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Israel cancels summoning of 4-year-old child over public pressure

Date: 2019-07-30 10:24:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8044757

RAMALLAH, July 30 (MENA) - Under public pressure, the Israeli police was forced to cancel an order summoning a four-year-old child for investigations. Scores of Palestinians accompanied the child which the Israeli police summoned for ....

Scores of Israeli settlers raid al Aqsa mosque

Date: 2019-07-30 07:37:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8044567

RAMALLAH, July 30 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli extremist settlers stormed on Tuesday al Aqsa mosque, through al Maghariba gate, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. The settlers took provocative tours of the mosque and attempted ....

UAE grants $50 mln to UNRWA

Date: 2019-07-29 13:46:20 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:8043602

GAZA CITY, July 29 (MENA) - The UAE announced a $50 million contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), thus reiterating its commitment to support the vital and life-saving services ....

10 Palestinians arrested in E. Jerusalem, Ramallah

Date: 2019-07-29 10:27:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8043221

RAMALLAH, July 29 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested 10 Palestinians in East Jerusalem and Tulkarm. Seven members of a Palestinian family, including a 16-year-old girl and a child, were arrested in the central occupied Jerusalem. In the West ....

Britain rejects idea of tanker swap with Iran

Date: 2019-07-29 10:17:50 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8043142

LONDON, July 29 (MENA) - Britain on Monday rejected the idea that it could release an Iranian tanker in exchange for a British-flagged vessel seized by the Tehran in the Gulf, Euronews reported. Tensions have spiked between Iran and Britain ....

Mike Pompeo says Tehran declined his proposed visit to speak to the Iranian people

Date: 2019-07-29 09:19:25 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8043082

WASHINGTON, July 29 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that the Iranian regime declined his offer to travel to the country and speak to its people, The National reported. In a tweet, he said: “I recently offered to travel ....

EU reaffirms continued commitment to preserving JCPOA

Date: 2019-07-28 20:35:29 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:8042836

BRUSSELS, July 28 (MENA) - The European Union announced that all remaining participants in Iran Deal reaffirmed their continued commitment to preserving the JCPOA. They recalled that both nuclear commitments and sanctions-lifting are essential ....

Occupation forces detain 14 Palestinians in Jerusalem, Bethlehem

Date: 2019-07-28 15:31:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:8042379

RAMALLAH, July 28 (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces last night detained 14 Palestinians during raids in the West Bank district of Bethlehem and in occupied East Jerusalem, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), according to WAFA News ....

Palestinian foreign ministry laments violation of int'l law by Israel, US

Date: 2019-07-28 15:15:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:8042426

RAMALLAH, July 28 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has lamented the silence of the international community over the indifference of Israel and the United States towards the violation of the signed agreements. In a statement Sunday, the ....

Iranian president blames foreign deployment for insecurities in region

Date: 2019-07-28 12:52:11 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8042275

TEHRAN, July 28 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blamed the military buildup of the trans-regional states as the main contributor to instability and insecurity in the region, Fars News Agency has reported. "Presence of foreign forces ....