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Morocco confirms 160 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-05-02 18:29:25 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:8418081

RABAT, May 2 (MENA) - Morocco registered 160 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, bringing to 4,729 the total number of infected cases since the outbreak was first announced in the kingdom, the Moroccan Ministry of Health said on ....

Pan-Arab media body launches anti-coronavirus campaign

Date: 2020-05-02 18:25:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:8418079

CAIRO, May 2 (MENA) - Fifteen Arab satellite channels are taking part in an anti-coronavirus campaign launched by the Arab authority for satellite broadcasting in cooperation with the union for Arab producers and the Technical Secretariat of the ....

Russian army blocks US convoy in Syria

Date: 2020-05-02 18:22:41 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:8418143

MOSCOW, May 2 (MENA) - The Russian military has blocked a US convoy, accompanied by vehicles affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from entering Qamishli, in the northeastern region of Syria. According to Sputnik, US troops earlier ....

4,295 confirmed coronavirus cases, 459 deaths in Algeria

Date: 2020-05-02 17:36:15 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:8418077

ALGIERS, May 2 (MENA) - A total of 141 confirmed coronavirus cases and six new deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours in Algeria, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 4,295 and deaths to 459, spokesman for the country's committee ....

Saudi Arabia records 1,326 new coronavirus cases, seven deaths

Date: 2020-05-02 15:52:22 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:8418017

RIYADH, May 2 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia detected 1,326 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, raising the total to 25,459, Al Arabiya cited a health ministry spokesman as saying on Saturday. He also confirmed seven deaths caused by the virus, ....

Sudan reports 91 new coronavirus cases, 5 deaths

Date: 2020-05-02 08:38:16 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:8417411

KHARTOUM, May 2 (MENA) - The Sudanese Ministry of Health announced Saturday the registration of 91 new coronavirus infections and five deaths. According to the ministry's epidemic report for Saturday, three of the deaths were reported in ....

US offers $23.1 mln assistance to Sudan for countering COVID-19

Date: 2020-05-01 21:42:09 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:8417311

KHARTOUM, May 1 (MENA) - The US on Friday announced the provision of an additional assistance of $23.1 million for Sudan to help the country in its fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The US Agency for International Development ....

Palestine's Abbas deplores Bir el Abed terror attack

Date: 2020-05-01 21:17:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:8417298

RAMALLAH, May 1 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a group of the Egyptian Armed Forces in Bir el Abed city in North Sinai governorate. The Palestinian leader offered his ....

Sudan condemns Bir el Abed terror attack

Date: 2020-05-01 21:05:38 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:8417294

KHARTOUM, May 1 (MENA) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that targeted a group of the Egyptian Armed Forces in Bir el Abed city in North Sinai governorate. In a statement released on Friday, the ....

Palestine's FM welcomes UN expert's statement on Israeli annexation plan

Date: 2020-05-01 20:46:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:8417284

RAMALLAH, May 1 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Maliki on Friday welcomed the statement of Michael Lynk, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, about the Israeli ....