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Khalifa Foundation donates AED 5.5 million for school supplies for 3,400 Palestinian refugees in Gaza

Date: 2019-11-17 08:46:33 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8190906

ABU DHABI, Nov 17 (MENA) - The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has donated AED 5.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA, to implement its project to provide school supplies to ....

Israeli police kill Palestinian youth near Jerusalem

Date: 2019-11-17 08:03:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8190858

RAMALLAH, Nov 17 (MENA) - Israeli police killed early Sunday a Palestinian youth from the occupied East Jerusalem during an apparent police chase south of the city, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Israeli police opened fire at a ....

Iran protests' death toll rose to 11 persons

Date: 2019-11-16 20:38:20 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:8190547

TEHRAN, Nov 16 (MENA) - Iran protests' death toll rose to 11 persons by Friday evening. Earlier on Saturday, four protesters, including a child, were killed during clashes with Iranian security forces in Khorramshahr south of Ahavez city. The ....

Iran's economic council convenes urgent meeting on fuel price hike

Date: 2019-11-16 11:07:31 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8189905

TEHRAN, Nov 16 (MENA) - Iran's Supreme Council of Economic Coordination convened Saturday an emergency meeting to discuss the repercussions of fuel price rising. MPs will submit an urgent draft law obligating the government to scrap the latest ....

Turkey replaces four more Kurdish mayors over alleged terror links

Date: 2019-11-16 10:38:57 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8189854

ANKARA, Nov 16 (MENA) - Turkey removed four more mayors from their posts on Saturday as part of a widening government crackdown against the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), and replaced them with state appointees, Al Arabiya channel ....

Shalamchech border terminal closed over Iran protests

Date: 2019-11-16 10:31:50 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8189835

BAGHDAD, Nov 16 (MENA) - Shalamchech border terminal linking Iraq and Iran, in eastern Basra governorate, was closed due to the protests taking place in Iran, an Iraqi security source said on Saturday. The closure of the border crossing was not ....

One dead during petrol protests in Iran, reports say

Date: 2019-11-16 10:31:03 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8189856

TEHRAN, Nov 16 (MENA) - One civilian was killed and other people were injured in Iran's Sirjan, the semi-official news agency ISNA said on Saturday, a day after protests started in the central city over a petrol price hike. "Unfortunately someone ....

Protests strike Iran cities over gasoline prices rising

Date: 2019-11-16 10:10:44 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8189829

TEHRAN, Nov 16 (MENA) - Protesters angered by Iran raising subsidized gasoline prices by 50 percent blocked traffic in several cities and clashed occasionally with police Saturday, the day after overnight rallies included an attempted attack on a ....

OIC welcomes UN Fourth Committee voting to extend UNRWA's mandate

Date: 2019-11-16 10:00:25 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8189804

RIYADH, Nov 16 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the voting of the UN Fourth Committee on a number of draft resolutions on Palestine, mainly with regard to renewing the mandate of the UN Relief and Works Agency for ....

Israeli warplanes attack targets in Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-11-16 08:10:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:8189676

GAZA CITY, Nov 16 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes attacked Saturday morning several targets across Gaza Strip, causing heavy damage to the locations, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Israeli jets fired more than eight missiles at targets ....