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  • Lebanon registers 1,019 new Covid-19 infections

    Date: 2021-08-20 17:30:01 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:9121970

    BEIRUT, Aug 20 (MENA) - Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health announced on Friday 1,019 new cases of COVID-19, raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 589,597. Five deaths have been recorded, upping the total number of fatalities to ....

  • Putin to meet Jordanian King in Moscow on Monday

    Date: 2021-08-20 17:25:21 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:9121965

    MOSCOW, Aug 20 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Moscow on Monday, Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov said. "Yes, and a working meeting (with President Putin) will be held on Monday," ....

  • Algeria reports 578 new coronavirus cases, 28 deaths

    Date: 2021-08-20 17:12:25 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:9121944

    ALGIERS, Aug 20 (MENA) – As many as 578 new coronavirus cases and 28 deaths were recorded in Algeria over the past 24 hours, the Algerian health ministry said Friday. This takes the total number of infections in the country to 190,656, and the ....

  • Daesh hideout in southern Mosul found, destroyed: Nineveh police

    Date: 2021-08-20 16:43:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:9121905

    BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (MENA) - Nineveh police troops said Friday that a Daesh hideout was found and destroyed in southern Mosul, The National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) reported on Friday. A source at Nineveh police said a joint force of the Iraqi army ....

  • Libyan speaker urges exit of foreign forces

    Date: 2021-08-20 16:16:13 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:9121681

    TRIPOLI, Aug 20 (MENA) - Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives Aquila Saleh on Friday urges the withdrawal of all foreign forces and mercenaries from Libyan territory. In statements, Saleh also called for the unification of institutions ....

  • Jordan records 721 new coronavirus infections, 9 deaths

    Date: 2021-08-20 16:13:13 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:9121834

    AMMAN, Aug 20 (MENA) - 9 new deaths and 721 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded in Jordan on Friday, Petra News Agency said. With today’s fatalities and infections, the caseload and death toll from the disease have increased ....

  • Palestine records 1,026 new COVID-19 cases, one fatality

    Date: 2021-08-20 14:19:20 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:9121619

    RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - Palestine recorded 1,026 new COVID-19 cases and one fatality in the last 24 hours, Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said Friday. In her daily report, Alkaila added that 293 coronavirus patients have recovered nationwide, ....

  • UAE affirms commitment to advancing technologies for peace and security at UN

    Date: 2021-08-20 14:07:08 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:9121542

    ABU DHABI/NEW YORK, Aug 20 (MENA) - The UAE affirmed its commitment to developing new methods and tools in order to better utilize modern technologies for the maintenance of international peace and security in collaboration with the UN system and ....

  • Lebanese president urges UN to act quickly to end Israel's violations

    Date: 2021-08-20 11:57:31 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:9121360

    BEIRUT, Aug 20 (MENA) - President Michel Aoun on Friday called on the United Nations to address Israel’s violations of Lebanon’s airspace, hours after Israel carried out an airstrike on Syria from Lebanon’s skies, Naharnet reported. Aoun voiced ....

  • Jordan sends second medial aid plane to Lebanon

    Date: 2021-08-20 11:02:32 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:9121332

    AMMAN, Aug 20 (MENA) - The Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO), in coordination with the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) and the Health Ministry, on Friday dispatched a second medical aid plane to Lebanon. The JHCO, in a statement ....

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