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EU renews Syria sanctions with conflict in its 10th year
Date: 2020-05-28 20:01:48 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:8448477
BRUSSELS, May 10 (MENA) - The European Union is prolonging for another year its sanctions against Syrian President Bashar Assad and other top political officials, military officers and business people as the Syrian conflict is now in its 10th ....
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Humanitarians seeking $2.41 bln to keep aid flowing for Yemenis amid COVID-19 pandemic
Date: 2020-05-28 19:40:42 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:8448415
GENEVA, May 28 (MENA) - UN agencies and their global partners are seeking $2.41 billion to fight COVID-19 spread in Yemen while continuing to support millions affected by the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, UN News reported. The heads of 17 ....
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LNA shells gathering of armed militias, mercenaries in Tripoli
Date: 2020-05-28 19:30:44 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:8448370
TRIPOLI, May 28 (MENA) – The Libyan National Army (LNA) announced that it has shelled a gathering of armed militias and mercenaries in Tripoli's Tajoura district. In statements carried by Sky News channel on Thursday, Libyan military sources said ....
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Kuwait imposes 12-hour curfew Saturday
Date: 2020-05-28 18:57:47 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:8448412
KUWAIT CITY, May 28 (MENA) - Kuwait will start imposing a 12-hour curfew Saturday as the country was preparing to gradually return to normal life, KUNA reported Thursday. "We are moving to a partial curfew between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m." ....
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Iraq reports 322 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-05-28 18:16:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:8448293
BAGHDAD, May 28 (MENA) - Iraq's Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that 322 new coronavirus cases were detected in the country over the past 24 hours, raising the total infections to 5,457. The ministry said in a statement that 5,104 cases ....
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Algeria records 140 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-05-28 17:34:17 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:8448336
RIYADH, May 28 (MENA) – Algeria said that 140 new coronavirus cases were recorded over the past 24 hours, bringing the total in the country to 8,997. During a daily press briefing on Thursday, spokesman for the scientific committee in charge of ....
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Saudi Arabia records 1,644 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-05-28 17:33:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:8448335
RIYADH, May 28 (MENA) – Saudi Arabia recorded 3,531 new recoveries and 1,644 new coronavirus infection cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total to 80,185 on Thursday, according to the health ministry. The ministry also reported that 16 ....
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UAE sends medical aid to Iraqi Kurdistan in fight against COVID-19
Date: 2020-05-28 17:05:10 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:8448235
ABU DHABI, May 28 (MENA) – The United Arab Emirates sent on Thursday an aid plane containing six metric tons of medical supplies to Iraqi Kurdistan to bolster efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19, WAM reported. The aid will assist approximately ....
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Kuwaiti FM, UN official mull humanitarian developments in region
Date: 2020-05-28 13:07:15 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:8447992
KUWAIT CITY, May 28 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad AlSabah received on Thursday a telephone call from Mark Lowcock, the UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, KUNA reported. During the phone call, ....
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Kuwait confirms 845 Covid-19 cases, 10 fatalities
Date: 2020-05-28 12:22:28 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:8447856
KUWAIT CITY, May 28 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health Thursday announced the infection of 845 more people with the novel coronavirus, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 24,112, the Kuwaiti news agency Kuna ....
