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Scores of Israeli settlers thrust into Aqsa mosque

Date: 2020-06-08 12:44:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8461008

RAMALLAH, June 8 (MENA) - Nearly 70 Jewish settlers stormed on Monday Al Aqsa mosque compound from Bab Al Magharba gate, amidst tight security measures by Israeli police. Eyewitnesses said the settlers took provocative tours of the compound ....

2,043 new coronavirus infections confirmed in Iran: Health Ministry

Date: 2020-06-08 12:21:44 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8461022

TEHRAN, June 7 (MENA) - Iranian Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 2,043 new coronavirus cases and 70 deaths have been confirmed in Iran during the past 24 hours, according to MEHR news agency. The total number of infections and ....

COVID-19: 87 active cases reported in Palestine

Date: 2020-06-08 10:25:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8460954

RAMALLAH, June 7 (MENA) - Palestinian Health Minister Mai al Kaila said on Monday that the number of active coronavirus cases has reached 87, representing 13.3 percent of the total registered COVID-19 cases. The total number of confirmed ....

Israeli forces detain 27 Palestinians in occupied WB

Date: 2020-06-08 10:09:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8460823

RAMALLAH, June 8 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained Monday 27 Palestinians from various districts of the West Bank, most of them from Al Quds, Wafa news agency quoted the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) as saying. Israeli police ....

Israel reports 61 new cases, one death from COVID-19

Date: 2020-06-08 10:06:50 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8460878

GAZA CITY, June 8 (MENA) -The Israeli Health Ministry on Monday recorded 61 news cases of coronavirus and one death, raising the total of infections to 17,925, the Jerusalem Post reported. Among a total of 2,523 active infections, there are 29 ....

Hebron governor imposes lockdown on Halhoul town after 8 new coronavirus infections detected

Date: 2020-06-08 08:59:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8460824

RAMALLAH, June 8 (MENA) - Hebron Governor Jibrin al-Bakri imposed a lockdown on the town of Halhoul, near the city of Hebron in the south of the West Bank, after eight new infections of coronavirus were detected, Wafa news agency reported. He ....

OIC to hold ministerial meeting Wednesday on Israeli threats to annex parts of Palestine

Date: 2020-06-07 17:38:13 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:8460494

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, June 7 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold a virtual open-ended extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee at the level of foreign ministers on Wednesday to discuss ....

Arab Parliament discusses latest Palestinian developments

Date: 2020-06-07 15:39:37 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:8460152

CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) – Palestine’s committee of the Arab Parliament, led by Speaker Meshaal bin Fahm Al-Salami, held on Sunday an online meeting to discuss the latest developments concerning the Palestinian cause after the occupation government ....

Palestinian national dies in US from coronavirus

Date: 2020-06-06 08:31:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8458474

RAMALLAH, June 6 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that a Palestinian national living in the US died from coronavirus, according to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA). The deceased Palestinian was around 70 years old, ....

UN nuclear watchdog has 'serious concern' at Iran denying inspections

Date: 2020-06-05 20:37:53 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:8458203

NEW YORK, June 5 (MENA) – Iran has now accumulated enriched uranium at nearly eight times the limit of a 2015 deal and has for months blocked inspections at sites where historic nuclear activity may have occurred, the UN watchdog said Friday. The ....