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Three Israeli protesters arrested for assaulting police officer
Date: 2019-07-04 18:59:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:8010100
GAZA CITY, July 4 (MENA) - Three suspects were arrested on Thursday for assaulting an Israeli police officer and damaging his police car on Tuesday near Ramla, the Jerusalem Post reported. The officer stopped his car close to protesters who were ....
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Iran summons British ambassador in Tehran over ‘illegal seizure’ of oil tanker
Date: 2019-07-04 16:17:01 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:8009932
TEHRAN, July 4 (MENA) - Iran summoned the British ambassador in Tehran over the “illegal seizure” of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar on Thursday, Iranian state TV quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi as saying. British Royal Marines ....
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UK Royal Marines, Gibraltar seize ship suspected of taking oil to Syria
Date: 2019-07-04 10:50:24 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8009259
LONDON, July 4 (MENA) - A detachment of Royal Marines and the authorities in Gibraltar have seized a supertanker suspected of carrying oil to Syria in breach of European Union sanctions. The UK government welcomed the “firm action by the ....
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Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Israel intentionally destroys Palestinian economy
Date: 2019-07-03 12:46:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:8007977
RAMALLAH, July 3 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs asserted that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing his incitement campaign against the Palestinian people and their leadership. In a press ....
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Lavrov says US plan for Palestine may violate UNSC resolutions
Date: 2019-07-03 10:18:15 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8007741
MOSCOW, July 3 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday said the US plan for the Israeli-Palestinian settlement may be in breach of the UN Security Council resolutions if its aim was to prevent Palestinian refugees from returning ....
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Arab Parliament urges France to pressure Israel to release Palestinian tax, customs revenues
Date: 2019-07-03 09:51:12 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8007681
CAIRO, July 3 (MENA) - Arab Parliament Speaker Mishaal al Salami urged France to practice pressure on Israel to release all Palestinian tax and customs revenues it is withholding. In messages from Salami to the French president and the heads of ....
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UN special envoy for Syria Pedersen to meet with Lavrov in Moscow on July 5 – ministry
Date: 2019-07-03 09:43:05 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8007715
MOSCOW, July 3 (MENA) - UN special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen will arrive here on Thursday on a two-day visit for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, RT quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin as having said ....
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Rouhani: Iran can return to its commitments under nuclear deal within one hour
Date: 2019-07-03 09:31:01 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8007718
TEHRAN, July 3 (MENA) - Iran will increase its level of uranium enrichment after July 7 to whatever levels it needs beyond the 3.67 percent cap set in the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. Rouhani said ....
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Iranian min.: US sanctions on Iran have negative impact on economy
Date: 2019-07-03 09:25:51 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8007711
TEHRAN, July 3 (MENA) - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the unjust US sanctions had a negative impact on the Iranian economy, Fars news agency quoted him as saying. He said Iran seeks to wriggle out of the US embargo and export ....
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Israeli forces demolish park, water wells, trees in Khalil
Date: 2019-07-03 09:19:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8007682
RAMALLAH, July 3 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces demolished a park and water wells and uprooted trees from a nature reserve in the villages of Khashm al-Daraj and Umm al-Kheir, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of ....
