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Occupation troops detain 10 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2020-05-18 10:21:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8436826

RAMALLAH, May 18 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested ten Palestinians Monday in various part of the West Bank, reported Wafa News Agency. Occupation forces besieged the house of a freed Palestinian captive before raiding it and wreaking ....

Five Palestinians arrested in W.Bank

Date: 2020-05-18 07:35:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8436669

RAMALLAH CITY, May 18 (MENA) - Five Palestinians were arrested by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank cities of Al Khalil (Hebron) and Jericho, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Palestinian residents of the southern West Bank town ....

Palestinian health ministry: 3-month-old baby with coronavirus in intensive care

Date: 2020-05-18 07:32:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8436688

RAMALLAH, May 18 (MENA) - A three-month-old baby infant from a Hebron village was admitted to intensive care Monday after he was found infected with coronavirus. The infant from the village of village of Beit Ula, south of the southern West Bank ....

UK-flagged tanker repulses pirate attack in Gulf of Aden

Date: 2020-05-17 21:36:40 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:8436508

LONDON, May 17 (MENA) - Armed pirates attacked a British-flagged chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday but were repulsed, the ship's manager Stolt Tankers said. The pirates approached the Stolt Apal in two speedboats some 75 nautical ....

Turkey reports 44 new coronavirus deaths

Date: 2020-05-17 19:24:02 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:8436406

ANKARA, May 17 (MENA) - The number of people who have died from COVID-19 in Turkey has risen by 44 in the last 24 hours to 4,140, with 1,368 new cases of the virus being reported, Turkish Health Ministry data showed on Sunday. The total number of ....

7 Palestinian governorates free of COVID-19: Palestinian health minister

Date: 2020-05-17 13:12:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8435820

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Palestinian Minster of Health Mai Alkaila confirmed that seven of the 17 governorates of Palestine are now completely free of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after the last seven active cases in Ramallah have ....

Erekat hails Jordan king's rejection of Israeli annexation plans

Date: 2020-05-17 12:09:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8435761

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee Secretary Saeb Erekat on Sunday hailed Jordan's King Abdullah's rejection of Israeli plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. King Abdullah's stance ....

Israeli forces arrest two Palestinians in Ya'bad town

Date: 2020-05-17 09:19:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8435620

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested two Palestinians in Ya'bad town in the West Bank. A big Israeli force raided several districts in the town before arresting the two. (MENA) S R E ....

West Bank town of Ya'bad under tight siege for fifth day: WAFA

Date: 2020-05-16 19:37:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:8435241

RAMALLAH, May 16 (MENA) - For the fifth consecutive day, the town of Ya'bad, north the occupied West Bank, has been under a tight Israeli military siege and crackdown, WAFA reported on Saturday Forces cordoned off and shut down all entrances to ....

10 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Jordan, bringing total to 596

Date: 2020-05-15 18:06:20 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:8434142

AMMAN, May 15 (MENA) - Ten new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Jordan on Friday, bringing the total number of cases since the beginning of the crisis in early March to 596 according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health. Among the new ....