625 Egyptian nationals left for Cairo and one flight carrying 290 ....

  • Russian, UAE FMs support reaching Libyan settlement

    Date: 2020-07-17 19:30:33 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:8512010

    MOSCOW, July 17 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed by phone with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan urgent issues of bilateral and regional agenda, and the parties spoke in favor of early cessation of ....

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