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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 ....

Iran: 2,886 new coronavirus cases reported, 63 deaths

Date: 2020-06-05 12:21:23 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8457726

TEHRAN, June 5 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry said that 2,886 coronavirus cases have been detected since Thursday, state news agency IRNA reported. Head of the Iranian Health Ministry's Public Relations Office Kianoush Jahanpour said on ....

UK says it opposes Israel's annexation plans

Date: 2020-06-05 09:37:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8457454

RAMALLAH, June 5 (MENA) - UK Minister for Middle East and North Africa James Cleverly highlighted his country’s opposition to Israel's annexation plans, expressing Britain's longstanding support for the two-state solution, state news agency WAFA ....

EU calls for comprehensive ceasefire in Libya

Date: 2020-06-04 22:32:53 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:8457162

BRUSSELS, June 4 (MENA) - EU renewed Thursday its calls for adopting ceasefire in Libya and refrained to comment on the latest developments as Libya’s UN-recognized unity government said that it was back in full control of the capital and its ....

Israeli forces round up 19 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2020-06-04 11:49:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8456289

RAMALLAH, June 4 (MENA) - Israeli forces today arrested 19 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank, WAFA news agency quoted the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) as having said. Israeli forces held five Palestinians in two ....

Scores of Israeli settlers barge into Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2020-06-04 11:29:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8456277

RAMALLAH, June 4 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers broke anew into Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli occupation troops, reported Wafa News Agency (Wafa) Thursday. Some 90 settlers barged into the mosque from Bab Al-Mugharbah Gate, ....

One new coronavirus case confirmed in Jenin; total reaches 636 in Palestine

Date: 2020-06-03 22:40:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:8455820

RAMALLAH, June 3 (MENA) - One new coronavirus case was confirmed in southern Jenin, West Bank , bringing the total in Palestine to 636, WAFA cited Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila as saying. Out of the 636 cases, 391 are in the West ....

OIC disburses urgent financial grants to five member states due to coronavirus pandemic

Date: 2020-06-03 17:07:33 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8455140

RIYADH, June 3 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef Al-Othaimeen has delivered urgent financial grants to the permanent representatives of some of OIC member states to help strengthen the capabilities of ....

Italy warns of Israeli plans to annex parts of Palestinian lands

Date: 2020-06-03 11:09:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8454847

RAMALLAH/ROME, June 3 (MENA) - Palestinian media outlets said Wednesday that Italy expressed concern over Israel's plans to annex parts of the West Bank and Jordan Valley, pointing out that Israeli unilateral plans, if implemented, would put any ....

Cypriot, German FMs discuss Turkish provocations in Eastern Mediterranean

Date: 2020-06-03 05:59:31 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:8454516

NICOSIA, June 3 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that he held talks with his German counterpart Heiko Maas on the Turkish provocations in Eastern Mediterranean. He added in a tweet that the two sides discussed the ....