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Gibraltar police arrest 2 more crew members of detained Iranian tanker

Date: 2019-07-12 15:33:41 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:8021336

LONDON, July 12 (MENA) - Gibraltar police said on Friday they had arrested the two second mates from the Iranian Grace 1 tanker which was detained last week on suspicion it was breaking European sanctions by taking oil to Syria, the New York Times ....

Putin, Abbas discuss ME settlement by phone - Kremlin

Date: 2019-07-12 12:51:08 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8020966

MOSCOW, July 12 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the middle East settlement by phone, the Kremlin said in a statement Friday. "On the Palestinian side's initiative, Russian President ....

4 killed, injured as bomb goes off eastern Iraq

Date: 2019-07-12 11:10:05 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8020909

BAGHDAD, July 12 (MENA) - At least four persons were killed and injured when a bomb went off in the eastern Iraqi governorate of Diyala on Friday, according to an Iraqi security source. The bomb went off while a security operation was underway, ....

US envoy: Iran enemy of peace, security in region

Date: 2019-07-12 10:17:58 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8020904

WASHINGTON, July 12 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump's Middle East Envoy Jason Greenblat said on Friday Iran is the enemy of peace, security and stability in the region. He raised the alarm over risks posed by Tehran that jeopardize Gulf ....

Iran calls on UK to immediately release its seized supertanker

Date: 2019-07-12 07:37:44 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8020740

TEHRAN, July 12 (MENA) - Iran called on Britain on Friday to immediately release its oil tanker which British Royal Marines seized last week on suspicion that it was breaking European sanctions by taking oil to Syria, a foreign ministry spokesman ....

138 Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa

Date: 2019-07-11 15:14:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:8019941

RAMALLAH, July 11 (MENA) - As many as 138 Israeli settlers forced their way into Al Aqsa Mosque on Thursday guarded by Israeli police. The settlers conducted provocative tours in the mosque, eyewitnesses said. Israel seeks to divide Aqsa as ....

Moscow calls for freedom of navigation in Gulf due to its importance to global economy

Date: 2019-07-11 12:31:47 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:8019660

MOSCOW, July 11 (MENA) - Russia has called for the freedom of navigation in the Arab Gulf due to its importance to global economy, after alleged incidents involving a British tanker and Iranian boats in the Gulf waters. "We are keeping a close ....

2 Palestinians injured during Israeli army raid on Dheisheh refugee camp

Date: 2019-07-11 09:19:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8019359

RAMALLAH, July 11 (MENA) - Two Palestinian boys were injured in the leg on Thursday morning when Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition during a crackdown on Dheisheh refugee camp, Wafa news agency quoted local sources as saying on Thursday. They ....

UK concerned by Iran attempt to impede oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Date: 2019-07-11 06:19:48 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8019202

LONDON, July 11 (MENA) - The UK has expressed concern by Iran's attempt to impede the transit of a British oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement, a government spokesman said they were "concerned" by the incident and urged ....

Two Iranian military personnel arrested in Afghanistan: official

Date: 2019-07-10 10:49:23 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8018039

KABUL, July 10 (MENA) - An Iranian officer and a soldier were arrested by Afghan Border Police in the western province of Farah on charges of illegally crossing the borders and entering into Afghanistan, a spokesman for provincial governor, Ghulam ....