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Palestine ends presentation of its first report to UN panel on racial discrimination
Date: 2019-08-14 22:06:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8063686
RAMALLAH, Aug 14 (MENA) – Palestine has ended the presentation of its first report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneva in which it described Zionism as a racist movement that denies the ....
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Palestinian presidency warns against attempts to change status quo in Al-Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2019-08-14 16:41:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8063412
RAMALLAH, Aug 14 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency warned Israel against attempts to change the existing status quo in Al-Aqsa Mosque, condemning in particular statements by Israeli Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan in which he called for ....
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Dozens killed in fierce clashes between army, militants in northwestern Syria -SOHR
Date: 2019-08-13 23:15:57 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:8062776
LONDON, Aug 13 (MENA) - The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Tuesday that at least 59 people were killed in clashes between the Syrian national army and militants in northwestern Syria. According to Sky News ....
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Gibraltar denies it is about to free captured Iranian tanker
Date: 2019-08-13 19:50:00 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8062689
LONDON, Aug 13 (MENA) - Confusion swirled over a possible breakthrough in the tanker standoff in the Middle East on Tuesday after Gibraltar scotched Iranian media reports that an Iranian tanker was due to be released, the Guardian reported. The ....
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Israeli forces open fire at married Palestinian couple, injure both
Date: 2019-08-13 15:54:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8062496
RAMALLAH, Aug 13 (MENA) - Israeli forces stationed near the separation wall to the west of the village of Zaita, north of Tulkarem in occupied West Bank, opened fire at a Palestinian married couple, shooting and injuring both with rubber-coated ....
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Work to set up Syria constitutional committee is almost over, says Kremlin
Date: 2019-08-13 11:56:05 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8062310
MOSCOW, Aug 13 (MENA) - Work to set up a Syrian constitutional committee is almost over but it is too early to speak about the exact date of its completion, TASS reported Tuesday quoting Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov. "The work is ....
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Iran says Britain might release Grace 1 oil tanker soon
Date: 2019-08-13 09:32:04 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8062122
TEHRAN, Aug 13 (MENA) - Iran said on Tuesday that Britain might free its oil tanker Grace 1 soon, after some documents were exchanged that would help the seized ship’s release. “Britain is interested in releasing Iran’s oil tanker Grace 1 … ....
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New batch of S. Korean troops to deploy to Somali waters amid speculation over Hormuz Strait mission
Date: 2019-08-13 07:45:23 GMT - south korea - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8062069
SEOUL, Aug 13 (MENA) - South Korea was set to dispatch a fresh batch of troops to the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday for anti-piracy efforts, the Navy said, amid speculation the contingent could also undertake missions in the Strait of Hormuz as part of a ....
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US delegation in Turkey for Syria safe zone
Date: 2019-08-12 20:26:58 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:8061936
ANKARA, Aug 12 (MENA) - A US delegation has arrived in Turkey to set up a coordination center for a so-called "safe zone" in Syria, part of an agreement struck last week that appeared to avert a possible new Turkish incursion into Syria, the Voice ....
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Palestinian presidential spokesman slams possible US endorsement of Israel’s West Bank annexation
Date: 2019-08-12 13:48:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8061542
RAMALLAH, Aug 12 (MENA) - Palestinian Presidential Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh slammed a possible future US declaration ahead of the Israeli elections in September backing Israel’s annexation of parts of the West Bank, Wafa reported. Abu ....
