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UAE FM confirms rejection of Israel’s plans to annex Palestinian lands

Date: 2020-05-10 11:29:37 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8426977

ABU DHABI, May 10 (MENA) - UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan expressed deep concern and rejection of the plans and measures included in the program of the new Israeli government to ....

Turkey reports 1,546 new coronavirus cases, 50 deaths

Date: 2020-05-09 21:49:03 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:8426579

ANKARA, May 9 (MENA) - The number of people who have died from COVID-19 in Turkey has risen by 50 in the last 24 hours to 3,739, with 1,546 new cases of the virus being reported, Turkish Health Ministry data showed on Saturday. The total number of ....

Iran confirms 48 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours, toll rises 6,589

Date: 2020-05-09 19:27:53 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:8426474

TEHRAN, May 9 (MENA) - The head of Iran's Health Ministry's Public Relations Office said Saturday that 48 people lost their lives to COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, taking the virus overall toll to 6,589. In a statement carried by IRNA news ....

US confirms Pompeo to travel to Israel on May 13

Date: 2020-05-08 18:00:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:8425457

WASHINGTON, May 8 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Israel next week to discuss the coronavirus pandemic with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset speaker Benny Gantz, the US State Department confirmed Friday. ....

Cyprus protests to UN over Turkey’s maritime carve-up

Date: 2020-05-07 22:08:27 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:8424538

NICOSIA, May 7 (MENA) – In two letters sent to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Cyprus condemns Turkey’s unlawful maritime claims and new illegal drilling operations in its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, Financial Mirror ....

Israel president tasks Netanyahu with forming govt

Date: 2020-05-07 21:44:42 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:8424564

GAZA CITY, May 7 (MENA) - Israel''s president on Thursday tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming a new government after Parliament passed legislations approving details of a power-sharing deal between the premier’s Likud and centrist ....

Israeli settlement practices in Palestine illegal: Arab Troika

Date: 2020-05-07 10:49:32 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8423588

NEW YORK, May 7 (MENA) - An Arab Troika delegation asserted that all Israeli settlement practices in Palestine are illegal. This came on Thursday, in a virtual meeting of the Oman-led Troika representatives and an Arab League delegation with UN ....

Palestine condemns Israel’s approval of 7,000 settlement units in West Bank

Date: 2020-05-06 19:55:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:8423163

RAMALLAH, May 6 (MENA) – The Palestinian Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry condemned on Wednesday Israeli defense minister Naftali Bennett’s approval of the construction of some 7,000 new units in the colonial settlement of Efrat, south of ....

Israel's coronavirus deaths rise to 239

Date: 2020-05-06 16:20:44 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8422961

GAZA CITY, May 6 (MENA) - As of Wednesday morning, there are 16,314 confirmed coronavirus cases in Israel, while 239 patients have succumbed to the virus, Ynet reported. The Israeli Health Ministry said there are 5,549 people currently infected ....

Israel to lease surveillance drones to Greece

Date: 2020-05-06 15:17:10 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8422753

GAZA CITY, May 6 (MENA) - Israel will lease surveillance drones to Greece following a deal between the two countries, EKathimerini newspaper reported Wednesday. The three-year lease agreement gives Greece the option to buy the drones after the ....