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  • 21 persons killed, injured in quake in southwestern Iran

    Date: 2019-07-08 11:41:36 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8014916

    TEHRAN, July 8 (MENA) - One man has died and 10 others have been injured by an earlier 5.7-magnitude earthquake in southwestern Iranian city of Masjed Soleyman, according to the governor of Masjed Soleyman Heidar Hojjatinia. The quake jolted ....

  • Iran surpasses uranium enrichment limit in first major violation of nuclear deal

    Date: 2019-07-08 10:38:11 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8014751

    WASHINGTON, July 8 (MENA) - Iran has surpassed the cap on uranium enrichment set by the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said Monday, warning that Tehran would take further steps to reduce its ....

  • Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli settlement expansion in West Bank

    Date: 2019-07-08 10:18:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8014747

    RAMALLAH, July 8 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned on Monday growing Israeli settlement activities in Al Quds and Area C, saying it is a flagrant violation of international legitimacy and human rights principles. Under the ....

  • Israeli settlers take over Palestinian-owned building in Quds neighborhood

    Date: 2019-07-08 09:59:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8014760

    RAMALLAH, July 8 (MENA) - Israeli settlers took over on Monday a Palestinian-owned building in Suwwana area on the Mount of Olives in occupied al Quds, according to local sources. They told WAFA that Israeli police escorted the settlers during ....

  • Moderate tremor shakes southwestern Iran

    Date: 2019-07-08 08:59:25 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8014655

    TEHRAN, July 8 (MENA) - A 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the city of Masjed Soleyman in southwestern Iranian province of Khouzestan on Monday morning, IRNA News Agency reported. The tremor occurred at 11:30 local time (07:00 GMT) at the depth of ....

  • Iran continues arming Houthi militas: Yemeni govt

    Date: 2019-07-08 08:43:02 GMT - Yemen - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8014607

    SANAA, July 8 (MENA) - Iran continues to blatantly defy the UNSC resolutions and international law by arming the Houthi militias, the Yemeni government announced on Monday. Yemeni Minister of Information Muammar al Aryani condemned Iran for ....

  • Israeli forces detain 27 Palestinians from West Bank, Jerusalem

    Date: 2019-07-08 08:11:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8014599

    RAMALLAH, July 8 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained Monday 27 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and sources. Israeli forces conducted large-scale raids across the northern West Bank ....

  • Israeli troops arrest three Palestinians from Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2019-07-08 06:59:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8014470

    RAMALLAH, July 8 (MENA) - Israeli troops stormed the Bab al Rahma area inside the Al Aqsa Mosque compound and arrested three youths. The three young men were led to the interrogation center outside the mosque, eyewitnesses said late Sunday. ....

  • US calls for German ground troops in Syria

    Date: 2019-07-07 16:06:02 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:8013514

    WASHINGTON, July 7 (MENA) - US Special Representative for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey has called on Germany to send military trainers, logistics specialists and technicians to help the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the fight ....

  • Palestine urges int'l community to confront Israel's campaign to annex Area C

    Date: 2019-07-07 14:56:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8013599

    RAMALLAH, July 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Sunday called on the international community to face the Israeli campaigns to annex Area C of the West Bank. Area C, which is administratively under Israel's control, constitutes ....

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