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Palestinian shrugs off Israeli decision on new settlement project in Hebron

Date: 2020-05-04 11:56:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:8419781

RAMALLAH, May 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates denounced an Israeli decision to seize Palestinian land in the southern West Bank City of Hebron for new settlement projects. In a statement issued Monday the ....

3 Daesh leaders killed in Al Hadath city

Date: 2020-05-04 09:14:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8419656

BAGHDAD, May 4 (MENA) - The Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd Al-Sha'abi) in Iraq announced that three Daesh leaders were killed in Al-Hadath city in the western Iraqi province of Anbar. The National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) quoted the media ....

Sudan: 86 new coronavirus cases, no deaths

Date: 2020-05-04 06:27:29 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8419519

KHARTOUM - The Health Ministry reported 86 new coronavirus cases, and no deaths in Sudan on Sunday. This raises the total to 678 cases, including 41 deaths, and 61 recoveries, the ministry said in a released statement on Monday. It urged ....

UNICEF welcomes Sudan's anti-female genital mutilation law

Date: 2020-05-03 22:01:13 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:8419414

KHARTOUM, May 3 (MENA) - The United Nations Childen’s Fund (UNICEF) welcomed a landmark move by Sudan’s transitional government this week to criminalize female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), with a three-year jail sentence for ....

Kuwait receives medical equipment from China

Date: 2020-05-03 21:39:56 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:8419453

KUWAIT CITY, May 3 (MENA) - Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) announced on Sunday arrival of respirators and personal protective gear that it has purchased from China for the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health. KFAS has purchased the ....

Morocco confirms 174 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-05-03 20:18:09 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:8419401

RABAT, May 3 (MENA) - Morocco registered 174 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, bringing to 4,903 the total number of infected cases since the outbreak was first announced in the kingdom, the Moroccan Ministry of Health said on ....

Iraq reports 77 new coronavirus infections

Date: 2020-05-03 19:34:07 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:8419297

BAGHDAD, May 3 (MENA) - The Iraqi Health Ministry Friday announced 77 new coronavirus infections and two deaths across the nation, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 2,296 and fatalities to 97. A total of 1,490 recoveries have been ....

Saudi Arabia confirms 1,552 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-05-03 18:50:25 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:8419264

RIYADH, May 3 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia reported 1,552 new coronavirus cases and eight deaths, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 27,011 and the virus-related death toll to 184, the Saudi Health Ministry announced on Sunday. Out of the ....

Morocco reports 151 new coronavirus infections

Date: 2020-05-03 11:17:04 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:8418632

RABAT , May 3 (MENA) - Moroccan Health Ministry said 151 new infections were reported on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 4,880. The negative cases since the outbreak of the virus hit 36,081 it said. One ....

Oman reports 85 new coronavirus infections

Date: 2020-05-03 10:12:00 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:8418583

MUSCAT, May 3 (MENA) - Oman reported 85 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, which brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 2,568, the Ministry of Health announced. Out of the newly detected cases, 21 were Omani ....