TEHRAN -- Iran's confirmed novel coronavirus cases rose to 293,606 on Monday after an overnight registration of 2,434 new infections, state TV reported.

At her daily briefing, Sima Sadat Lari, the spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said out of the new cases in the past 24 hours, 1,436 have been hospitalized. (Iran-COVID-19)

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TRIPOLI -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday that 6,518 illegal immigrants have been rescued and returned to Libya so far in 2020.

The rescued immigrants include 462 women and 340 miners, the IOM said, adding 101 died and 168 went missing on the Central Mediterranean route. (Libya-Illegal Immigrants-Rescue)

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CAIRO -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Monday reaffirmed Egypt's position against foreign intervention in Libya.

Sisi made the remarks during his meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, said Bassam Rady, spokesman for Egyptian presidency, in a statement. (Egypt-Libya-Foreign Intervention)

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ANKARA -- Turkey reported 919 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, raising the total confirmed cases to 227,019, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.

Meanwhile, 17 people died in the past 24 hours from the virus, taking the death toll to 5,630, Koca tweeted. (Turkey-COVID-19) Enditem

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