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Agreements, understandings with Israel have ended: PLO

Date: 2020-05-27 20:31:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:8447444

RAMALLAH, May 27 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh stressed Wednesday PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s recent announcement on renouncing all agreements and understandings with Israel, WAFA reported. Palestinians will also continue ....

Soldier killed in explosion in Syria''s Idlib

Date: 2020-05-27 18:40:50 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8447340

DAMASCUS, May 27 (MENA) - Turkey''s defense ministry has announced the death of a Turkish soldier in Idlib, the last rebel-held territory in northwest Syria. In a statement Wednesday, the ministry said the soldier was wounded in an explosion and ....

Israeli occupation arrests 4 Palestinians in Ramallah

Date: 2020-05-27 12:04:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8446847

RAMALLAL, May 27 (MENA) - Israeli forces Wednesday detained at least four Palestinians from the West Bank districts of Tulkarem and Ramallah, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa. The Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said that Israeli ....

Al Aqsa Mosque to reopen for worshipers as of Sunday: Waqf Department

Date: 2020-05-27 10:56:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8446791

RAMALLAH, May 27 (MENA) - Al-Aqsa Mosque will be reopened for worshipers as of Sunday with all health safety requirements to be taken during the coronavirus crisis, the Jerusalem-based Islamic Waqf Department announced Wednesday. In a statement, ....

Palestine registers 8 new COVID-19 cases

Date: 2020-05-27 08:14:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8446610

RAMALLAH, May 27 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said eight new coronavirus cases have been registered in Hebron governorate and Gaza Strip. The latest cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Palestine to 613, ....

S. Korea to send 50,000 tons of rice aid to Mideast, Africa

Date: 2020-05-26 14:33:02 GMT - south korea - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8446151

SEOUL, May 26 (MENA) - South Korea will provide 50,000 tons of rice to four nations in the Middle East and Africa as part of its overseas food aid program, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. Seoul plans to deliver 19,000 tons of rice to ....

No new COVID-19 cases reported in Palestine over past 24 hours, says health ministry

Date: 2020-05-26 10:14:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8445816

RAMALLAH, May 26 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry said that no new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases were reported in Palestine over the past 24 hours, WAFA news agency said on Tuesday. The total number of infections amounted to 602, the ....

Israel detains two Palestinians in Tulkarm

Date: 2020-05-26 09:40:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8445803

RAMALLAH, May 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday detained two Palestinians in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, reported the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA). Meanwhile, the Israeli forces prevented Palestinians from reaching Al Haram Al ....

Palestine announces reopening of mosques as coronavirus situation improves

Date: 2020-05-25 17:49:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:8445400

RAMALLAH, May 25 (MENA) – Undersecretary of the Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Hossam Abul Rab announced Monday that mosques will be reopened as of Tuesday dawn in line with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh’s ....

Israel to restart commercial flights in mid-July, says airport chief

Date: 2020-05-25 17:21:36 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:8445414

GAZA CITY, May 25 (MENA) - Israel will resume commercial flights by mid-July at the earliest due to the global coronavirus pandemic, Ynet newspaper reported, quoting the chief of country's biggest airport. Ben Gurion Airport Managing Director ....