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Turkey records over 3,000 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-04-05 19:25:40 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:8384009

ANKARA, April 5 (MENA) - Turkey's coronavirus cases rose by 3,135 in the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 27,069. The death toll from the virus rose by 73 on Saturday to total 574. (MENA) H M E/M S H ....

Israeli forces detain Palestinians in Al Quds

Date: 2020-04-05 13:38:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:8383563

RAMALLAH, April 5 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained on Sunday two Palestinians from the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem after raiding their houses. The Palestinian news agency WAFA said the occupation forces arrested the two ....

Prisoner's Club urges release of detained Palestinian children

Date: 2020-04-05 08:45:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8383053

RAMALLAH, April 5 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation kept 180 Palestinian children in detention despite frequent calls to release them amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), Palestinian Prisoner's Club said on Sunday. The ....

Israeli forces arrest Al Quds governor anew

Date: 2020-04-05 08:10:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8383043

RAMALLAH, April 5 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested Al Quds Governor Adnan Ghaith on Sunday two days after arresting Minister of Al Quds Affairs Fadi el Hadami. The occupation forces raided Ghaith's house in southern the holy city and tempered ....

Israel: Coronavirus cases total rises to 8,018 with 46 deaths

Date: 2020-04-05 07:07:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8382963

RAMALLAH, April 5 (MENA) - The total confirmed number of COVID-19 coronavirus infections in Israel has risen to 8,018 with 46 fatalities, the Health Ministry announced Sunday morning as quoted by Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. Out of those, 127 ....

US illegal sanctions undermine ability to fight coronavirus: Iranian diplomat

Date: 2020-04-04 21:50:25 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:8382842

TEHRAN, April 4 (MENA) - Iranian ambassador to Brussels Gholamhossein Dehghani called upon the EU bloc to join other international organizations in calling for an end to US sanctions amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Dehghani described the ....

Palestine announces 11 new COVID-19 cases

Date: 2020-04-04 09:41:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8382002

RAMALLAH, April 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Health said Saturday that 11 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the West Bank, raising the total in Palestine to 205, according to the Palestinian news agency. Ministry spokesman ....

Israel: 42 victims of coronavirus, more than 7,500 people infected

Date: 2020-04-04 08:36:33 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8381927

GAZA CITY, April 4 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry said on Saturday that 7,589 people in the country have been infected with the coronavirus. The health ministry report showed that some 115 people were in serious condition, including 98 who ....

New coronavirus cases in Palestinian territories

Date: 2020-04-04 07:18:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8381872

RAMALLAH, April 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian government said on Saturday that 33 coronavirus cases were detected over the past 24 hours taking the total figure to 194 in the territories. Government Spokesman Ibrahim Melhim said a statement that the ....

Turkey seizes shipment of ventilators heading to Spain

Date: 2020-04-04 07:02:40 GMT - Spain - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8381808

MADRID, April 4 (MENA) - Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Turkey has seized an aircraft laden with ventilators imported from China. Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya said that Ankara has been holding since last Saturday ....