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Israeli occupation forces seize land from village in Nablus

Date: 2019-09-08 10:16:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8094652

RAMALLAH, Sept 8 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Sunday seized 100 square kilometers of land in a village in southern Nablus and other areas in Ramallah. The move is aimed at expanding the construction of settlements in the seized ....

Acting IAEA head in Tehran for high-level nuclear talks

Date: 2019-09-08 08:17:24 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8094548

TEHRAN, Sept 8 (MENA) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s acting head is in Tehran to hold talks with senior Iranian officials, days after the country suspended more of its commitments under a 2015 multilateral nuclear deal and ....

Israel raids Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-09-08 06:06:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:8094457

GAZA CITY, Sept 8 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes raided several positions in northern, eastern and central Gaza Strip Saturday midnight, Palestinian sources said. The Israeli war jets targeted an outpost near Nuseirat camp in central the enclave, ....

Israeli army bombards resistance outpost southern Gaza

Date: 2019-09-07 11:04:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8093632

GAZA CITY, Sept 7 (MENA) - Israeli occupation army on Saturday bombarded an observation outpost affiliated with the Palestinian resistance in eastern Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. The shelling directly hit the target, however, no injuries have been ....

UNRWA's financial deficit estimated at $120 mln this year: spokesman

Date: 2019-09-07 10:37:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8093569

RAMALLAH, Sept 7 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) financial deficit this year is estimated at $120 million as part of the agency’s budget that hit $1.2 billion, UNRWA spokesman Sami Mushasha said on Saturday. In an ....

6 Palestinian detainees continue hunger strike in Israeli prions

Date: 2019-09-07 10:25:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8093543

RAMALLAH, Sept 7 (MENA) - Six Palestinian detainees are continuing their open-ended hunger strike, despite their deteriorating health condition, said the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs on Saturday. Prisoner Ahmed el ....

Iran begins feeding gas into IR-6 centrifuge machines: spokesman

Date: 2019-09-07 09:55:48 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8093433

TEHRAN, Sept 7 (MENA) - Iran has begun feeding gas into its IR-6 centrifuge machines as part of its third phase of reducing its nuclear commitments, IRNA news agency quoted the spokesman of the country’s nuclear agency Behruz Kamalvandi as saying on ....

Iran seizes new vessel over smuggling fuel

Date: 2019-09-07 08:11:35 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8093398

TEHRAN, Sept 7 (MENA) - Iran says its naval forces seized a foreign ship in the Arab Gulf and held its 12 Philippine sailors. The Iranian Navy stopped off its coast a ship laden with 283,900 liters of smuggled fuel, Russia Today channel quoted ....

Israeli jets shell sites in Gaza

Date: 2019-09-07 06:57:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:8093346

GAZA CITY, Sept 7 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes attacked locations in the Gaza Strip causing damage, yet no injuries were reported, Wafa news quoted local sources as saying on Saturday. According to the sources, warplanes attacked locations in ....

Russia, Lebanon discuss situation on Lebanon-Israel borders

Date: 2019-09-05 21:58:47 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8092207

MOSCOW, Sept 5 (MENA) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and adviser to the Lebanese Prime Minister George Shaaban have discussed the situation in the Arab country. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Thursday that ....