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OIC welcomes plebiscite in the Southern Philippines

Date: 2018-10-21 13:07:33 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7631600

JEDDAH, Oct 21 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomes the announcement by the Philippines Commission on Election (COMELEC) that on 21st January 2019 a plebiscite exercise will be held to decide the ....

Jordan cancels annexes of peace treaty With Israel

Date: 2018-10-21 13:05:51 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7631592

RAMALLAH/AMMAN, Oct 21 (MENA) - Jordan's King Abdullah informed Israel on Sunday he will not renew two annexes of the 1994 peace treaty between Israel and Jordan concerning territory leased to Israel, said Israeli newspaper Haaretz. In a meeting ....

Israeli forces arrest six Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2018-10-21 10:17:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7631236

RAMALLAH, Oct 21 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces last night arrested six Palestinians during raids across the occupied West Bank and in East Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC), WAFA reported. PPS said the forces ....

Israel reopens Karm Abu Salem, Erez crossings

Date: 2018-10-21 08:41:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7631058

GAZA CITY, Oct 21 (MENA) - Israeli authorities reopened the crossings of Karm Abu Salem and Erez after a 10-day closure. Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman decided to close the crossings claiming that the Palestinians stage protests near ....

Israel refers Al Quds governor to military court

Date: 2018-10-21 08:19:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7631054

RAMALLAH, Oct 21 (MENA) - Israeli authorities have extended for four days the detention of Al Quds Governor Adnan Ghaith. He has been referred to the Ofer military court near Ramallah, said lawyer Mohamed Mahmoud, who follows up prisoners' ....

US supports efforts exerted to achieve peace, reconciliation in Syria: US envoy

Date: 2018-10-21 07:55:11 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7630999

RIYADH, Oct 21 (MENA) - US Special Envoy to Syria James Jeffrey asserted that the US fully supports all efforts exerted to achieve peace and reconciliation in Syria. Jeffrey's remarks came in statements on Sunday after his meeting with Syria's ....

Israeli army abducts Quds governor

Date: 2018-10-21 06:11:48 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:7630914

RAMALLAH, Oct 21 (MENA) - An Israeli special force abducted Al Quds Governor Adnan Ghaith in Beit Hanina village in northern Quds late on Saturday. The abductee was taken to an unknown destination, Al Arabiya news channel said. ....

Israeli troops arrest Al-Quds governor, intelligence chief

Date: 2018-10-20 18:32:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7630656

JERUSALEM, Oct 20 (MENA) - Special units of the Israeli police have detained governor of Al-Quds Adnan Ghaith in Beit Hanina in the occupied West Bank, according to the official news agency WAFA. Three police vehicles intercepted a car carrying ....

Israel detains Jerusalem intelligence head

Date: 2018-10-20 10:52:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7630005

RAMALLAH, Oct 20 (MENA) - The Israeli army detained Colonel Jihad Faqeeh, 50, who heads the occupied East Jerusalem office in the Palestinian Intelligence force, according to security sources. They said Faqeeh was detained at a military ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Israeli laws seek to terrorize critics

Date: 2018-10-20 10:47:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7629958

RAMALLAH, Oct 20 (MENA) - A proposed Israeli law that would impose stiff prison terms on activists in the anti-Israel boycott movement seeks to terrorize Israel critics, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said. An Israeli parliamentary committee is ....