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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 ....

Turkey registers 786 new coronvirus cases

Date: 2020-06-02 22:58:46 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:8454467

ANKARA, June 2 (MENA) - Turkey has registered on Tuesday 786 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country's total to 165,555 In a tweet, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced that 22 new coronavirus-linked deaths have been ....

Iran registers 3,227 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-06-02 17:16:20 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8454182

TEHRAN, June 2 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry's spokesman said the number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 across the country has risen to 157,562 following the detection of 3,117 new cases since yesterday, Tasnim news agency ....

Palestine threatens to backpedal deals with Israel, US

Date: 2020-06-02 14:49:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8453947

RAMALLAH, June 2 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Tuesday that the Palestinian leadership, under President Mahmoud Abbas, will backtrack on all agreements signed with Israel and the US if Israel went ahead with its ....

Israeli soldier arrested for allegedly threatening to hurt Netanyahu

Date: 2020-06-02 14:39:10 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8453782

GAZA CITY, June 2 (MENA) - Israeli police on Tuesday arrested a 21-year-old soldier from northern Israel on suspicion of publishing a Facebook post calling to harm Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ynet reported. It is the third case of alleged ....