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Lavrov appoints deputy UN envoy Safronkov special representative on Middle East settlement

Date: 2020-07-09 14:26:36 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8501885

MOSCOW, July 9 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov appointed Deputy Permanent Representative to UN Vladimir Safronkov his special envoy on the Middle East settlement, Urdu Point quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying ....

3 Turkish military policemen killed in truck blast

Date: 2020-07-09 13:34:18 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8501835

ANKARA, July 9 (MENA) - A truck carrying fireworks exploded in northwestern Turkey on Thursday, killing three military police officers and wounding 12 others, said ABC news. The fireworks and explosives, which were from a factory where a blast ....

GCC chief commends Arab solidarity with Palestine

Date: 2020-07-09 08:23:24 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8501273

Abu Dhabi, July 9 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf lauded the supportive stance expressed by the Arab foreign ministers council towards Palestinians in the face of the Israeli scheme to annex ....

Erekat thanks S. American, European legislatures for rejecting Israel's annexation plan

Date: 2020-07-07 16:54:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:8499495

RAMALLAH, July 7 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat has extended thanks to the parliaments of Chile, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands for their rejection of the ....

Chinese Ambassador: Israeli violations should not be legalized

Date: 2020-07-07 09:50:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8498673

RAMALLAH, July 7 (MENA) - Chinese Ambassador to Palestine Guo Wei said on Tuesday that Israeli violations against the Palestinian people should not be legalized. In statements published by the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), he added that atop ....

Israeli forces detain 19 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2020-07-07 07:51:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8498554

RAMALLAH, July 7 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday detained 19 Palestinians from the West Bank. According to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), six of the Palestinians were detained from Ramallah, seven from Tulkarm and three from ....

Israeli occupation forces detain 13 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2020-07-06 09:54:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8497160

RAMALLAH, July 6 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained on Monday 13 Palestinians, mostly from the West Bank district of Ramallah and al-Bireh, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS confirmed in a press release that Israeli forces ....

Abbas briefs Merkel on Palestine's refusal of Israeli annexation plans

Date: 2020-07-05 19:49:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:8496738

RAMALLAH, July 5 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated on Sunday German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the chairmanship of the European Union and Security Council, WAFA reported. In a phone call, Abbas briefed Merkel on the ....

Israel reports 548 new coronavirus cases, one death

Date: 2020-07-05 18:42:24 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:8496737

GAZA, July 5 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry announced Sunday that as of midnight 548 people have been confirmed to be infected by a coronavirus and one woman has died bringing the death toll to 331. According to the figures released by the ....

Palestine confirms 208 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-07-05 11:53:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8495896

RAMALLAH, July 5 (MENA) – The Ministry of Health announced Sunday 208 new infection with coronavirus, reported Wafa News Agency. According to the ministry, 185 of the new cases were in Hebron, 11 in Bethlehem, two in Tulkarm, and ten in ....