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Algeria records 194 new coronavirus cases, eight deaths

Date: 2020-05-26 17:25:45 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:8446331

ALGIERS, May 26 (MENA) - Algeria said that 194 new cases of the coronavirus have been recorded over the past 24 hours, bringing the total in the country to 8,697, Algeria Press Service reported. During the daily press briefing on Tuesday, ....

Sudan says no Israeli plane landed in Khartoum

Date: 2020-05-26 17:20:17 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:8446328

KHARTOUM, May 26 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Sudanese Armed Forces Amer Mohamed Al Hassan denied that an Israeli plane landed in Khartoum airport on Tuesday morning. In a comment published on the official Facebook page of the Sudanese Armed ....

Palestinian president will attend Moscow Victory Parade if invited: ambassador

Date: 2020-05-26 17:18:00 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:8446288

MOSCOW, May 26 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will attend the Victory Parade in Moscow on June 24 if his invitation to the ceremony is confirmed, Palestinian Ambassador to Moscow Abdel Hafiz Nofal told Sputnik news agency on ....

Lebanon introduces fines for not wearing face masks in public

Date: 2020-05-26 16:00:45 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:8446251

Beirut, May 26 (MENA) - The Internal Security Forces General Directorate in Lebanon reiterated the need for citizens and residents to wear a mask when leaving their homes. “In compliance with the decision of the Interior and Municipalities ....

Baghdad confirms 95 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-05-26 15:23:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:8446215

BAGHDAD, May 26 (MENA) - Baghdad on Tuesday registered 95 new coronavirus cases, a medical source was quoted by AlSumaria News channel as saying. The source urged citizens to avoid hanging out, crowds, and visits. Yesterday Iraq recorded 163 ....

Daesh associate leader killed by airstrike in Syria

Date: 2020-05-26 14:10:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:8446117

BAGHDAD, May 26 (MENA) - The Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service announced Tuesday the killing of the so-called Governor of Iraq, terrorist Moataz Numan Abdul Nayef Najm Al-Jubouri, during an air strike in Syria. Al-Jubouri, otherwise called "Haji ....

Libyan capital witnesses renewed clashes

Date: 2020-05-26 14:03:09 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:8445999

TRIPOLI, May 26 (MENA) - Clashes fiercely renewed on Tuesday between troops of the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Turkish-backed Government of the National Accord in Ain Zara, Airport Road, and Al-Ramlah in Tripoli, an LNA source said. LNA ....

Bahrain reports 52 new COVID-19 cases, 14 fatalities

Date: 2020-05-26 13:49:49 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:8446116

MANAMA, May 26 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health in Bahrain announced that 52 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours, taking the overall count to 4,293. In a statement carried by Bahrain News Agency ....

Arab Council for Childhood & Development donates $50,000 to support refugee children in Arab region

Date: 2020-05-26 12:40:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:8445965

CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) - The Arab Council for Childhood and Development (ACCD), under its President Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz, has donated 50,000 dollars to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Egypt to ....

WFP: Humanitarian situation in Yemen could spin out of control

Date: 2020-05-26 12:08:48 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:8445961

GENEVA, May 26 (MENA) - The humanitarian situation in Yemen could spin out of control as COVID-19 continues to challenge the world, World Food Programme (WFP) spokeswoman Elizabeth Byrs said during a briefing at the UN. "The coronavirus ....