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  • Iraqi Defense Ministry affirms fulfilling duties of securing national interests

    Date: 2020-02-08 08:51:20 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8302520

    BAGHDAD, Feb 8 (MENA) - Iraq's Defense Ministry called on all its members to assume their real and firm role towards plotters who seek destabilizing the country, especially during the current unfolding events. All forces and defense divisions ....

  • Tunisia, US sign MoU on commercial cooperation

    Date: 2020-02-08 08:49:41 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8302615

    TUNIS, Feb 8 (MENA) - Tunisia signed a memorandum of understanding with the US on commercial cooperation. This came during the third US-Tunisia Joint Economic Commission (JEC) held on Friday under Tunisian Minister of Trade Omar Béhi and US ....

  • Coronavirus kills US, Japanese citizens in China's Wuhan

    Date: 2020-02-08 08:15:53 GMT - China - World - SN:13 - ID:8302577

    BEIJING, Feb 8 (MENA) - An American citizen has died in Wuhan from the coronavirus outbreak, with the death toll from the outbreak inching closer to the total from SARS, Bloomberg reported Saturday. The person who was around 60 years old died on ....

  • Gas leak kills, injures 6 in Pakistan

    Date: 2020-02-08 07:36:26 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:12 - ID:8302519

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 8 (MENA) - One person died and five others injured during an explosion following a gas leak at a house in Paksitan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, according to Samaa TV. Rescue teams were immediately called to pull the ....

  • Egypt boosted African unity during its AU presidency: MP

    Date: 2020-02-08 07:35:37 GMT - Egypt - Parliament - SN:11 - ID:8302472

    CAIRO, Feb 8 (MENA) - Egypt's House of Representatives, throughout the country's chairmanship of the African Union (AU), has worked on boosting the country's pioneering status across Africa as well as promoting the unity of the black continent, said ....

  • 64 coronavirus cases on cruise ship in Japan's Yokohama

    Date: 2020-02-08 07:23:49 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:8302521

    TOKYO, Feb 8 (MENA) - Three more people on a cruise ship quarantined in Japan's Yokohama have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the Japanese health ministry said Saturday, bringing the total number of people from the vessel infected to ....

  • UN refugee agency: Major rise in migrants stopped off Libya

    Date: 2020-02-08 07:12:59 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:8302479

    NEW YORK, Feb 8 (MENA) - The UN refugee agency said Friday that the total number of migrants intercepted by the Libyan coast guard in the past month rose 121 perecent from the same period last year, The New York Times reported on Saturday. The ....

  • Malaysia confirms 15th coronavirus case

    Date: 2020-02-08 07:11:53 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:8 - ID:8302522

    KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 (MENA) - A 15th person has been infected by the Wuhan coronavirus in Malaysia, CNN reported Saturday. Malaysian Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said the patient is a 59-year-old woman from Wuhan. (MENA) K A E/A A E ....

  • Taiwan just confirmed its 17th coronavirus case

    Date: 2020-02-08 07:11:34 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:7 - ID:8302478

    TAOPEI, Feb 8 (MENA) - Taiwan confirmed its 17th Wuhan coronavirus case Saturday, CNN reported, quoting the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The patient is a man in his 20s and the son of an infected couple. He is now in isolation. The family ....

  • Trump fires two major impeachment figures

    Date: 2020-02-08 06:46:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:8302453

    WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump fired two key impeachment witnesses Friday, dismissing Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert at the National Security Council, and US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, ....

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