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2,819 infections, 50 deaths in past 24 hours in Iran

Date: 2020-05-29 11:49:23 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8448854

TEHRAN, May 29 (MENA) – The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has infected 2,819 people and claimed 50 lives in Iran in the past 24 hours, a senior health Iranian official said. Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour made the ....

Israeli forces prevent call for prayer at Ibrahimi Mosque

Date: 2020-05-29 08:16:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8448628

RAMALLAH, May 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces prevented on Friday the call for dawn prayer at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron and denied access of worshipers to the mosque, local sources said. Hefzi Abu Sneneh, head of the Waqf Department in ....

Palestinian PM, EU official discuss latest political developments

Date: 2020-05-29 08:14:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8448627

RAMALLAH, May 29 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh discussed with European Union Special Representative for the Middle East peace process Susanna Terstal the latest political developments, mainly with regard to the Israeli ....

Palestine, Cyprus discuss latest developments in region

Date: 2020-05-29 07:46:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8448597

RAMALLAH, May 29 (MENA) - Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary General Saeb Erekat discussed with Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Christodoulides the latest developments in the region and the Palestinian lands. Erekat ....

Two Palestinian expats die from COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia, UAE

Date: 2020-05-29 07:44:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8448588

RAMALLAH, May 29 (MENA) - Two members of the Palestinian community in Saudi Arabia and the UAE have died from the novel coronavirus, said the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Friday. The ministry pointed out that a ....

Turkey registers 1,182 new coronavirus cases, 30 deaths

Date: 2020-05-28 19:56:35 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:8448448

ANKARA, May 28 (MENA) - Turkey has registered 1,182 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country's total to 160,979. In a statement carried by RT channel on Thursday, the Turkish Health Ministry announced that 30 new coronavirus-linked deaths have ....

Jordan says it will open mosques, churches as of June 5

Date: 2020-05-28 17:32:18 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:8448294

AMMAN, May 28 (MENA) - After more than two months of closure prompted by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan in early March, the government announced on Thursday that mosques and churches will reopen as of June 5 and 7 respectively, ....

Erekat urges world countries to take swift action against Israeli annexation plan

Date: 2020-05-28 14:08:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8448065

RAMALLAH, May 28 (MENA) - Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary General Saeb Erekat called on world countries to take swift and serious action against Israeli plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank and the Jordan Valley. During ....

Occupation forces prevent Hebron Rehabilitation Committee from completing work at Ibrahimi compound

Date: 2020-05-28 08:51:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8447713

RAMALLAH, May 28 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Thursday prevented the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee from completing restoration and maintenance work at Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi Al-Sharif, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. In a ....

Trump administration ends waivers in Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran

Date: 2020-05-28 05:56:50 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:8447580

WASHINGTON, May 27 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the US would end the last remaining sanctions waivers enshrined in the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal, eliminating key provisions meant to encourage the transition of ....