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7 Palestinian journalists detained in West Bank -- ministry

Date: 2019-05-13 13:08:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7939590

RAMALLAH, May 13 (MENA) - Seven Palestinian journalists were held by Israeli forces on Sunday while covering the seizure of Palestinian houses in northern West Bank, said the Palestinian information ministry in a statement on Monday. The ....

Palestinian FM deplores acquittal of Israeli in Palestinian family attack

Date: 2019-05-13 11:23:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7939486

RAMALLAH, May 13 (MENA) - The Palestinian foreign ministry has denounced the acquittal of an Israeli involved in burning a Palestinian family in June 2015. The ministry said in a statement on Monday that the step reveals "the fraudulence of the ....

Palestinian foreign ministry deplores US ambassador's stances

Date: 2019-05-13 10:38:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7939314

RAMALLAH, May (MENA) - The Palestinian foreign ministry deplored on Monday repeated stances of US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. "He replaced the references of the political conflict with that of the ....

Syrian army destroys terrorists’ vehicles, fortifications in Hama

Date: 2019-05-13 10:34:46 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7939448

DAMASCUS, May 13 (MENA) - The Syrian army continued operations against Jabhat al Nusra terrorists in both Hama and Idlib countrysides, Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported on Monday. An army unit tracked the movements of a terrorist group from Jabhat ....

Palestinian, Russian presidents to meet in mid June

Date: 2019-05-13 10:13:28 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7939342

MOSCOW, May 13 (MENA) - President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas expects to hold a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Meeting on Cooperation and Confidence Measures in Asia in Dushanbe on June ....

Iran nuclear deal necessary for Europe - German FM

Date: 2019-05-13 10:02:41 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7939341

BRUSSELS, May 13 (MENA) - European countries are united in their belief that it is necessary to have a nuclear agreement with Iran and to implement it, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Monday as quoted by Sputnik news agency. "We in ....

EU supports Iran nuclear deal: Mogherini

Date: 2019-05-13 09:52:49 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7939376

BRUSSELS, May 13 (MENA) - The European Union fully supports the international nuclear accord with Iran and wants rival powers to avoid any further escalation over the issue, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Monday as quoted by ABC ....

UN Mideast envoy warns of collapsing truce agreements

Date: 2019-05-13 09:00:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7939275

GAZA CITY, May 13 (MENA) - UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov has warned that truce agreements in the Gaza Strip are falling, urging all parties to act to prevent that. "I hope that all sides will play ....

Russia records 29 ceasefire violations in Syria over past 24 hours - Defense Ministry

Date: 2019-05-13 08:45:30 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7939238

MOSCOW, May 13 (MENA) - The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syria ceasefire registered 29 truce breaches in Syria over the past 24 hours, Sputnik news agency quoted the Russian Defense Ministry's ....

Israel steps up arbitrary measures against Palestinian prisoners in Ramadan - rights center

Date: 2019-05-13 08:33:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7939219

GAZA CITY, May 13 (MENA) - Israeli forces stepped up arbitrary measures against Palestinian prisoners during the holy fasting month of Ramadan with more cell searches that sometimes last till after Fajr or from morning till fast-breaking time, ....