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Kuwaiti emir's envoy heads for Cairo to offer condolences over Mubarak's death

Date: 2020-02-28 13:59:48 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:8331766

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 28 (MENA) - Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al Mohammad Al Sabah left for Cairo on Friday to offer Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah's condolences over the death of former Egyptian president Hosni ....

Dominican Republic turns back cruise ship

Date: 2020-02-28 13:24:55 GMT - Dominican - World - SN:24 - ID:8331733

SANTO DOMINGO, Feb 28 (MENA) - The cruise ship "Braemar" departed Dominican territorial waters from La Romana port, where it was stranded since Sunday morning, when the authorities prevented it from disembarking, because a few passengers were under ....

UAE Tour cancelled, dozens quarantined as two Italian participants tested positive

Date: 2020-02-28 13:20:04 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:8331723

ABU DHABI, Feb 28 (MENA) - Guests at two Abu Dhabi hotels who interacted with two Italians diagnosed with coronavirus have been placed under quarantine in the hotels, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported on Friday. Other people who also interacted ....

Global(4):Wuhan's war on COVID-19: How China mobilizes the whole country to contain the virus

Date: 2020-02-28 13:16:39 GMT - China - Economy - SN:22 - ID:8331719

BEIJING, Feb. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CGTN recently looked back on China's efforts to fight the ongoing new coronavirus outbreak in a recent report and released an original video. A health crisis struck China on the cusp of the new year. ....

WHO: New virus has infected 83,000 globally, caused 2,858 deaths

Date: 2020-02-28 12:56:28 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:21 - ID:8331700

GENEVA, Feb 28 (MENA) - The World Health Organization said that a viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 83,000 people globally and caused 2,858 deaths. In a statement on Friday, the organization has named the illness ....

WHO warns coronavirus could soon reach 'most', 'if not all' countries

Date: 2020-02-28 12:30:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:8331629

GENEVA, Feb 28 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has reaffirmed its warning that the fast-spreading coronavirus could soon reach most, "if not all" countries around the world, CNN reported Friday. Speaking at a news briefing in ....

Lavrov calls for uniting all efforts to prevent further escalation in Syria

Date: 2020-02-28 12:07:46 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:8331615

MOSCOW, Feb 28 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said it is necessary to unite all efforts to prevent further escalation of tensions in Syria, Sputnik news agency reported Friday. "I would like to support the words of [Luxembourg's ....

Syrian army resumes strikes against Turkish-backed terrorists in Rif Idlib

Date: 2020-02-28 11:24:58 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:8331566

DAMASCUS, Feb 28 (MENA) - The Syrian army resumed on Friday its military operations against Turkish-backed terrorists in Rif Idlib. According to the Syrian News Agency, the national army launched intensive strikes against terrorist sites at the ....

40 Palestinians injured in confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in Nablus

Date: 2020-02-28 11:18:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8331405

RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (MENA) - Forty Palestinians, including a child, were injured with tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets in confrontations with Israeli occupation forces who stormed Jabal al-'Arma, southern Nablus, WAFA news agency ....

Defense minister back home after Pakistan visit

Date: 2020-02-28 11:16:35 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:16 - ID:8331416

CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) - Defense Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Mohamed Zaki, and his accompanying delegation, returned home on Friday after an official visit to Pakistan. During his visit, the defense minister held important ....