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Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah named Kuwaiti PM
Date: 2021-01-24 12:27:44 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8766850
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawwaf al Ahmed Al Jaber al Sabah entrusted Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah with forming a new government. According to the Emiri Diwan, the Emiri decree included nominating new cabinet members and sending their names to ....
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Defense min. greets interior min. on Police Day
Date: 2021-01-24 11:02:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8766681
Defense Minister Mohamed Zaki sent on Sunday a cable of greetings to Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfiq on Police Day which falls on January 25. In the cable, he hailed the great patriotic role played by police forces in maintaining internal ....
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Bahraini king lauds partnership with US
Date: 2021-01-19 10:31:36 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:8758915
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa has expressed his deep thanks and appreciation to US President Donald Trump for awarding him the Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, BNA news agency reported. King Hamad highlighted, in a message to the ....
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Sisi appreciates Jordanian efforts to protect Egyptian community
Date: 2021-01-19 09:37:38 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:8758774
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has spoken highly of Jordanian efforts to protect the Egyptian community in the kingdom. In a meeting with Jordanian Prime Minister Bishr al Khasawna here Tuesday, visiting Sisi hailed as “strong” ....
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Foreign Ministry asserts Sisi's keenness to activate AfCFTA agreement
Date: 2021-01-19 08:44:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:8758665
Assistant Foreign Minister for African Organizations and Blocs Soha Gendi asserted the importance attached by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to activating the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement with a view to achieving trade ....
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Egypt registers 878 new coronavirus cases, 55 deaths
Date: 2021-01-19 08:27:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:8758623
The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 878 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 157,275. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 55 ....
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UN calls on Israel to stop new settlement construction in West Bank
Date: 2021-01-19 07:37:48 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:8758547
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged Israel to "halt and reverse" its decision last week to build 800 new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank. The decision is "a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-State ....
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Morocco suspends flights from 4 new countries
Date: 2021-01-19 07:32:28 GMT - Morocco - International - SN:3 - ID:8758539
The competent authorities in Morocco have decided to ban the entry to the national territory, as of January 19, 2021 and until further notice, of aircraft and passengers from Australia, Brazil, Ireland, and New Zealand. The Ministry of Foreign ....
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Trump lifts travel restrictions on Europe, Brazil
Date: 2021-01-19 06:58:17 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:8758476
US President Donald Trump has lifted coronavirus-related travel restrictions for much of Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Brazil, effective on January 26 -- a move that President-elect Joe Biden's administration has promised to block, CNN ....
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Psaki: Biden won't lift Covid-related travel restrictions on Europe, Brazil
Date: 2021-01-19 06:56:52 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:8758473
US incoming press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that the Joe Biden administration won't lift Covid-related travel restrictions on Europe and Brazil as decided by outgoing President Donald Trump. "With the pandemic worsening, and more ....