Middle East
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Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams inauguration of Israeli police station in Hebron
Date: 2018-06-21 14:26:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7453312
RAMALLAH, June 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the inauguration of an Israeli police station in the Old City located in Hebron. In a statement on Thursday, the ministry underlined that the move is ....
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3rd Rhodes Conference addresses current ME challenges
Date: 2018-06-21 14:01:32 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7453039
CAIRO, June 21 (MENA) - The third Rhodes Conference for Security and Stability kicked off on Thursday in the Greek city of Rhodes, under the theme "“The Spirit of Rhodes: Shaping a Positive Agenda For Stability and Prosperity”. This year's ....
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Palestine urges int'l community to assume responsibility towards Israeli aggression on Ibrahimi Mosque
Date: 2018-06-21 12:43:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7452976
RAMALLAH, June 21 (MENA) - Palestinian government spokesman Yousef al Mahmoud on Thursday called on the international community and institutions, topped by the UNESCO to shoulder their responsibilities towards the continued Israeli aggression on the ....
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UN experts say Gaza health care at “breaking point”
Date: 2018-06-21 12:29:11 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7453131
GENEVA, June 21 (MENA) - UN human rights experts have backed calls for a large-scale international response to the overwhelming health care needs of people living in Gaza, Reliefweb reported. They also remind Israel, as the occupying power, of ....
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Palestinian Awqaf Ministry decries Israeli settlers’ practices
Date: 2018-06-21 09:30:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7452658
RAMALLAH, June 21 (MENA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs denounced the practices and violations of Israeli occupation forces and settlers against sacred places in Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Hebron. The ministry ....
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US withdrawal from UN Rights Council shocking, disappointing – MP says
Date: 2018-06-21 08:59:29 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7452663
CAIRO, June 21 (MENA) – Head of the parliament’s Arab Affairs Committee Saad el Gammal said the United States withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council was shocking and disappointing. He explained on Wednesday that the US bias in ....
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Israeli army demolishes home of Palestinian accused of car-ramming attack
Date: 2018-06-21 08:25:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7452616
RAMALLAH, June 21 (MENA) - A large Israeli army unit raided the northern West Bank town of Barta’a early Thursday and demolished the home of Ala’a Qabaha, who is accused of ramming his car into Israeli soldiers near Jenin on March 16, killing two ....
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Netanyahu: We are prepared for every scenario in Gaza
Date: 2018-06-20 21:25:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7452287
GAZA CITY, June 20 (MENA) - Israel's reaction to the situation in Gaza will escalate “as necessary,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday at a graduation ceremony for new Israeli officers at a training base near Mitzpe Ramon, JPost ....
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Malta's FM reiterates rejection of US embassy relocation decision
Date: 2018-06-20 20:08:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7452105
RAMALLAH, June 20 (MENA) - Maltese Minister of Foreign Affairs Carmelo Abela on Wednesday reiterated his country's rejection of the US decision to relocate its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, describing it as a unilateral one that does not serve the ....
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UNRWA commissioner-general never decided to curtail services offered to refugees
Date: 2018-06-20 14:38:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7451861
GAZA CITY, June 20 (MENA) - Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Pierre Krähenbühl have not decided until the moment to curtail services offered for more than 5 million Palestinian refugees, Media ....