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AL welcomes UN release of list of companies with ties to Israeli settlements

Date: 2020-02-12 21:56:03 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:8309710

CAIRO, Feb 12 (MENA) – The Arab League (AL) has welcomed the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issuance of a list of businesses and companies with ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. AL Assistant ....

Palestinian premier welcomes release of UN database on companies involved in Israeli settlement

Date: 2020-02-12 17:55:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:8309506

RAMALLAH, Feb 12 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh welcomed the release by the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the database of companies involved in the illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine, state news agency ....

Israeli forces arrest seven Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2020-02-12 12:56:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:8308584

RAMALLAH, Feb 12 (MENA) - Israeli forces on Tuesday arrested seven Palestinians and seized a private vehicle, mostly in multiple raids across the West Bank, WAFA quoted local sources and witnesses as saying. The occupation troops rounded up two ....

Turkey continues sending mercenaries, drones to Tripoli despite pledges

Date: 2020-02-12 12:38:04 GMT - Libya - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:8308760

LONDON, Feb 12 (MENA) - Turkey continues sending Syrian mercenaries to the Libyan capital, Tripoli to support the Government of National Accord (GNA), the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Wednesday. This comes after Ankara pledged ....

Scores of Jewish settlers storm Aqsa Mosque backed by Israeli occupation forces

Date: 2020-02-12 11:32:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8308657

RAMALLAH, Feb 12 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers on Wednesday stormed the precincts of Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, Wafa News Agency reported. The news network said as many as 50 settlers and 21 of Israeli ....

First suspected coronavirus death in Iran

Date: 2020-02-12 06:41:19 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8308234

TEHRAN, Feb 12 (MENA) - The state-owned Iran newspaper reported the death of a 63 years old woman suspected of coronavirus, which would make it the first coronavirus related death in Iran, Iran International reported. Health Ministry officials ....

Abbas reiterates rejection of Trump’s peace plan

Date: 2020-02-11 23:16:35 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:8308128

NEW YORK, Feb 11 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas slammed a Middle East peace plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump late last month, saying that it “transforms our homeland into fragmented residential encampments” and described the ....

Palestinian president at UN: We reject US plan because of its unilateral steps

Date: 2020-02-11 16:41:21 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:8307874

NEW YORK, Feb 11 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that he rejected the US so-called peace plan because of its unilateral steps and because it violates United Nations resolutions, state news agency WAFA ....

US accuses Iran of developing missiles through satellite bid

Date: 2020-02-11 16:34:05 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:8307739

WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday accused Iran of honing its ballistic missile skills through a satellite launch and vowed to exert more pressure, Al Arabiya reported. “The United States will continue to ....

Israel arrests eight Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2020-02-11 12:36:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:8307230

RAMALLAH, Feb 11 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested on Tuesday eight Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said Israeli forces arrested three citizens in al ....