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One dead during petrol protests in Iran, reports say

Date: 2019-11-16 10:31:03 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8189856

TEHRAN, Nov 16 (MENA) - One civilian was killed and other people were injured in Iran's Sirjan, the semi-official news agency ISNA said on Saturday, a day after protests started in the central city over a petrol price hike. "Unfortunately someone ....

Protests strike Iran cities over gasoline prices rising

Date: 2019-11-16 10:10:44 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8189829

TEHRAN, Nov 16 (MENA) - Protesters angered by Iran raising subsidized gasoline prices by 50 percent blocked traffic in several cities and clashed occasionally with police Saturday, the day after overnight rallies included an attempted attack on a ....

OIC welcomes UN Fourth Committee voting to extend UNRWA's mandate

Date: 2019-11-16 10:00:25 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8189804

RIYADH, Nov 16 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the voting of the UN Fourth Committee on a number of draft resolutions on Palestine, mainly with regard to renewing the mandate of the UN Relief and Works Agency for ....

Israeli warplanes attack targets in Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-11-16 08:10:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:8189676

GAZA CITY, Nov 16 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes attacked Saturday morning several targets across Gaza Strip, causing heavy damage to the locations, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Israeli jets fired more than eight missiles at targets ....

Pakistan strongly condemns Israeli aggression on Gaza

Date: 2019-11-15 14:52:04 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8189145

ISLAMABAD, Nov 15 (MENA) - Pakistan on Friday strongly denounced the killing of unarmed and innocent Palestinians in airstrikes by Israeli occupation forces. A foreign office statement carried by Pakistan news agency said Islamabad urged the ....

Israel shells Gaza Strip anew

Date: 2019-11-15 07:46:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8188484

GAZA CITY, Nov 15 (MENA) - Israeli occupation warplanes launched at dawn Friday a series of airstrikes on Rafah and Khan Yunis cities, southern Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire declared on Thursday. The occupation claimed that the air raids come ....

Death toll from Israeli raids on Gaza climbs to 32

Date: 2019-11-14 07:17:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8186862

RAMALLAH, Nov 14 (MENA) - At least six persons, including two children, were killed and 13 others injured in a raid carried out by an Israeli F16 jet in the wee hours of Thursday on the central of the Gaza Strip. The number of people killed ....

Gaza death toll rises to 26 : Palestinian health ministry

Date: 2019-11-13 22:13:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:8186737

GAZA, Nov 13 (MENA) – Two more Palestinians were killed Wednesday in an artillery bombardment by Israeli occupation forces that targeted the eastern parts of Rafah and southern Gaza. The two martyrs’ bodies were taken to Abu Yousef al-Najjar ....

Palestinians call on UN to renew mandate for refugee agency

Date: 2019-11-13 19:54:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:8186615

RAMALLAH, Nov 13 (MENA) - Palestinians protesting outside the United Nations office in Ramallah demanded renewal of the mandate for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which comes up for a vote this ....

Italian tourist injured from Israeli teargas canister in Bethlehem

Date: 2019-11-13 17:20:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:8186454

RAMALLAH, Nov 13 (MENA) – An Italian tourist was injured in the shoulder after being hit by a teargas canister fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes with Palestinians in the occupied southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, WAFA reported Wednesday. ....