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UN: Winter weather killed 15 displaced children in Syria

Date: 2019-01-15 10:39:14 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7757959

NEW YORK, Jan 15 (MENA) - Freezing temperatures and the lack of medical care have killed at least 15 displaced Syrian children in recent weeks, the United Nations reported on Tuesday. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said eight of them had died ....

Palestinian Movement urges sit-in at social security authority in Birah

Date: 2019-01-15 09:49:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7757791

RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (MENA) - The United Palestinian Movement on Tuesday called for a sit-in at the social security authority in al Birah city in the West Bank. In a statement, the movement urged a general strike in all companies and departments that ....

Israel orders conditional release of four Aqsa Mosque guards

Date: 2019-01-15 09:04:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7757678

RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities have released four guards of Al Aqsa Mosque on condition of not entering the mosque for one week. In statements on Tuesday, an official at the Palestinian Awqaf Ministry, Firas Dibs, said ....

Iran's Payam satellite not placed into orbit: Iranian IT Minister

Date: 2019-01-15 08:39:43 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7757681

TEHRAN, Jan 15 (MENA) - Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology in a message announced that Iran's Payam satellite has not been put into orbit successfully, Irna reported Tuesday. Referring to the launching ceremony which ....

US Secretary of State arrives in Oman in official visit

Date: 2019-01-14 19:06:11 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:7756895

Muscat, Jan 14 (MENA) – Secretary of State of the United States of America Mike Pompeo and his accompanying delegation arrived in Oman on a one-day visit to the Sultanate, the Oman News Agency (ONA) reported Monday. The US guest and his ....

Muslims prevented by Israeli police from worshiping at Dome of Rock Mosque

Date: 2019-01-14 13:09:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7755939

RAMALLAH, Jan 14 (MENA) - Israeli police closed on Monday the doors to the Dome of the Rock, the golden dome mosque within al Haram al Sharif compound that also includes Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City, and prevented Muslim worshipers from ....

Palestinian authority: Health condition of Palestinian prisoner Sufian Mohammed seriously deteriorating

Date: 2019-01-14 12:30:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7755958

RAMALLAH, Jan 14 (MENA) - The Palestinian prisoners authority warned against the serious deterioration of the health condition of Palestinian prisoner Sufian Mohammed al-Scafi, 35, from the southern West Bank city of Al Khalil (Hebron). In ....

Saudi Crown Prince, Pompeo agree on need for de-escalation in Yemen

Date: 2019-01-14 10:07:09 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7756073

RIYADH, Jan 14 (MENA) - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed ben Salman and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met in Riyadh on Monday, and discussed developments in Yemen, agreeing on the need for de-escalation in the country, Al Arabiya news channel ....

Saudi king, Pompeo review regional developments

Date: 2019-01-14 09:58:11 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7756012

RIYADH, Jan 14 (MENA) - Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud had talks on Monday with visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on means of cementing bilateral ties. The talks tackled the latest developments in the Middle East, according to ....

Seven killed in Iran plane crash west of capital

Date: 2019-01-14 08:50:59 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7755926

TEHRAN, Jan 14 (MENA) - A crash of an Iranian cargo plane bound for Iran's Payam International Airport, in the city of Karaj west of Tehran, has so far claimed the lives of seven people on board, spokesman for Iran Emergency Organization said on ....