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Morocco administers 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 23,012,112 people

Date: 2021-10-08 18:57:56 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:9208063

RABAT, Oct 8 (MENA) – The Moroccan Health Ministry said that the total number of people, who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Morocco, reached 23,012,112 people. Morocco has administered a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine to ....

Lebanese army arrest Daesh member

Date: 2021-10-08 17:48:12 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:9207915

BEIRUT, Oct 8 (MENA) - The Lebanese army arrested a Daesh member, who is implicated in a number of terrorist attacks. In a statement released on Friday, the Lebanese Army Command said that an intelligence directorate's patrol detained a Syrian ....

Troika supports Sudanese gov't to resolve crisis in East Sudan

Date: 2021-10-08 16:40:30 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:9207903

KHARTOUM, Oct 8 (MENA) - The Troika (Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States) strongly stressed its support the efforts of Sudan’s government to resolve protests in eastern Sudan which, as the government’s statement highlighted, risk ....

Bahrain, UK discuss military cooperation

Date: 2021-10-08 16:08:05 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:9207747

MANAMA, Oct 8 (MENA) - Bahraini National Security Advisor, Royal Guard Commander Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, met with British Secretary of State for Education Nadhim Zahawi, Bahraini news agency reported on Friday. Shaikh Nasser ....

Arab coalition jets strike Houthi positions in Marib

Date: 2021-10-08 15:57:22 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:9207793

SANAA, Oct 8 (MENA) - Arab coalition warplanes launched on Friday airstrikes on Houthi positions and gatherings in Marib governorate. The air shelling left a number of Houthi militants killed and injured and destroyed military vehicles. ....

Jordan expresses solidarity with Japan over injuries of quake victims

Date: 2021-10-08 15:38:10 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:9207814

AMMAN, Oct 8 (MENA) - The Jordan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates expressed the Kingdom's solidarity with Japan and its people over the injuries of the earthquake that hit the country on Thursday. The ministry spokesperson wished the ....

Kuwait backs Pakistan over Balochistan quake impacts

Date: 2021-10-08 14:24:21 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:9207641

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 8 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry on Friday voiced Kuwait's sympathy with Pakistan over a recent strong earthquake that hit its southwestern Balochistan Province and left numerous casualties. The ministry said in a ....

UAE administers 44,389 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in past 24 hrs

Date: 2021-10-08 13:34:35 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:9207571

ABU DHABI, Oct 8 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention announced that 44,389 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were given in the past 24 hours, WAM reported on Friday. The total number of doses provided up stands at 20,409,126 with a ....

Bahrain expresses sympathy with Tunisia over trains collision

Date: 2021-10-08 13:31:38 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:9207618

MANAMA, Oct 8 (MENA) - The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Manama' sympathy with the Republic of Tunisia over the collision of two trains in the city of Megrine in the capital, Tunis, which left dozens of people injured. The ....

Kuwait strongly deplores Houthi drone attack on Saudi airport

Date: 2021-10-08 13:02:34 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:9207567

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 8 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry on Friday condemned and denounced in the strongest words, persistent attempts by Houthi militia to jeopardize Saudi Arabia's security by launching a drone attack on the Saudi Abha ....