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  • High Council of Libya urges joint military commission to stay away from politics

    Date: 2021-08-16 07:35:02 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:9113491

    TRIPOLI, Aug 16 (MENA) - The High Council of State in Libya has urged the joint military commission (5+5) to stick to its own duties and stay away from politics. In a statement Monday, the High Council said the commission should not engage in ....

  • Kuwait urges Kuwaitis to leave Afghanistan immediately

    Date: 2021-08-15 22:50:53 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:100 - ID:9113271

    KUWAIT CITY, Aug 15 (MENA) – Kuwait's Foreign Ministry has urged all Kuwaitis to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible amid the deterioration of security situations in the country due to advances made by the Taliban in key provinces. In a ....

  • Saudi Arabia evacuates all diplomats, staff from Kabul

    Date: 2021-08-15 22:18:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:9113378

    RIYADH, Aug 15 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia has evacuated all the members of its diplomatic mission in Afghanistan, due to the current and unstable conditions in the country, according to Saudi Press Agency SPA on Sunday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ....

  • Egypt FM condoles with Algerian counterpart over wildfires

    Date: 2021-08-15 22:15:06 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:9113365

    CAIRO, Aug 15 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry made a phone call with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra to express Egypt's solidarity with Algeria over the recent wildfires that swept through several parts of the North African ....

  • Lebanon's army arrests land plot owner of Akkar explosion

    Date: 2021-08-15 19:30:33 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:9113225

    BEIRUT, Aug 15 (MENA) – The Lebanese army announced on Sunday the arrest of an owner of land plot, where a fuel tank exploded in the town of Tleil in Akkar, NNA reported. The Army Command’s Orientation Directorate said in a statement that the ....

  • Lebanon's army: 24 soldiers killed, missing in Akkar explosion

    Date: 2021-08-15 17:51:32 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:9113055

    BEIRUT, Aug 15 (MENA) – The Lebanese army said on Sunday that 24 soldiers were killed and went missing in the explosion of a fuel tank in the town of Al-Tleil in Akkar, NNA reported. "As a follow-up to the previous statement related to the ....

  • Kuwait records 306 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths

    Date: 2021-08-15 17:49:41 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:9113086

    KUWAIT CITY, Aug 15 (MENA) - Kuwait's daily coronavirus cases rose by 306 to 406,540 as deaths increased by three to 2,389, according to the health ministry on Sunday. Also, 606 people were cured of the virus, raising the total number of those to ....

  • Lebanon declares Monday national day of mourning

    Date: 2021-08-15 17:41:51 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:9113061

    BEIRUT, Aug 15 (MENA) - The Lebanese cabinet declared Monday a day of national mourning for the victims of the massive explosion of fuel tank in Akkar. The Lebanese flags are ordered to be lowered to half-staff. The number of victims of the ....

  • ALU condoles with Lebanese people over Akkar explosion

    Date: 2021-08-15 17:39:10 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:9112900

    CAIRO, Aug 15 (MENA) – The Arab Lawyers Union (ALU) offered Sunday condolences to the Lebanese people, as dozens were killed and injured in a fuel tank explosion in Akkar, northern Lebanon. “Saddened by reports of Akkar explosion and its ....

  • Sudan records 25 new coronavirus infections, 9 deaths

    Date: 2021-08-15 17:31:58 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:9113085

    KHARTOUM, Aug 15 (MENA) - Sudan reported 25 new coronavirus cases and nine new deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the Sudanese Health Ministry. The new fatalities bring the tally to 2,813. The ministry urged citizens to abide by ....

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