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Iran aide doesn't see 'any reason' for Trump-Rouhani talks

Date: 2018-08-10 14:37:34 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7527633

TEHRAN, Aug 10 (MENA) - A semi-official Iranian news agency is quoting an aide to the country's president as saying that he does not see "any reason" for talks between US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani at the next ....

Russian servicemen in Syria shoot down drone near Hmeymim base

Date: 2018-08-09 22:58:33 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:7526883

MOSCOW, Aug 9 (MENA) - Russian servicemen in Syria downed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that was approaching Russia’s Hmeymim air base from the militant-controlled territory, Tass News Agency reported quoting a senior Russian military official as ....

Israeli army instructed to take "strong action" against Gaza

Date: 2018-08-09 20:36:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:7526825

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Security Cabinet has instructed the Israeli army to take "strong action" against Gaza, Israeli Army Radio reported on Thursday. The Cabinet issued a brief statement late ....

Former Iranian president Ahmadinejad says embattled Rouhani must step aside

Date: 2018-08-09 20:22:12 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:7526793

TEHRAN, Aug 9 (MENA) - Following days of protests across the Islamic Republic of Iran, the former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took to his Telegram social media account Thursday to blast his successor, casting Rouhani as someone untrustworthy and ....

Israeli military court releases 4 Palestinian journalists, keeps 5th in detention

Date: 2018-08-09 19:39:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:7526737

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - An Israeli military court held at Ofer prison near Ramallah on Thursday ordered the release of four Palestinian journalists detained earlier this month but a fifth was kept in detention, according to Abdul Nasser Noubani, an ....

Saudi king orders hosting of 1,000 male, female pilgrims from Palestine

Date: 2018-08-09 16:01:51 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7526473

RIYADH, Aug 9 (MENA) - Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered the hosting of 1,000 male and female pilgrims among the relatives of Palestinian martyrs, SPA news agency reported Thursday. The move comes as part of the king's Hajj ....

Violence renews between Israel, Palestinian resistance

Date: 2018-08-09 15:33:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7526433

GAZA CITY, Aug 9 (MENA) - Israel renewed its raids over Gaza Strip on Thursday shortly after the Palestinian resistance stopped launching rockets into Israel. Israeli artillery shelled an agricultural plot of land in central the enclave with no ....

Israeli military court remands Palestinian writer for 12 days

Date: 2018-08-09 15:09:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7526437

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - An Israeli military court Thursday remanded Palestinian writer Lama Khater in custody for 12 more days, Wafaa news agency quoted the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS attorney Firas Sabah said the court, which ....

Palestinian PM urges world countries to stop Israeli attack on Gaza

Date: 2018-08-09 15:07:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7526215

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah urged the international community especially the European Union (EU) to exert utmost efforts to halt the Israeli aggression and violations committed against the Palestinians in Gaza ....

Syria's southwest fully purged of terrorist hotbeds: Russia

Date: 2018-08-09 14:59:38 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7526410

MOSCOW, Aug 9 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday affirmed that terrorist hotbeds have been completely uprooted in Syria's southwest. In a press conference, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said "Terrorist hotbeds have ....