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Palestine: Two new coronavirus cases detected

Date: 2020-03-17 10:59:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8357414

RAMALLAH, March 17 (MENA) - Palestinian government Spokesman Ibrahim Melhim said on Tuesday two new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of contractions to 41. The two cases came from abroad and they were quarantined, ....

Iran releases 85,000 prisoners from to stop spread of coronavirus

Date: 2020-03-17 10:43:36 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8357347

TEHRAN, March 17 (MENA) - Iran has temporarily freed around 85,000 prisoners including political detainees in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus, the Daily Mail quoted the government as saying on Tuesday. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein ....

Israel's coronavirus cases reach 304, health officials confirm

Date: 2020-03-17 09:08:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8357200

RAMALLAH, March 17 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry said another six people have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of infected in Israel to 304, Ynet reported. Five patients have recovered and have already been released ....

Turkey detects 29 more coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-03-16 21:45:50 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:8356874

ANKARA, March 16 (MENA) - Turkey detected 29 new coronavirus cases, upping the total number of cases to 41. Sky news channel reported the news on Monday without giving any further details. (MENA) M N E/M H E ....

Scores of Israeli settlers storm into Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2020-03-16 11:42:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8355810

RAMALLAH, March 16 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque guarded by Israeli police, the Palestinian Awqaf Ministry said. The settlers conducted provocative tours and performed Talmudic rituals inside the mosque, the ....

Israeli president tasks Gantz with forming government

Date: 2020-03-15 21:59:33 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:8355264

GAZA CITY, March 15 (MENA) - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin tasked Benny Gantz, the leader of Blue and White alliance, with forming a government after the Blue and White leader received the endorsement of a majority of Knesset members, The Times of ....

Netanyahu’s trial delayed by 2 months due to coronavirus

Date: 2020-03-15 09:01:21 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8354173

GAZA CITY, March 15 (MENA) - Israel’s Justice Ministry has delayed the start of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial by two months as the government takes increasingly stricter measures to halt the spread of the coronavirus, ....

Iran summons Swiss ambassador over US allegations

Date: 2020-03-14 09:33:25 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8352880

TEHRAN, March 14 (MENA) - Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Swiss ambassador, whose country represents the US interests in Iran, over the US president’s allegations against the country after a recent attack on a military base used by the ....

2 Palestinians injured in Kafr Qaddum

Date: 2020-03-13 19:37:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:8352250

RAMALLAH, March 13 (MENA) - At least two Palestinians, including a journalist, were injured by Israeli occupation forces Friday during the weekly protest against Israeli settlements, in the village of Kafr Qaddum in the northern West Bank, local ....

Death toll in Iran from coronavirus reaches 429: Health official

Date: 2020-03-13 12:38:43 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8352021

TEHRAN, March 13 (MENA) - Iran reported 75 new deaths from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said, bringing the death toll to 429 in the worst-hit country in the Middle East, US News reported. "We have identified 1,075 new ....