OPEC, allies agree to extend deep output cuts through July

VIENNA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — OPEC members, led by Saudi Arabia, and other key oil producers agreed to extend historic output cuts through July, as oil prices tentatively recover and coronavirus lockdowns ease. The 13-member cartel and its allies, notably Russia, decided to extend by a month deep May and…

Explosion Kills Eight In Northeast Syria

DAMASCUS, June 7 (NNN-SANA) – At least eight people were killed and seven others wounded, by the explosion of a car bomb, in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah on Saturday. The explosion took place near the silos of the Tal Halaf area, south of the city of Ras al-Ayn in…

Kuwait Records 31,131 COVID-19 Cases, 254 Deaths

KUWAIT, June 7 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait on Saturday reported 487 new cases of COVID-19, and 10 more deaths, raising the tally of infections to 31,131, and the death toll to 254, the Health Ministry said. Currently, 11,595 patients are receiving treatment, including 180 in ICU, according to the statement. The…

Palestine Exerts Effort In UNSC To Stop Israel’s Annexation Plan: Official

RAMALLAH, June 7 (NNN-WAFA) – A high-ranking Palestinian diplomat said, Palestine exerts efforts in the United Nations Security Council, to stop implementing Israel’s plans of annexing Palestinian lands. Palestine Envoy to the UN, Riyad Mansour told “Voice of Palestine” that, Palestine exerts intensive efforts to form a broader front in…

1,700 New COVID-19 Infections Detected In Qatar, 67,195 In Total

DOHA, June 7 (NNN-QNA) – Qatar’s health ministry, on Saturday announced 1,700 new infections of COVID-19, increasing the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 67,195. Some 1,592 people recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 42,527, while two died, raising the fatalities up to 51.…

UNICEF Airlifts New Batch Of Medical Supplies To Yemen’s Aden

ADEN, June 7 (NNN-SABA) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), airlifted on Saturday, a new batch of medical supplies to Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in the war-ravaged Arab country, a government official said. “A plane loaded with medical supplies provided…

Turkey Rejects Egypt’s Accusation Over Libya

ANKARA, June 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Hami Aksoy, on Saturday dismissed the accusation raised by Egypt over Turkey’s role in Libya. “We reject the unfounded accusations by Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, against Turkey, within the context of Libya, in the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of…

Senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad Leader Dies

GAZA, June 7 (NNN-WAFA) – Former Palestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary General, Ramadan Shalah, was declared dead by his group on Saturday. Shalah, a key figure in the political scene, died at 62, after suffering from an incurable disease, said his group, in a statement. Shalah, born in 1958 in Gaza,…

Global race protests mark George Floyd’s death

WASHINGTON, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Taking a knee, chanting andignoring social distancing measures, outraged protesters from Sydneyto London kicked off a weekend of global rallies Saturday againstracism and police brutality. The death during the arrest of George Floyd, an unarmed black manin the US state of Minnesota, has brought tens…

Egypt Records 1,497 New COVID-19 Infections, 32,612 In Total

CAIRO, June 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Egypt registered on Saturday, 1,497 daily new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 32,612, said the health ministry. This is the 10th consecutive day for Egypt’s COVID-19 daily infections to exceed 1,000. Death toll from the disease rose to 1,198 after 32…
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