Arab world - Welcome to Middle East News Agency

Iraq: 165 stranded nationals in Jordan fly home

Date: 2020-05-21 19:54:01 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:8441681

BAGHDAD, May 21 (MENA) - Iraq's Foreign Ministry said Thursday 165 Iraqi nationals stranded in Jordan have been repatriated. The Iraqi embassy in Amman eased all the measures for the Iraqi citizens, Iraqi Foreign Ministry's spokesman Ahmad al ....

Morocco reports 52 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-05-21 17:10:24 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:8441517

RABAT, May 21 (MENA) - Morocco’s Ministry of Health announced 52 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the country’s case count to 7,185. The ministry also reported 114 new recoveries. The number of recoveries reached 4,212 while the death ....

Saudi Arabia registers 2,532 new COVID-19 cases

Date: 2020-05-21 17:05:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:8441516

RIYADH, May 21 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia registered on Thursday 2,532 new COVID-19 cases, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 65,077. The kingdom also reported 12 new fatalities, bringing the death toll to 351, the health ministry ....

153 new coronavirus infections reported in Iraq

Date: 2020-05-21 16:21:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:8441498

BAGHDAD, May 21 (MENA) - The Iraqi Health Ministry confirmed 153 new coronavirus cases, increasing the overall number of people tested positive for the virus in the nation to 3,877. The ministry said six deaths were reported, bringing total ....

Jordan confirms 12 new coronavirus infections

Date: 2020-05-21 16:11:44 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:8441487

AMMAN, May 21 (MENA) - Minister of Health Saad Jaber said 12 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Jordan on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases reported since the beginning of the crisis to 684. Eleven new recovery cases were recorded ....

KAICIID awards grants for interreligious projects in Arab region

Date: 2020-05-21 16:00:06 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:8441385

CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) – The King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) announced awarding grants for designing and implementing small enterprises that aim at building bridges between all ....

186 new cases, 7 fatalities reported in Algeria over last 24 hours

Date: 2020-05-21 15:49:05 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:8441477

ALGIERS, May 21 (MENA) - One hundred and eighty-six confirmed cases of coronavirus, and seven deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours in Algeria. This takes the total number of the confirmed cases at 7,728 and deaths at 575, the spokesman ....

Saudi Arabia rejects Israel’s West Bank annexation plans

Date: 2020-05-21 15:44:07 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:8441468

RIYADH, May 21 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it rejected Israel’s pledge to annex parts of the occupied Palestinian West Bank. The foreign ministry stressed the Kingdom’s “condemnation of any unilateral decisions and any violation of ....

Aboul Gheit receives message from EU official rejecting Israeli annexation plans

Date: 2020-05-21 15:37:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:8441326

CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit received a message from High Representative of the European Union (EU) For Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell voicing EU opposition of Israeli annexation of Palestinian lands. In ....

AL reiterates rejection of Iran’s interference in Arab countries’ affairs

Date: 2020-05-21 15:20:47 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:8441322

CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) – The Arab League (AL) secretariat reiterated resolutions issued by Arab leaders during previous summits to condemn and reject Iran’s growing interference in Arab countries’ affairs whether directly or through its agents in the ....