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US State Dept. official says Iran engaging in 'nuclear blackmail'

Date: 2019-05-09 08:43:39 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7934512

WASHINGTON, May 9 (MENA) - US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said "America is never going to be held hostage to the Iranian regime's nuclear blackmail." "We are ready to restore diplomatic ties and welcome the country into the ....

Turkish opposition calls for 'revoking Erdogan’s mandate'

Date: 2019-05-09 07:04:04 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:7934427

ANKARA, May 9 (MENA) - Turkey’s main opposition party said it had formally requested the annulment of President Tayyip Erdogan’s mandate because the same flaws his AK Party alleged in the city’s March 31 mayoral vote occurred in last year’s national ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry: we are committed to two-state solution

Date: 2019-05-08 12:31:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7933429

RAMALLAH, May 8 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has said the Palestinian side does not base its positions on leaks from unknown sources, pointing out its stance towards the US administration is clear and based on rejecting decisions ....

JCPOA needs urgent surgery: President Rouhani

Date: 2019-05-08 07:56:51 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7932990

TEHRAN, May 8 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that Iran is not withdrawing from the nuclear deal, rather it is reducing its commitments to the deal and that JCPOA needs surgery, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported. The ....

UN chief urges warring parties to protect civilians in northwestern Syria

Date: 2019-05-07 14:22:58 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7932293

NEW YORK, May 7 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the warring parties in Syria's northwest to protect civilians and uphold international humanitarian law. In a statement on Tuesday, the UN said that Guterres ....

Israel arrests nine Palestinians in WB

Date: 2019-05-07 10:36:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7931825

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - Israel arrested on Monday and Tuesday nine Palestinians in the West Bank. A 19-year-old girl and a child were arrested, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said on Tuesday. Five youths were arrested in Qalqiliya and two in ....

UN chief calls for ceasefire in Libya, end of offensive on Tripoli

Date: 2019-05-07 08:00:44 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7931561

NEW YORK, May 7 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on all parties to the Libyan conflict to commit to a ceasefire and halt the ongoing offensive on Tripoli, Sputnik news agency reported. "My position is very clear — ....

US to hold Iran accountable for any attack on US forces: Pentagon chief

Date: 2019-05-06 19:43:45 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7931312

WASHINGTON, May 6 (MENA) - Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Monday that he had approved sending a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East because of a "credible threat by Iranian regime forces," The New York Times ....

Germany praises Egypt's mediation efforts to reach ceasefire in Palestine

Date: 2019-05-06 14:52:56 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7930911

BERLIN, May 6 (MENA) - German Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas hailed on Monday Egypt's mediation efforts, alongside the United Nations, to reach a ceasefire deal to end three-day battles between Palestinian factions and Israel that left at ....

27 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Date: 2019-05-06 13:38:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7930817

GAZA CITY, May 6 (MENA) - Twenty-seven Palestinian citizens were killed in the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip over the past two days, the Palestinian Ministry of Public Works and Housing said on Monday. In a report, the ministry said 160 ....