Israel Reports New Record Of Daily COVID-19 Deaths

JERUSALEM, Aug 20 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Ministry of Health reported 18 new COVID-19 death cases yesterday, the highest daily death toll, since the country’s pandemic outbreak in late Feb. The previous daily death case record in Israel, 17, was recorded on Aug 12. The ministry also added to the total…

Syeikh Al-Azhar expresses gratitude for International Tokoh Maal Hijrah Award

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19: Malaysia’s King, His Majesty Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah (centre) with the recipients of the Tokoh Maal Hijrah namely Director General of Health Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (left), Egypt’s Ambassador to Malaysia Gamal Abdel Rahim Mohamed Metwally (right) who represented International Tokoh Maal Hijrah…

Court allows PetroSaudi subsidiary’s request for release of US$1.357 mln

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The US$1.357 million out of US$340.26 million kept in a London law firm can now be released to PetroSaudi Oil Services (Venezuela) Limited (PSOS-VZ)  after the High Court today allowed the company’s application to amend an interim order which prohibited it from moving the monies to other entities. The monies were said…

Pres Abbas says Palestinians not worried about ‘nonsense’ Israel-UAE deal

President Mahmoud Abbas RAMALLAH, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that Palestinians were not concerned about the normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, referring to the accord as “nonsense”. In his first public remarks since the US-sponsored deal was announced last week, Abbas accused…

Covid-19: Lebanon orders two-week shutdown after virus surge

Health workers take swab samples from passengers who arrived at Beirut International Airport   BEIRUT, Aug 19 NNN-AGENCIES) — Lebanon’s interior ministry ordered businesses across the country to shut down for two weeks and enforced an overnight curfew from Friday after a rise in coronavirus infections. Tuesday’s decision allows for clearing…

World Humanitarian Day: UN hails aid workers after record attacks

GENEVA, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations paid tribute Wednesday to humanitarian workers now battling the COVID-19 pandemic after a year in which they found themselves under greater attack than ever before. The UN marked its World Humanitarian Day by remembering the 125 aidworkers who were killed in 2019,…

Mortar shells target US base in East Syria; no report of casualties

DAMASCUS, Aug 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mortar shells fell in the vicinity of a US base in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Tuesday, a war monitor reported. The mortar shells, launched by an unknown party, struck the the US base in the Koniko gas field in the eastern countryside…

Covid-19: Saudi Arabia’s cases cross 300,000 mark, as Iraq sees new record daily infections with 4,526 cases

Health workers and members of internal security forces wearing face masks stand inside Beirut international airport CAIRO, Aug 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — The total number of COVID-19 cases in Saudi Arabia crossed the 300,000 mark on Tuesday as Iraq set a new record in daily infections with 4,567 cases. Saudi Health…

Cyprus, Greece decide on joint action to address Turkish activities at EU meetings

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias (L) and Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides NICOSIA, Aug 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cyprus and Greece have agreed on joint action at the upcoming EU meetings to deal with Turkish activities in the eastern Mediterranean, which they consider to encroach on their rights, foreign ministers of…

UN tribunal convicts main defendant in Hariri assassination case; 3 others acquitted

UN tribunal convict BEIRUT, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A UN-backed tribunal on Tuesday convicted a Hezbollah member of conspiracy to kill former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in a 2005 bombing that set the stage for years of confrontation between Lebanon’s rival political forces.There was insufficient evidence against three other…
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