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459 COVID-19 deaths, 9,236 cases in 24 hours in Iran

Date: 2020-11-08 13:10:04 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8663400

TEHRAN, Nov 8 (MENA) – The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 9,236 COVID-19 infections and 459 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours, Mehr News reported. Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari made the announcement on Sunday, ....

Palestine registers 549 new coronavirus infections, three deaths

Date: 2020-11-08 12:02:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8663357

RAMALLAH, Nov 8 (MENA) - Minister of Health Mai Alkiala confirmed that 549 new infections, three deaths of coronavirus and 444 recoveries were registered in Palestine during the last 24 hours. In her daily coronavirus report, she said 58 new ....

17 violations against journalists in Palestinian territories in Oct. documented --report

Date: 2020-11-08 09:56:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8663077

RAMALLAH, Nov 8 (MENA) - Seventeen violations committed by Israeli occupation forces against journalists and media institutions working in the occupied Palestinian territories during last October were documented, Wafa News Agency said in a report ....

Israel records 207 new coronavirus infections

Date: 2020-11-08 06:53:46 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8662788

GAZA CITY, Nov 8 (MENA) - Some 207 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Saturday, with 2.6% of tests returning positive, according to a Sunday morning update by the Health Ministry. Out of those infected, 319 were in ....

Erdogan ousts Central Bank governor after lira free-fall continues

Date: 2020-11-07 12:38:19 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:8661851

ANKARA, Nov 7 (MENA) - Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dismissed the central bank governor as the country is beset by its second currency crisis in two years, The Wall Street Journal reported. In a decree published in the early hours of ....

EU extends sanctions framework on Turkey over East Mediterranean drilling

Date: 2020-11-06 20:14:22 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:8661005

BRUSSELS, Nov 6 (MENA) – EU member states on Friday extended for another year a sanctions framework against Turkey allowing visa bans and asset freezes against individuals involved in contested gas exploration in the Mediterranean, local news ....

Chief of Cyprus National Guard briefs EU counterparts on Turkey’s provocative actions in East Med

Date: 2020-11-06 19:29:16 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:8660974

NICOSIA, Nov 6 (MENA) – The Cypriot Chief of National Guard, Lieutenant General Demokritos Zervakis, briefed EU counterparts on Turkey’s provocative actions in the Eastern Mediterranean while addressing a European Union Military Committee meeting at ....

Iran reports 8,864 daily COVID-19 cases

Date: 2020-11-06 15:05:09 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:8660798

TEHRAN, Nov 6 (MENA) - Iran's health ministry reported 8,864 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, raising the total nationwide number to 663,800, Xinhua reported. The pandemic has so far claimed 37,409 lives in Iran, up by 424 in the past 24 hours, said ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 10 ex-prisoners from Tulkarm, northern WB

Date: 2020-11-05 08:25:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8658647

RAMALLAH, Nov 5 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces carried out a large-scale arrest campaign in the northern West Bank governorate of Tulkarm, detaining 10 Palestinian ex-prisoners, WAFA News Agency reported. The arrest operation came after the ....

Israel detains 18 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2020-11-04 08:21:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8657051

RAMALLAH, Nov 4 (MENA) - Israel detained on Wednesday 18 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank. The Israeli forces detained four Palestinians from Hebron, three from Jenin, one from Bethlehem and 10 from al Quds. (MENA) M H K/A S E ....