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  • Turkey asks permission to explore oil in Libya

    Date: 2020-05-14 22:01:48 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:8433053

    ANKARA, May 14 (MENA) – Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez said the state-owned Turkish Petroleum (TPAO) applied for permission from Libya's Tripoli-based government to explore oil, Haberturk newspaper reported. Donmez said Turkey would start ....

  • Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli troops near Hebron

    Date: 2020-05-14 15:48:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:8432752

    GAZA CITY, May 14 (MENA) – A Palestinian young man was shot dead Thursday by Israeli occupation forces outside the town of Beit Awwa, to the west of Hebron city in the occupied West Bank, WAFA reported. Israeli troops reportedly fired live ....

  • AL: Israeli annexation of Palestinian lands represents "new war crime"

    Date: 2020-05-14 12:39:20 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8432298

    CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) – The Arab League asserted that Israel’s implementation of its imperialist plans to annex any part of the Palestinian lands that had been occupied in 1967, including the Jordan Valley, the north of the Dead Sea and the territory ....

  • Fatah organizes protest rejecting annexation of parts of Ibrahimi Mosque

    Date: 2020-05-14 08:31:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8431970

    RAMALLAH, May 14 (MENA) - Fatah movement in central Hebron organized a protest in front of Ibrahimi Mosque rejecting a decision of Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett to confiscate and annex parts of the mosque. The protesters cried out ....

  • US envoy threatens to trigger return of UN sanctions on Iran

    Date: 2020-05-14 08:00:16 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8431968

    WASHINGTON, May 14 (MENA) - The United States publicly threatened to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran if the UN Security Council does not extend an arms embargo on Tehran that is due to expire in October under the Iran ....

  • 76 Palestinians in diaspora died of coronavirus

    Date: 2020-05-13 08:39:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8430608

    RAMALLAH, May 13 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry announced that the number of deaths of coronavirus among Palestinians in the diaspora has risen to 76. Two new coronavirus cases were detected among the Palestinian ....

  • Israeli soldiers shoot dead 15-year-old Palestinian boy in the south of West Bank

    Date: 2020-05-13 07:37:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8430568

    RAMALLAH, May 13 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy in Fawwar refugee camp in the south of the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. It said Zeid Fadel Qeisieh was shot in the head and ....

  • UAE lauds joint declaration on Turkey's violations in EastMed

    Date: 2020-05-12 15:26:39 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8429953

    ABU DHABI, May 12 (MENA) - UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash praised Tuesday the outcome of a five-party virtual meeting by the foreign ministers of Egypt, France, Cyprus, Greece and the UAE on Monday. The ....

  • Iran reports 1,481 new coronavirus cases, 48 deaths

    Date: 2020-05-12 14:11:04 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8429764

    TEHRAN, May 12 (MENA) - Head of Iran's Health Ministry's Public Relations Office Kianoush Jahanpour stated on Tuesday that 1,481 new coronavirus cases have been detected and 48 others have lost their lives since Monday. About 88,357 people out ....

  • AL condemns extending closure of Palestine Television office in Al Quds

    Date: 2020-05-12 10:45:26 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8429394

    CAIRO, May 12 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Assistant Secretary General for Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories Saeed Abu Ali condemned an Israeli decision to extend the closure of Palestine Television office in Al Quds (East Jerusalem) and prevent ....

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