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Israeli occupation forces arrest 13 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2020-10-26 08:34:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8644449

RAMALLAH, Oct 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested on Monday 13 Palestinians from various areas of the West Bank, Wafa News Agency reported quoting the Palestinian Prisoners' Club as saying. The Israeli occupants arrest four ....

Israel reports 559 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-10-26 07:25:23 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8644349

GAZA CITY, Oct 26 (MENA) - Some 559 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on over the past 24 hours, with 2.8% of tests returning positive, according to a Monday morning update by the Israeli Health Ministry. Israel's tally ....

4 Israeli citizens arrested in Ukraine for smuggling 120kg of cocaine

Date: 2020-10-25 19:50:17 GMT - Ukraine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:8644055

RAMALLAH, Oct 25 (MENA) - Four Israeli citizens were arrested in Odesa after smuggling about 120 kilograms of cocaine from Peru to Ukraine, The Jerusalem Post reported. Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs published footage of the arrests, ....

Israeli PM: We must not reopen Israel too fast

Date: 2020-10-25 18:59:24 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:8644003

RAMALLAH, Oct 25 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned Sunday against ending the ongoing partial lockdown too quickly, insisting that restrictions must be removed incrementally, over a long period of time, Arutz Sheva ....

OIC, Australia discuss countering terrorism, extremism

Date: 2020-10-25 16:41:12 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8643840

JEDDAH, Oct 25 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen on Sunday discussed at a meeting with Australian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ridwaan Jadwat a number of topics related to peace ....

Scores of settlers storm Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2020-10-25 12:12:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8643330

RAMALLAH, Oct 25 (MENA) - 67 Israeli settlers broke into Al Aqsa Mosque led by Israeli member of Knesset Shuli Moalem, reported Wafa News Agency Sunday. Israeli extremists thrusted into the environs of the Al Aqsa Mosque, under protection of ....

Israel reports 424 new coronavirus cases among army personnel, 2,992 in quarantine

Date: 2020-10-25 10:42:41 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8643142

GAZA CITY, Oct 25 (MENA) - Some 424 Israeli soldiers and staff in the Israeli defense forces were infected with the novel coronavirus as of Sunday morning, with one soldier in moderate condition. Some 2,992 soldiers are in quarantine, the Jerusalem ....

SOHR: Turkish forces and proxies shell areas controlled by Kurdish forces in Aleppo countryside

Date: 2020-10-25 05:49:10 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:8642765

LONDON, Oct 25 (MENA) - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Turkish forces and their proxy factions shelled Saturday night the surrounding areas of Tal Rifaat city and Mar’naaz village in areas under the control of Kurdish forces in the northern ....

Quake jolts Qazvin Province of Iran

Date: 2020-10-24 17:10:19 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:8642438

TEHRAN, Oct 24 (MENA) – An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale rocked the Qazvin Province of Iran on Saturday, IRNA reported. According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the earthquake ....

Firefighting planes combat forest fire in Galilee area

Date: 2020-10-24 16:43:59 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8642433

RAMALLAH, Oct 24 (MENA) – Firefighting planes arrived in Israel's Galilee area to combat a fire that broke out near the towns of Majd al-Krum, Deir al-Assad and Kibbutz Tuval, Ynet reported Saturday. Fire and rescue teams were called to the ....