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Arab League chief warns of serious repercussions of Israeli annexation plans

Date: 2020-06-24 15:42:12 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8482141

CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit warned that the region will be forced to live in dark reality if Israel were to forge ahead with its vile scheme to annex more occupied Palestinian lands and place them under its ....

Israeli forces arrest 14 WB Palestinians

Date: 2020-06-24 07:46:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8481288

RAMALLAH, June 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces captured 14 Palestinians on Wednesday as part of an arrest campaign in various parts of the West Bank. The Palestinian News Agency WAFA said five Palestinians, including a journalist, were ....

Russia committed to consolidating int'l efforts to resume ME peace talks

Date: 2020-06-23 21:49:43 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:8481027

MOSCOW, June 23 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that his country is committed to consolidating efforts exerted by the international Quartet of Middle East peace mediators to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. During a ....

Israeli occupation forces detain 17 Palestinians from WB

Date: 2020-06-23 09:09:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8480060

RAMALLAH, June 23 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday detained 17 Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoner Club said in a statement that 10 of them were arrested from Al Quds, two others from ....

PLO, UNDP officials tackle conditions of Palestinian refugees in Syria

Date: 2020-06-22 14:28:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:8479055

RAMALLAH, June 22 (MENA) - Head of the Political Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Ambassador Anwar Abdul Hadi on Monday discussed with Ramla Khalidi, the UNDP Resident Representative in Syria, conditions of Palestinian ....

Palestine reports 60 new cases of coronavirus

Date: 2020-06-22 12:42:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8479096

RAMALLAH, June 22 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said Monday that 60 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in the occupied West Bank district of Hebron, bringing the total in one day to 142 and the overall total in Palestine to ....

Israel's coronavirus death toll up to 307, health officials say

Date: 2020-06-22 12:07:51 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8479035

GAZA CITY, June 22 (MENA) - Israeli Health Ministry announced on Monday the death of two persons from coronavirus, rising the toll of deaths to 307, while 183 new cases of infection were detected, Ynet reported. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 18 Palestinians from WB

Date: 2020-06-22 09:31:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8478622

RAMALLAH, June 22 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday arrested 18 Palestinians from various areas in the West Bank, Wafa news agency reported. The Israeli occupants detained six Palestinians from Ramallah, three from Jenin, three from ....

Palestinian FM thanks Egypt, Jordan for facilitating return of stranded Palestinians

Date: 2020-06-22 06:27:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:8478440

RAMALLAH, June 22 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has praised the efforts of Egypt and Jordan in facilitating the return home of the first batch of Palestinians who were stranded due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement Sunday ....

COVID-19 kills 116 more Iranians over past 24 hours

Date: 2020-06-21 13:55:55 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8477655

TEHRAN, June 21 (MENA) - Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said some 116 more Iranians have died of coronavirus over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 9,623, IRNA reported Sunday. She added that 163,591 people out of ....