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OHCHR calls on Iran to address multiple human rights violations in context of recent protests
Date: 2019-12-06 12:05:07 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8218690
GENEVA, Dec 6 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed alarm at the continuing lack of transparency about casualties and the treatment of thousands of detainees, as well as continuing arrests reported to be taking ....
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11 killed, 42 injured in gas explosion at wedding in western Iran
Date: 2019-12-06 09:37:06 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8218415
TEHRAN, Dec 6 (MENA) - Eleven people were killed and 42 others injured in a gas explosion at a wedding hall in Iran’s western province of Kurdistan on Thursday night, Iranian news agency Tasnim reported on Friday. In remarks late on Thursday, the ....
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Palestine expresses ‘great concern’ over ICC Prosecutor’s annual report
Date: 2019-12-05 19:15:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:8218105
RAMALLAH, Dec 5 (MENA) – The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has expressed 'great concern’ over the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda’s Annual Report on Preliminary Examination Activities in the Situation in Palestine, WAFA ....
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Esper: US to keep 600 soldiers in Syria
Date: 2019-12-05 10:09:35 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8217039
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Thursday that his country will keep some 600 troops in Syria after it announced the completion of military pullback in northeast the conflict-wrecked country, according to Sky ....
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Fresh intelligence points to Iranian threat against US forces and interests in Middle East, officials say
Date: 2019-12-04 10:18:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8215506
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (MENA) - There is fresh intelligence of a potential Iranian threat against US forces and interests in the Middle East, CNN quoted several US defense and administration officials as saying. "There has been consistent intelligence ....
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Israeli settlers raze lands near Nablus, three Palestinians injured in Qalqiliya
Date: 2019-12-04 07:59:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8215418
RAMALLAH, Dec 4 (MENA) - Bulldozers of Israeli settlers Wednesday razed Palestinian-owned lands in the village of Burin, to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Wafa news agency reported quoting local sources as saying. Ghassan ....
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China supports Palestinian people in restoring legitimate national rights, appreciates Egypt active mediation
Date: 2019-12-04 06:18:57 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:8215358
BEIJING, Dec 4 (MENA) - China's UN ambassador has voiced support for the Palestinian people in efforts to restore their legitimate national rights. At a General Assembly debate on the question of Palestine, China's Permanent Representative to the ....
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Netanyahu to meet Pompeo in Lisbon Wednesday
Date: 2019-12-03 16:18:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:8214890
GAZA CITY, Dec 3 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel Wednesday to Lisbon, Portugal, to meet with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, amid spiraling tensions over Iran, said The Times of Israel The trip comes a day after ....
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Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa under protection of occupation forces
Date: 2019-12-03 15:42:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:8214825
RAMALLAH, Dec 3 (MENA)- Dozens of Israeli settlers on Tuesday to break into Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the occupation forces. The settlers stormed into Al Aqsa from the Maghraba gate and carried out provocative tours and left from Bab ....
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Amnesty International: Death toll from bloody crackdown on protests in Iran rises to 208
Date: 2019-12-03 09:31:47 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8214044
LONDON, Dec 3 (MENA) - The number of people believed to have been killed during demonstrations in Iran that broke out on November 15 has risen to at least 208, said Amnesty International. The real figure is likely to be higher. Dozens of the ....
