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  • Thousands protest against Netanyahu in Jerusalem

    Date: 2020-09-26 20:03:31 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:8604054

    GAZA CITY, Sept 26 (MENA) - Thousands of Israelis took part in protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu throughout the country Saturday, with the largest events held in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Caesarea, The Times of Israel reported. ....

  • Iran reports 3,563 COVID-19 cases, 207 deaths in 24h

    Date: 2020-09-25 14:45:19 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8602669

    TEHRAN, Sept 25 (MENA) - Iran’s Health Ministry confirmed 3,563 new COVID-19 infections and 207 deaths in the past 24 hours, Mehr news agency reported. The Ministry’s spokeswoman, Sima Lari, said that the total number of confirmed cases in Iran ....

  • Palestine registers 452 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-09-25 09:58:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8602232

    RAMALLAH, Sept 25 (MENA) - Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaileh announced on Friday that 452 new coronavirus cases have been reported in the past 24 hours. Kaileh added in a released statement that five new coronavirus-linked deaths have ....

  • Israeli forces raid houses in Hebron, arrest Palestinian citizen

    Date: 2020-09-25 09:32:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8602178

    RAMALLAH, Sept 25 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces raided on Friday a number of houses and arrested a Palestinian citizen in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, state news agency WAFA reported. Local sources in the city said clashes have ....

  • Syria's constitutional committee to convene in Geneva in October - Russian diplomat

    Date: 2020-09-24 15:06:55 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:8601358

    MOSCOW, Sept 24 (MENA) – The next session of Syria's Constitutional Committee could be held in Geneva in October, the exact date will depend on the COVID-19 situation, Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations office in Geneva, ....

  • Turkey should cling to halting escalation against Greece: Greek PM

    Date: 2020-09-24 11:54:07 GMT - Greece - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8600970

    ATHENS, Sept 24 (MENA) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Turkey should avoid any escalation against his country, reported Cyprus News Agency. In his word before a European People's Party (EPP) 's summit held via video conference ....

  • NENA ministers commit to bolstering collaboration on food, agriculture amid COVID-19 challenges

    Date: 2020-09-22 17:28:40 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:8598628

    CAIRO, Sept 22 (MENA) - Ministers from the Near East and North Africa (NENA) approved a historical declaration that sets a foundation for strengthened collaboration across the region to build lasting solutions to the most urgent and pressing food ....

  • Russia: 4 ceasefire violations detected in Syria over past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-09-22 14:13:06 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:8598306

    MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syrian truce has registered four ceasefire breaches in Syria over the past 24 hours. The Russian side added that two violations were ....

  • 557 COVID-19 cases detected in Palestine

    Date: 2020-09-22 12:51:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:8598307

    RAMALLAH, Sept 22 (MENA) - Five people have died of coronavirus in Palestine and 557 new cases were confirmed along with 1142 recoveries, WAFA quoted Minister of Health Mai Alkaila as having said. She said that four of the five deaths were in the ....

  • US will not embrace Iran regardless of November election outcome: Official

    Date: 2020-09-22 06:21:52 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8597597

    WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - The sanctions reimposed by the United States against Tehran will be effective and regardless of the outcome of the presidential elections in November, the top US diplomat on Iran has said. “I think they [Iranian ....

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