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UAE welcomes US approach on Iran

Date: 2018-05-21 21:29:37 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:100 - ID:7411096

ABU DHABI, May 21 (MENA) - UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash on Monday welcomed the the "right approach" taken by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Iran. Uniting efforts is the correct path for Iran to realize the ....

Palestinian human rights center holds Israel responsible for Oweisat death

Date: 2018-05-21 17:50:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7410949

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - Al Mezan Center For Human Rights held the Israeli occupation Monday responsible for the death of Palestinian prisoner Aziz Moussa Oweisat, 53, in an Israeli hospital after suffering a severe hemorrhage and heart ....

Israel seizes large part of Bab al Rahma cemetery - official

Date: 2018-05-21 16:03:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:7410822

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities have placed iron fences in the vicinity of Bab al Rahma cemetery in Jerusalem, Director of Al Aqsa Academy for Science and Heritage Najeh Bkeerat told MENA on Monday. The move, made by ....

OIC condemns transferring Paraguay Embassy to Al Quds

Date: 2018-05-21 15:08:57 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7410758

RIYADH, May 21 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed condemnation of the decision of the Republic of Paraguay to transfer its embassy to occupied Jerusalem (Al Quds), Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday. This illegal ....

Palestinian researchers warn against continued division

Date: 2018-05-21 12:44:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7410438

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - Palestinian activists and political analysts warned against the danger of continued division and dispute over power in light of the absence of President Mahmoud Abbas (for health reasons) as it might be used by Israel or ....

PLO calls on Paraguay to retract decision to open embassy in occupied Jerusalem

Date: 2018-05-21 12:41:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7410390

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi denounced Monday Paraguay's decision to open its embassy in the occupied Jerusalem,the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported. In a ....

Dozens of Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-05-21 12:06:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7410385

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Monday Al Aqsa Mosque from Mughrabi gate guarded by Israeli occupation forces, in the second day of the so-called "Shavuot" holiday. The Israeli forces closed the Mugrabi gate at 11:00 ....

Palestinian FM:Opening Paraguayan embassy in Jerusalem is illegal, act of aggression

Date: 2018-05-21 11:24:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7410189

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - Paraguay’s moving of its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is illegal, illegitimate, an act of aggression against the Palestinian people and their rights, a violation of relevant United Nations resolutions and ....

Palestinian govt holds Israel responsible for death of prisoner Oweisat

Date: 2018-05-21 11:14:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7410115

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian national reconciliation government has mourned the death of Palestinian prisoner Aziz Oweisat at an Israeli hospital. Oweisat, 53, from Jabal al-Mukaber neighborhood of the occupied East Jerusalem, was ....

Iran's presence in Syria at Damascus' demand: Spox

Date: 2018-05-21 10:06:31 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7410007

TEHRAN, May 21 (MENA) - Iran is present in Syria because Damascus wanted it to be there and Tehran's goal is to fight terrorism, IRNA News Agency reported quoting the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying Monday. 'Should the ....