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  • Iran registers more than 18,000 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-05-06 14:24:39 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:8945119

    TEHRAN, May 6 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry announced Thursday that 18,409 new coronavirus cases were recorded over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in the country to 2,610,018, Mehr News Agency ....

  • Al Azhar condemns Israeli violations against Sheikh Jarrah residents

    Date: 2021-05-06 13:27:16 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:8945021

    CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) - Al Azhar strongly condemned Israeli violations against residents of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem following protests against their forced displacement from their homes. In a statement, Al Azhar expressed full ....

  • Palestine registers 651 new COVID-19 cases, 9 deaths

    Date: 2021-05-06 10:34:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8944779

    RAMALLAH, May 6 (MENA) - Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said 651 new COVID-19 infections, nine deaths and 1,931 recoveries were registered in Palestine during the past 24 hours. In her daily report on the coronavirus pandemic, Alkaila said ....

  • Palestinian PM urges int'l community to condemn death of Palestinian teen

    Date: 2021-05-06 10:27:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8944763

    RAMALLAH, May 6 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh urged the international community to condemn Israeli killing of a 16-year-old teenager during clashes in the Palestinian village of Odala, south of Nablus. He called on international ....

  • Israeli forces arrest 5 Palestinians in West Bank

    Date: 2021-05-06 10:24:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8944756

    RAMALLAH, May 6 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested five Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank on Thursday. The arrests took place in Toubas, Ramallah and Bethlehem. Meanwhile, Israeli warships attacked Palestinian fishermen's boats ....

  • Abul Gheit slams forced displacement of residents of Sheikh Jarrah district in E. Jerusalem

    Date: 2021-05-06 10:03:35 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8944661

    CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit condemned forced displacement of residents in Sheikh Jarrah district in E.Jerusalem. He called on the international community to intervene to prevent this measure which violates ....

  • Hungary offers seven intensive care units to Palestine

    Date: 2021-05-06 09:07:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8944590

    RAMALLAH, May 6 (MENA) - The Hungarian government decided to donate seven intensive care units to the Palestinian government to help the country face coronavirus outbreak. Two units will be donated to Holy Family hospital in Bethlehem and the ....

  • Palestinian PM urges int'l community to condemn death of Palestinian teen

    Date: 2021-05-05 22:09:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:109 - ID:8944285

    RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh urged on Wednesday the international community to condemn Israeli killing of a 16-year-old teenager during clashes in the Palestinian village of Odala, south of Nablus. He called on ....

  • One killed, another wounded in Nablus clashes

    Date: 2021-05-05 21:45:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:106 - ID:8944267

    RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) - A 16-year-old Palestinian was gunned down and another was wounded in clashes that erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinians in a a West Bank village south of Nablus. Meanwhile, ten Palestinians were wounded and two ....

  • Israeli president tasks Yair Lapid with forming government

    Date: 2021-05-05 20:19:06 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:8944164

    GAZA CITY, May 5 (MENA) - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin Wednesday announced that he decided to task Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid with forming Israel's next government following Benjamin Netanyahu's failure again to break more than two years of ....

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