22 June 2020; MEMO: Yemeni separatists backed by the UAE yesterday expelled dozens of residents of Socotra island after seizing the territory from the internationally-recognised government, an informed government source said.
Jerusalem, Jun 22 (AP) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government will weigh possible steps to halt the spread of the coronavirus after Israel saw a major uptick in new confirmed cases in recent days.
Israel has over 20,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, with new cases jumping by more than 300 in recent days.
At least 305 people have died with COVID-19 since the country's outbreak began in March.
ANKARA, June 22 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s confirmed COVID-19 cases increased by 1,192, and 23 more people died, taking the death toll to 4,950, Turkish Health Minister, Fahrettin Koca, said on Sunday.
The total number of confirmed cases stood at 187,685, the minister said.
Meanwhile, 1,412 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, making the total number of recovered cases to 160,240, he stated.
Koca said, 40,496 tests were conducted over the past day, and the overall number of tests reached 2,945,240.
JERUSALEM, June 22 (NNN-MA’AN) – The number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients in Israel doubled since early June, according to figures released by Israeli Ministry of Health on Sunday.
It said, 209 COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalised in Israel, compared with 105 on June 1.
The total number of cases in Israel increased to 20,778, with 145 new patients, while the death toll rose from 305 to 306, and the number of patients in serious condition remained at 40.
21 June 2020; MEMO: The Yemeni government on Saturday said that the militia of Southern Transition Council staged “a full-fledged coup in the governorate of Socotra,” a government official said, Anadolu Agency reports.
Quoting an unnamed government official, Yemen’s official news agency reported: “The militias of the so-called Transitional Council in the Socotra carried out a full-fledged coup that undermined state institutions in the province.”
21 June 2020; MEMO: Iran is drawing up plans to offer discounts to some foreign airlines using its airspace, state news agency IRNA quoted a senior aviation official as saying on Saturday, after a slump in flights due to the coronavirus pandemic and regional tensions, Reuters reports.
Nasser Aghaei, director of the state-run Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company, said the discounts would go to the top eight airlines providing transit income as well as airlines boosting their flights by 20%.
21 June 2020; MEMO: The Libyan parliament called on the government to be at full readiness against “aggression” from Egypt, denouncing recent comments by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi that his army could intervene in the war-torn country, Anadolu Agency reports.
In a recent statement, Libyan lawmakers asked authorities to take seriously recent threats by al-Sisi and to review all possible courses of action to respond in the “suitable time and place.”
ADEN (Reuters) - Southern separatists have seized control of Yemen’s island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea, deposing its governor and driving out forces of the Saudi-backed government which condemned the action as coup.
The Southern Transitional Council (STC) declared self rule in the south in April, complicating U.N. efforts to forge a permanent ceasefire in a war that has separatists and the government fighting as nominal allies in a Saudi-led coalition against the Houthi group, who control the north.
CAIRO, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Egypt’s president warned that advances by Turkey-backed Libyan forces on the Libyan city of Sirte could prompt an Egyptian military intervention in the neighbouring country in support of Cairo’s ally Khalifa Haftar.
Meanwhile, Ankara has urged forces led by the eastern-based Haftar to withdraw from the strategic city for a ceasefire agreement to be reached.
TRIPOLI, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Saturday that a boat carrying illegal immigrants broke off the Libyan coast.
"Shipwreck off the coast of Tripoli, Libya this morning. IOM staff are following up and are informed that survivors were taken to an unofficial detention center," the IOM tweeted.
"There is still no information about the number of lives lost in this tragedy," it added.
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