TEHRAN -- Iran on Saturday reported 2,316 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, raising the total number in the country to 288,839, official IRNA news agency reported.

Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said during her daily update that 1,298 of the new cases have been hospitalized. (Iran-COVID-19)

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BAGHDAD -- Unidentified gunmen shot dead six family members in a village in the Iraqi province of Salahudin, a provincial police source said Saturday.

The incident took place late on Friday night when the armed men broke into the house of Ali Mukhlif, administrative head of Samoum village in the northwest of the city of Samarra, some 120 km north of Iraq's capital Baghdad, Mohammed al-Bazi told Xinhua. (Iraq-Killing-Gunmen)

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RABAT -- Morocco warned on Saturday that anyone who refuses to wear a mask in public could face a maximum fine of 140 U.S. dollars or up to three months in prison.

"Anyone who refuses to wear a mask in public will face a term of one to three months' imprisonment and a fine of between 32 dollars and 140 dollars, without excluding other severe criminal penalties," the Interior Ministry said in a statement. (Morocco-Wearing Mask-Penalty)

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RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday the arrival of pilgrims to the new King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah from the country's five cities.

According to the Hajj and Umrah Ministry, the pilgrims arrived from Medina, Riyadh, Abha, Tabuk and Jazan with tight health procedures, the Saudi Press Agency reported. (Saudi Arabia-Pilgrim-Hajj) Enditem

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