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  • Mike Pompeo says Tehran declined his proposed visit to speak to the Iranian people

    Date: 2019-07-29 09:19:25 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8043082

    WASHINGTON, July 29 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that the Iranian regime declined his offer to travel to the country and speak to its people, The National reported. In a tweet, he said: “I recently offered to travel ....

  • EU reaffirms continued commitment to preserving JCPOA

    Date: 2019-07-28 20:35:29 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:8042836

    BRUSSELS, July 28 (MENA) - The European Union announced that all remaining participants in Iran Deal reaffirmed their continued commitment to preserving the JCPOA. They recalled that both nuclear commitments and sanctions-lifting are essential ....

  • Occupation forces detain 14 Palestinians in Jerusalem, Bethlehem

    Date: 2019-07-28 15:31:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:8042379

    RAMALLAH, July 28 (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces last night detained 14 Palestinians during raids in the West Bank district of Bethlehem and in occupied East Jerusalem, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), according to WAFA News ....

  • Palestinian foreign ministry laments violation of int'l law by Israel, US

    Date: 2019-07-28 15:15:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:8042426

    RAMALLAH, July 28 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has lamented the silence of the international community over the indifference of Israel and the United States towards the violation of the signed agreements. In a statement Sunday, the ....

  • Iranian president blames foreign deployment for insecurities in region

    Date: 2019-07-28 12:52:11 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8042275

    TEHRAN, July 28 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blamed the military buildup of the trans-regional states as the main contributor to instability and insecurity in the region, Fars News Agency has reported. "Presence of foreign forces ....

  • Israel destroys tourist project in West Bank -- Palestinian official

    Date: 2019-07-28 11:15:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8041953

    RAMALLAH, July 28 (MENA) - A section of a tourist project in Sebastia town of Nablus province in the occupied West Bank was destroyed Sunday by Israeli troops. The troops conducted three incursions in the area over the past 24 hours, said ....

  • Iran intends to restart activities at Arak heavy water nuclear reactor

    Date: 2019-07-28 09:51:05 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8041933

    TEHRAN, July 28 (MENA) - The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, told lawmakers on Sunday that Iran will restart activities at the Arak heavy water nuclear reactor, the ISNA news agency reported. Enemies of Tehran know ....

  • Major Arab parties in Israel announce joint Knesset run

    Date: 2019-07-27 19:20:09 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8041653

    GAZA CITY, July 27 (MENA) - The three main Arab parties in Israel - Hadash, Ra'am and Ta'al - announced a joint run for Knesset in the September 17 elections, Ynet news reported on Saturday. The head of the Arab-dominated Hadash party Ayman ....

  • Revolutionary guard soldier killed in western Iran clashes

    Date: 2019-07-27 09:01:34 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8040793

    TEHRAN, July 27 (MENA) - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says one of its soldiers was killed in clashes on Friday with a number of "anti-revolutionaries" near the western borders with Iraq. A guard border patrol "encountered and ....

  • Mauritania deplores Israeli demolishing of houses in Quds

    Date: 2019-07-26 10:05:39 GMT - Mauritania - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8039800

    NOUAKCHOTT, July 26 (MENA) - Mauritania condemned in the strongest terms the practices of the Israeli occupation forces after they have demolished residential buildings and bulldozed lands in Al Quds city. In a statement released Friday, the ....

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