Middle East
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UN chief calls for political solution to Gaza's conflict
Date: 2018-05-15 22:36:58 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:109 - ID:7402780
NEW YORK, May 15 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that Monday's killing of more than 50 people on the Gaza border shows the need for a political solution to the conflict, ABC News reported. During his visit ....
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German leader argues for preserving Iran deal
Date: 2018-05-15 20:18:32 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:7402920
BERLIN, May 15 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has acknowledged that the Iran nuclear deal "certainly has weaknesses" but says it should be preserved, Fox News reported on Tuesday. Merkel said in a speech to a labor union congress in ....
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Doctors Without Borders condemns Israeli killings in Gaza
Date: 2018-05-15 15:26:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7402337
RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) - Doctors Without Borders' representative in Palestine Marie-Elisabeth Ingres described what happened in Gaza as unacceptable and inhuman. "This bloodbath is continuation of the Israeli army’s policy during the last seven ....
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Palestinian cabinet urges unity, Arab League meeting
Date: 2018-05-15 14:46:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7402141
RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) - The Palestinian cabinet has called on the Palestinians to close ranks to face up the challenges and continue the construction process. The government held Israel and the US administration responsible for the loss of ....
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Gaza protests: UK calls for UN probe into deadly Israeli live fire
Date: 2018-05-15 13:57:52 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7402338
LONDON, May 15 (MENA) - Britain has called for a UN investigation looking at why “such a volume” of live ammunition was used by Israeli troops against Palestinian protesters in Gaza, The Independent reported. Britain's minister for the Middle ....
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Spain will not move embassy to Jerusalem
Date: 2018-05-15 13:56:07 GMT - Spain - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7402207
MADRID, March 15 (MENA) - Madrid announced Tuesday it will not move its embassy to occupied East Jerusalem in conformity with the UN Security Council resolutions, particularly no. 478 and called for self-restraint and avoiding any step that could ....
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Arab Human Rights Committee calls for opening international investigation into Israeli crimes
Date: 2018-05-15 13:19:43 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7402024
CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) - The Permanent Arab Committee for Human Rights called on the Prosecutor General of the International Criminal Court to swiftly open an investigation into the Israeli occupation crimes in light of its constant aggression against ....
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Russia deeply concerned over dozens of Palestinian killed: Kremlin spox
Date: 2018-05-15 13:06:11 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7401870
MOSCOW, May 15 (MENA) - Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday expressed Moscow's deep concern over the turn of events in the Middle East and the killing of dozens of Palestinians, adding that Russia is closely following up the situation in ....
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Israeli forces arrest 38 Palestinians from WB, Al Quds: PPC
Date: 2018-05-15 12:42:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7401864
RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained 38 Palestinian citizens from the West Bank and East Jerusalem (Al Quds) as of midnight Monday until Tuesday dawn, Palestinian Prisoners' Club (PPC) said. Last night, more than 20 ....
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UN commissioner urges transparent, independent inquiry into killing of Gazans
Date: 2018-05-15 12:19:58 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7402026
GENEVA, May 15 (MENA) - Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has called for independent and transparent investigations into all cases of death and injury since March 30, where 112 Palestinians had been ....