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  • Kuwait mulls repatriating Ethiopian workers with irregular status

    Date: 2020-05-27 17:32:57 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:8447211

    KUWAIT CITY, May 27 (MENA) - Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah and Ethiopia's state minister of foreign affairs reviewed arrangements for repatriating Ethiopian workers violating Kuwait's residency laws. The two sides discussed ....

  • Syria: Number of coronavirus infections totals 121

    Date: 2020-05-27 17:19:07 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:8447228

    DAMASCUS, May 27 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus infections in Syria rose to 121, the Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. In a statement carried by state news agency SANA, the ministry added that 43 cases recovered, while four people died ....

  • Iraq reports seven Covid-19 cases, two deaths

    Date: 2020-05-27 17:18:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:8447210

    BAGHDAD, May 27 (MENA) – Seven coronavirus cases were reported Wednesday in Wasit and Kirkuk governorates in Iraq, health officials said. In the meantime, two brothers aged 37 and 44 respectively died from the deadly pathogen in Karkh, the ....

  • Kuwaiti Emir sends written message to Saudi King

    Date: 2020-05-27 16:50:17 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:8447175

    KUWAIT CITY, May 27 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad AlJaber Al Sabah sent a written message on Wednesday to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, on means of bolstering the solid brotherly relations between the two countries, KUNA ....

  • One new COVID-19 death among Palestinians abroad, toll to 98

    Date: 2020-05-27 16:39:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:8447173

    RAMALLAH, May 27 (MENA) - A Palestinian resident of Saudi Arabia has died Wednesday of coronavirus, taking the total number of Palestinians who died of the virus abroad to 98, WAFA reported. In statement carried by the news agency, the Ministry ....

  • Jordan reports two Covid-19 cases, 7 recoveries

    Date: 2020-05-27 16:37:30 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:8447169

    AMMAN, May 27 (MENA) - Jordanian Health Minister Saad Jaber has reported two new coronavirus cases, taking the caseload to 720 since the outbreak of the pandemic in the Kingdom in early March, Petra reported on Wednesday. The new cases include a ....

  • Dubai CP: 50% of govt employees to work from office as of Sunday

    Date: 2020-05-27 16:36:49 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:8447172

    ABU DHABI, May 27 (MENA) - Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed bin Rashid al Maktoum announced that 50 percent of government employees will work from the office as of Sunday, May 31. The move ....

  • Lebanon confirms 21 new coronavirus cases, total 1,161

    Date: 2020-05-27 16:35:33 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:8447191

    BEIRUT, May 27 (MENA) - Lebanon’s Health Ministry confirmed 21 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 1,161. Five of the cases were registered among returning nationals and 16 were detected among the ....

  • 1,815 new coronavirus cases reported in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2020-05-27 16:18:43 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:8447088

    RIYADH, May 27 (MENA) - The Saudi Health Ministry reported on Wednesday 1,815 new coronavirus cases and 14 deaths. The ministry also reported 2,572 recoveries, raising the total number of recoveries to 51,022 so far, according to Al Arabiya Al ....

  • Lebanon to reopen mosques for worshipers as of Friday

    Date: 2020-05-27 12:05:03 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:8446792

    BEIRUT, May 27 (MENA) - Lebanese authorities decided to reopen mosques entirely in all parts of the country as of Friday, with needed precautionary and health safety measures to be imposed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. The ....

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