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Nigeria confirms first coronavirus case
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Nigeria on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. “The case is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, Nigeria on the 25th of February 2020,” Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said in a
Saudi Arabia suspends Umrah pilgrimage over coronavirus fears
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Saudi Arabia announced early Thursday that entry for individuals aiming to perform Umrah pilgrimage or to visit the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah has been temporarily suspended over concerns of the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Umrah, a lesser pilgrimage compared
Dutch court sentences convict for anti-Muslim threats
on: by Fernil News
A Dutch court on Wednesday sentenced a person to 90 days in jail for threatening Muslims on social media. According to a statement by the court, the 33-year-old person threatened Muslims with death after the Christchurch massacre in New Zealand. On
Netanyahu plans direct flights to Mecca ahead of elections
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Two weeks before the upcoming election in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to implement direct flights from Tel Aviv to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, in a Facebook post which was deleted moments after going live online. Written in both Arabic
Libya’s GNA demands UN call Haftar to account for cease-fire violations
on: by Fernil News
The Tripoli-based internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) called on the U.N. on Thursday to bring putschist Khalifa Haftar to account for his recent violations of the cease-fire that happened just one day after the U.N. Security Council adopted a



