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  • Algeria reports 1,203 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-08-06 19:24:07 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:9098474

    ALGIERS, Aug 6 (MENA) – As many as 1,203 new coronavirus cases and 46 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 179,216, and the ....

  • Lebanon registers 1,461 new Covid-19 infections

    Date: 2021-08-06 19:17:36 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:9098476

    BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health announced on Friday 1,461 new cases of Covid-19, raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 568,505. Six deaths have been recorded, upping the total number of fatalities to ....

  • M'rabet sworn in as Tunisia's acting health minister

    Date: 2021-08-06 18:49:51 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:9098396

    TUNIS, Aug 6 (MENA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied on Friday issued a presidential decree naming Ali M'rabet as the country's acting minister of health. M'rabet was sworn in before the president under Article 89 of the Tunisian Constitution. ....

  • UN chief names Swedish diplomat as new Yemen envoy

    Date: 2021-08-06 18:19:18 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:9098450

    NEW YORK, Aug 6 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday named Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg as his new Yemen envoy. The 15-member council approved Grundberg this week as a replacement for Martin Griffiths, who became the UN aid ....

  • Jordan reports 531 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths

    Date: 2021-08-06 17:03:12 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:9098374

    AMMAN, Aug 6 (MENA) – The Jordanian Health Ministry said 531 new coronavirus cases and five virus-related deaths were recorded in the kingdom on Friday, raising the total number of infections to 775,782 and the fatalities to 10,105, Petra news ....

  • Iraq registers 11,435 new coronavirus cases, 62 deaths

    Date: 2021-08-06 15:59:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:9098234

    BAGHDAD, Aug 6 (MENA) - The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment registered Friday 11,435 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1.696,390, the National Iraqi News Agency reported. The ministry said that 87 ....

  • Berri: Israeli aggression requires swift gov't line-up

    Date: 2021-08-06 15:48:30 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:9098236

    BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said the Israeli aggression requires a swift national response represented in forming the government and ending the vacuum in state institutions. He added that if the executive ....

  • Foreign investments to Tunisia down in 1st half of 2021

    Date: 2021-08-06 15:06:49 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:9098149

    TUNIS, Aug 6 (MENA) - The foreign investments flowing into Tunisia in the first half of 2021 receded by 7.4 percent to stand at 945.8 million dinars against 1.02 billion dinars in the same period last year, according to official data. France came ....

  • Saudi Arabia reports 954 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-08-06 15:04:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:9098109

    RIYADH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia reported 954 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 531,935, the Health Ministry said in a statement Friday. According to the statement, 14 new virus-related fatalities were ....

  • All travelers to Tunisia to go into week-long quarantine

    Date: 2021-08-06 14:25:30 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:9098124

    TUNIS, Aug 6 (MENA) - Head of the Tunisian quarantine committee Mohamed Rabhi said all travelers to the country will go into a week-long quarantine. The decision is also binding to those who were vaccinated or contracted the virus before, he added. ....

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