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Cypriot, German FMs discuss Turkish provocations in Eastern Mediterranean

Date: 2020-06-03 05:59:31 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:8454516

NICOSIA, June 3 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that he held talks with his German counterpart Heiko Maas on the Turkish provocations in Eastern Mediterranean. He added in a tweet that the two sides discussed the ....

Turkey registers 786 new coronvirus cases

Date: 2020-06-02 22:58:46 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:8454467

ANKARA, June 2 (MENA) - Turkey has registered on Tuesday 786 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country's total to 165,555 In a tweet, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced that 22 new coronavirus-linked deaths have been ....

Iran registers 3,227 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-06-02 17:16:20 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8454182

TEHRAN, June 2 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry's spokesman said the number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 across the country has risen to 157,562 following the detection of 3,117 new cases since yesterday, Tasnim news agency ....

Palestine threatens to backpedal deals with Israel, US

Date: 2020-06-02 14:49:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8453947

RAMALLAH, June 2 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Tuesday that the Palestinian leadership, under President Mahmoud Abbas, will backtrack on all agreements signed with Israel and the US if Israel went ahead with its ....

Israeli soldier arrested for allegedly threatening to hurt Netanyahu

Date: 2020-06-02 14:39:10 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8453782

GAZA CITY, June 2 (MENA) - Israeli police on Tuesday arrested a 21-year-old soldier from northern Israel on suspicion of publishing a Facebook post calling to harm Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ynet reported. It is the third case of alleged ....

Israeli settlers expel Palestinian farmers from their farms

Date: 2020-06-02 10:55:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8453483

RAMALLAH, June 2 (MENA) - A group of Jewish settlers on Tuesday expelled Palestinian farmers from their farms in Kissan village east of Bethlehem under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. Chairman of the village's rural council Ahmed ....

Israel banned call for prayer in Ibrahimi Mosque 54 times in May

Date: 2020-06-02 09:23:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8453322

RAMALLAH, June 2 (MENA) - The Israeli forces banned the call for prayer (al Adhaan) in the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron city for 54 times in May. Director and Head of the Ibrahimi Mosque, Sheikh Hafthi Abu Esnaina said these measures are against the ....

Israeli forces fire at Palestinian fishermen

Date: 2020-06-02 08:38:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8453287

RAMALLAH, June 2 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats opened fire and water canons on Tuesday on the boats of Palestinian fishermen in Gaza Sea and stormed into the Palestinians' agricultural lands. The fishermen had to leave the sea and return to ....

Israeli forces detain 15 Palestinians

Date: 2020-06-02 07:10:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8453201

RAMALLAH, June 2 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday detained 15 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank, said the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA). The Israeli forces detained five of them from Nablus governorate while two ....

Palestinian Foreign ministry: 1,779 confirmed coronavirus cases, 110 deaths in diaspora

Date: 2020-06-01 16:16:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:8452782

RAMALLAH, June 1 (MENA) - The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among Palestinians in the diaspora has reached 1,779 and 110 deaths, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates. In addition, 943 patients among the ....