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  • 7 Palestinian prisoners continue hunger strike over administrative detention

    Date: 2019-07-15 10:54:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8024647

    RAMALLAH, July 15 (MENA) - Seven Palestinian prisoners continued their hunger strike in protest against their administrative detention, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said on Monday. The Israeli Prison Services moved three of the hunger strikers ....

  • Israeli occupation forces arrest 14 Palestinians, demolish building in Jerusalem

    Date: 2019-07-15 09:54:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8024511

    RAMALLAH, July 15 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested 14 Palestinians, including two women, from various areas in the West Bank and demolished a building under construction in al-Sawahreh al-Sharqiyeh, to the east of the occupied city of ....

  • EU powers warn Iran it must limit uranium enrichment to keep nuclear deal alive

    Date: 2019-07-15 09:31:48 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8024539

    LONDON, July 15 (MENA) - European powers including the UK have warned that their continued support for the Iran nuclear deal is dependent on Tehran coming back in line with provisions limiting its stockpiles of enriched uranium, The Independent ....

  • Israeli forces target Palestinian fishermen in northern GS, storm eastern Rafah

    Date: 2019-07-15 08:50:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8024478

    GAZA CITY, July 15 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday morning targeted boats of Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip's sea and pushed into eastern Rafah city in the surroundings of Al Motbaq gate. Palestinian sources said 11 Israeli ....

  • Israeli forces storm Bab al Rahma prayer area

    Date: 2019-07-14 09:09:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8023087

    RAMALLAH, July 14 (MENA) - Israeli police stormed at dawn of Sunday Bab al Rahma prayer area inside Al Aqsa Mosque. Before Fajr prayers, Israeli police stormed the prayer area, moving all wooden barriers and shoe racks out of the area and ....

  • Iranian FM: Tehran to continue oil exports under any conditions

    Date: 2019-07-13 22:55:15 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8022912

    TEHRAN, July 13 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Saturday his country will continue its oil exports under any conditions, IRNA reported on Saturday. During a phone call with his British counterpart Jeremy Hunt, Zarif ....

  • US picks sanctions to Punish Turkey for Russian missiles

    Date: 2019-07-13 22:34:54 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:8022909

    WASHINGTON, July 13 (MENA) - President Donald Trump’s team settled on a sanctions package to punish Turkey for receiving parts of a Russian missile defense system and plans to announce its plan in the coming days, said people familiar with the ....

  • Gibraltar releases crew members of detained Iranian tanker on bail

    Date: 2019-07-13 08:03:47 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8021890

    LONDON, July 13 (MENA) - The Gibraltar police have released on bail without charge the captain and three officers of an Iranian tanker detained on suspicion of transporting oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions, according to a statement issued ....

  • Fitch downgrades Turkey's debt after central bank chief dismissal

    Date: 2019-07-13 07:12:27 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8021822

    WASHINGTON, July 13 (MENA) - Ratings agency Fitch on Friday downgraded Turkey's sovereign debt by one notch to 'BB-' with a negative outlook, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sacked the governor of the central bank. The firing of Murat ....

  • 55 Palestinians injured in Gaza border protest

    Date: 2019-07-12 19:59:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:8021602

    GAZA CITY, July 12 (MENA) - At least 55 Palestinians were injured on Friday by live bullets and rubber-coated rounds when Israeli forces attacked protesters partaking in the weekly Great March of Return at Gaza-Israel border, according to the ....

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