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Settlers storms into Aqsa

Date: 2018-09-30 09:30:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7599119

RAMALLAH, Sept 30 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed into Aqsa Mosque on Sunday from Magharba gate guarded by Israeli forces. Among the settlers, who performed Talmudic rituals, was an extremist Knesset member. Media officer at the ....

Armed factions pull out weapons from Idlib buffer zone -- rights group

Date: 2018-09-30 06:49:43 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7598974

DAMASCUS, Sept 30 (MENA) - Armed factions have started pulling out their heavy weapons from a demilitarized zone in Idlib, established upon a Russia-Turkish deal to avert the region a massive military offensive by the regime army, according to a ....

Palestine files lawsuit against US at International Court of Justice

Date: 2018-09-29 11:37:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7598175

RAMALLAH, Sept 29 (MENA) - Palestine has filed a lawsuit against the US at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the main judicial body of the UN, for violating international law by moving its embassy in Israel to the occupied city of East ....

Al Azhar slams Israeli crimes against peaceful Gaza protesters

Date: 2018-09-29 10:45:45 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7598137

CAIRO, Sept 29 (MENA) - Al Azhar strongly condemned brutal repression committed by the Israeli forces against peaceful protesters in the Gaza Strip on Friday. The violent incidents left seven Palestinians dead most of them are children and 500 ....

Ministerial meeting on UNRWA raises remarkable $122 million

Date: 2018-09-28 19:56:36 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7597602

AMMAN/NEW YORK, Sept 28 (MENA) - A Ministerial Meeting, held in New York raised a remarkable US$122 million for the UN Palestine refugees agency (UNRWA), the agency said in a statement Friday. The foreign ministers of Jordan, Sweden, Turkey, ....

Israeli forces kill 6 Palestinians, injure 500 at Gaza border

Date: 2018-09-28 17:26:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7597496

GAZA CITY, Sept 28 (MENA) - At least six Palestinians were killed and 500 others were injured by live bullets or suffered teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces attacked fresh Great March of Return protests at the Gaza-Israel border, WAFA ....

Russia hopes Israel will abide by int'l laws on Syria: official

Date: 2018-09-28 11:17:24 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7597009

MOSCOW, Sept 28 (MENA) - Russia hopes that Israel would abide by international laws and agreements on Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Friday. Israelis have extended their condolences at all levels after Russian ....

EU proposes additional €40 mn for UNRWA

Date: 2018-09-28 11:04:20 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7596854

BRUSSELS, Sept 28 (MENA) - The European Commission proposed additional €40 million support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the European Commission said in a press release on ....

Indonesia urges world not to remain silent about Palestine

Date: 2018-09-28 10:51:27 GMT - Indonesia - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7596939

JAKARTA, Sept 28 (MENA) - Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla has called on world community not to remain silent about Israel`s occupation of Palestine, the Indonesian Antara news agency reported. Kalla made the call on Thursday afternoon in his ....

UN Palestinian refugee agency narrows shortfall after US cuts

Date: 2018-09-28 09:33:16 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7596851

AMMAN/NEW YORK, Sept 28 (MENA) - UNRWA, A United Nations agency that supports Palestinian refugees, received contributions of $118 million on Thursday, narrowing a budget gap for this year to $68 million as it aims to fill a shortfall left by a cut ....