Middle East - Welcome to Middle East News Agency

Israel releases PA minister after hours of detention

Date: 2019-06-30 15:01:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8003698

RAMALLAH, June 30 (MENA) – Israeli occupation authorities released Sunday the Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Fadi Hadmi, hours after he was detained from his home in occupied Jerusalem, according to WAFA news agency. Muhannad Jabara, ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 19 Palestinians, injure 50 in Al Quds

Date: 2019-06-29 10:19:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8001890

RAMALLAH, June 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested 19 Palestinians and injured 50 others during fierce confrontation with residents of Issawiyeh neighborhood. The occupation forces targeted Palestinians who protested the martyrdom of ....

We need no more tension in Gulf: Luxembourg defense min.

Date: 2019-06-28 09:08:53 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8000602

BRUSSELS, June 28 (MENA) - Luxembourg Minister of Defense François Bausch affirmed the necessity of solving Iran problem through diplomatic ways. "Iran problem should be solved through diplomatic means away from escalating tension in the Gulf ....

Israeli occupation forces kill one Palestinian in Jerusalem

Date: 2019-06-27 19:06:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:8000197

RAMALLAH, June 27 (MENA) - A Palestinian teenager was killed and four others injured on Thursday by Israeli occupation forces, during ongoing clashes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Issawiya, according to local sources. Heavily ....

OIC condemns terrorist blasts in Tunis

Date: 2019-06-27 15:18:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:7999818

JEDDAH, June 27 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned on Thursday the terrorist attacks that hit the Tunisian capital, leading one dead and several others wounded. OIC chief Yusuf Al Othaimeen expressed solidarity with ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 15 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2019-06-27 10:14:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7999065

RAMALLAH, June 27 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested 15 Palestinians during crackdowns on West bank cities and villages at dawn on Thursday. Released detainees were rearrested in the latest clampdown, according to the Palestinian ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry urges US to pull out its amb. to Israel

Date: 2019-06-27 09:45:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7999007

RAMALLAH, June 27 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry urged the US to withdraw its ambassador to Israel David Friedman over posing danger to regional security and stability. In a press release on Thursday, the ministry said Friedman has ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams Israel's fabrication of charges against Palestinian citizen

Date: 2019-06-26 10:56:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7997434

RAMALLAH, June 26 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned Israel over fabricating charges against Palestinian national Mahmoud Qattosa. In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry said that Qattosa was arrested without any reason for 55 ....

13 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in W.Bank

Date: 2019-06-26 10:43:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7997395

RAMALLAH, June 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested 13 Palestinians from different areas in the West Bank on Wednesday. In a statement on Wednesday, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the Palestinians were arrested in Ramallah, ....

Van carrying migrants crashes in northwest Turkey; 10 killed

Date: 2019-06-26 09:01:43 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7997346

ANKARA, June 26 (MENA) - Turkish officials say a van carrying dozens of migrants ignored orders to stop and sped past a police checkpoint in northwest Turkey before crashing into a wall. Ten migrants were killed and some 30 others were injured in ....