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  • Lebanon reports 857 new Covid-19 cases, 4 deaths

    Date: 2021-09-17 20:03:42 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:191 - ID:9171321

    BEIRUT, Sept 17 (MENA) – Lebanon has recorded 857 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, raising the tally of infections to 617,036, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said Friday. In addition, four more deaths were recorded over the ....

  • Lebanon crisis needs more int'l assistance urgently - WHO chief

    Date: 2021-09-17 20:01:25 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:190 - ID:9171322

    BEIRUT, Sept 17 (MENA) - Lebanon’s enduring economic crisis risks reversing decades of gains in people’s wellbeing, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Speaking from the capital, Beirut, at the end of a two-day ....

  • Saudi Arabia, Salvador discuss recent int'l developments

    Date: 2021-09-17 19:58:26 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:189 - ID:9171337

    NEW YORK/RIYADH, Sept 17 (MENA) - Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations Abdallah al-Mouallimi met Friday with his Salvadorian counterpart Egriselda López to discuss the latest international ....

  • Saudi, Brazilian FMs mull regional, int'l issues

    Date: 2021-09-17 19:27:37 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:185 - ID:9171279

    RIYADH, Sept 17 (MENA) - Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal bin Farhan al Saud had talks over the phone with his Brazilian counterpart Carlos Alberto França on regional and international issues of common concern. The two top diplomats also ....

  • Tunisia's naval forces thwart illegal immigration attempt off Sfax coast

    Date: 2021-09-17 18:42:11 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:181 - ID:9171253

    TUNIS, Sept 17 (MENA) - Tunisia's naval forces thwarted an illegal immigration attempt by 15 Tunisians, including three women and four children, off Sfax coast on Friday. The migrants sailed off late on Thursday from the coastal town of Skhira, ....

  • Morocco reports 2,412 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2021-09-17 17:17:53 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:176 - ID:9171202

    RABAT, Sept 17 (MENA) – As many as 2,412 new coronavirus cases were detected in Morocco over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the kingdom to 915,835, said the Moroccan Health Ministry. In a statement released on Friday, ....

  • 9 injured in booby-trapped truck blast in Syria

    Date: 2021-09-17 16:53:05 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:172 - ID:9171155

    DAMASCUS, Sept 17 (MENA) - Nine persons were injured in a blast of booby-trapped truck on Friday afternoon in al-Bab city, Aleppo north western countryside, Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported. Local sources said that a booby-trapped cargo ....

  • Jordan reports 790 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-09-17 16:09:46 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:170 - ID:9171088

    AMMAN, Sept 17 (MENA) - The Jordanian Health Ministry reported 790 new coronavirus cases, raising the total number of cases to 812, 253. The ministry said eight deaths were registered over the past 24 hours, upping the the total number of deaths ....

  • UAE, Britain sign cooperation deals in energy

    Date: 2021-09-17 14:56:08 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:163 - ID:9170868

    ABU DHABI, Sept 17 (MENA) - Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), British oil company BP, and Masdar announced the signing of strategic framework agreements to expand the UAE-UK longstanding track record of bilateral partnership in sustainability, ....

  • Saudi Arabia reports 75 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-09-17 14:55:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:162 - ID:9170871

    RIYADH, Sept 17 (MENA) - The Saudi Ministry of Health announced the registration of 75 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 64 recoveries in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the past 24 hours, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The ministry added that ....

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