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Scores of Palestinians suffocated by tear gas bombs in Hebron

Date: 2020-11-01 11:41:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8652829

RAMALLAH, Nov 1 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinians suffered suffocation due to inhaling toxic gas fired by the Israeli forces at them in southern Hebron on Sunday. Israeli forces arrested a liberated Palestinian prisoner after raiding his house ....

Israel records 218 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-11-01 07:32:38 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8652510

GAZA CITY, Nov 1 (MENA) - Some 218 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Saturday, with 2.9% of tests returning positive, according to an Israeli Health Ministry update on Sunday morning quoted by The Jerusalem Post. Out ....

5.0 magnitude aftershock hits Turkey after deadly earthquake

Date: 2020-10-31 08:21:54 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8651188

MOSCOW, Oct 31 (MENA) - Tremors struck the Mediterranean region Friday, hitting Turkey and Greece and claiming at least 25 lives and injuring over 800. The quake even caused a small tsunami that flooded the streets of Sigacik in Izmir, Russian news ....

Death toll in Turkey’s earthquake rises to 25 with 804 injured

Date: 2020-10-31 07:44:35 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8651168

MOSCOW, Oct 31 (MENA) - At least 25 people have been killed in an earthquake in Turkey’s western Izmir province, the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) reported on Saturday. According to its report, 25 people were ....

Powerful earthquake jolts Turkey and Greece, killing at least fourteen

Date: 2020-10-30 19:06:33 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:8651008

ANKARA, Oct 30 (MENA) - At least fourteen people have been killed in Turkey and Greece after a powerful earthquake hit the Aegean Sea on Friday afternoon, sending buildings crashing down and triggering what authorities have called a "mini tsunami", ....

US decision to label Jerusalem as part of Israel 'attempt to erase Palestinians' - PLO

Date: 2020-10-30 17:47:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:8650901

RAMALLAH, Oct 30 (MENA) - Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said Friday that the US State Department's decision to allow the labelling of Jerusalem as part of Israel in official US ....

Total death toll from Greece-Turkey earthquake rises to at least 8

Date: 2020-10-30 17:23:54 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:8650878

ANKARA, Oct 30 (MENA) - At least eight people have died in total across Turkey and Greece after an earthquake struck the Aegean Sea near both countries, CNN reported. Six people died in Turkey, and another 257 people have been injured in the ....

Clashes erupt between Palestinians, Israeli forces in central Hebron

Date: 2020-10-30 16:38:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:8650537

RAMALLAH, Oct 30 (MENA) - Clashes erupted on Friday between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces in Bab al Zawiya area in central Hebron, south the West Bank, according to WAFA News Agency. The confrontations broke out when Israeli forces ....

Amb.: Moscow supports normalization between Israel, Arab countries

Date: 2020-10-30 08:30:40 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8650093

GAZA CITY, Oct 30 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov said that Moscow supports normalization of ties between Israel and Arab countries as it believes that time is right for solving the Israeli-Palestinian problem and achieving a ....

Arab Parliament condemns Israeli settlement policy, urges Palestinians to unite their ranks

Date: 2020-10-29 21:22:52 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:8649975

CAIRO, Oct 29 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament asserted on Thursday that the Palestinian issue will remain a top priority for Arabs until the Palestinian people achieve their hopes and aspirations for establishing an independent state with East ....