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  • Iran registers 18,230 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-05-16 14:04:51 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8959359

    TEHRAN, May 16 (MENA) – The Iranian health ministry announced on Saturday that 18,230 new cases of coronavirus infection have been reported across the country during the past 24 hours, adding that 374 patients have passed away in the same period of ....

  • Jordanian parl't: Jordan supports Palestinians to establish independent state

    Date: 2021-05-16 13:03:14 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8959033

    AMMAN, May 16 (MENA) – Speaker of Jordan's House of Representatives Abdul Monem Odat asserted on Sunday that the Jordanian people are united to support Palestinian people in their aim to establish an independent Palestinian state. In statements ....

  • 23 Palestinian civilians pulled out dead from debris

    Date: 2021-05-16 10:23:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8958964

    RAMALLAH, May 16 (MENA) - Twenty-three more dead bodies for innocent Palestinian civilians were pulled out from the rubble of the homes levelled to the ground last night by Israeli warplanes in the neighborhood of Al-Rimal in Gaza City, raising the ....

  • Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli violations against Palestinians

    Date: 2021-05-16 10:14:52 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8959022

    RIYADH, May 16 (MENA) - Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal ben Farhan condemned on Sunday flagrant Israeli violations against the Palestinians and the expulsion of Palestinians from the east Jerusalem Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. At the virtual meeting ....

  • EU foreign ministers to hold urgent meeting on Israel, Palestine fighting: Borrell

    Date: 2021-05-16 09:06:00 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8958901

    BRUSSELS, May 16 (MENA) - European Union foreign ministers will hold urgent video talks on the escalating fighting between Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday, the bloc’s foreign policy chief said. “In view of the ongoing escalation between ....

  • Israeli police arrest 25 Palestinians in Al Quds

    Date: 2021-05-16 09:01:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8958893

    RAMALLAH, May 16 (MENA) - Israeli police arrested 25 Palestinians in Al Quds on Sunday, bringing to 1,000 the number of arrests since the start of the unrest. Israeli police assaulted women and children in Silwan district and other parts before ....

  • UN Secretary General 'deeply disturbed' by Israeli strike on Gaza media building

    Date: 2021-05-16 08:57:46 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8958884

    NEW YORK, May 16 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was "dismayed" by civilian casualties in Gaza and "deeply disturbed" by Israel's strike on a building containing international media outlets, a spokesman said Saturday in response to ....

  • Malaysian King expresses concern over Israeli attacks

    Date: 2021-05-16 07:58:21 GMT - Malaysia - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8958797

    KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 (MENA) - King Al Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah of Malaysia has expressed concern and sadness over the Israeli military aggression and violent attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Gaza Strip. Al-Sultan ....

  • China: UNSC should reconfirm two-state solution

    Date: 2021-05-16 07:20:54 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8958748

    BEIJING, May 16 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on the U.N. Security Council to seek an early de-escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers. He also blamed the U.S. for the council's lack of action so ....

  • Thousands gather in Toronto to denounce violence against Palestinians

    Date: 2021-05-16 05:04:36 GMT - Canada - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:8958637

    TORONTO, May 16 (MENA) - Thousands of demonstrators packed into Nathan Phillips Square near city hall to denounce the violence against Palestinians in Gaza. Toronto police estimated between 2,500 and 5,000 people attended the protest, euronews ....

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