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Palestinian FM hands over referral on Israeli settlements in Palestine to ICC

Date: 2018-05-22 10:17:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7411539

HAGUE\RAMALLAH, May 22 (MENA) - Foreign and Expatriates Minister Riad Maliki handed over to International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda a referral that covers "all the Israeli crimes and violations committed or to be committed ....

Israeli artillery shells Palestinian resistance monitoring points in Gaza

Date: 2018-05-22 09:32:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7411483

GAZA CITY, M 22 (MENA) - The Israeli artillery shelled on Tuesday some monitoring points for the Palestinian resistance in eastern Bureij camp in central Gaza. No injuries were reported. Israeli military towers opened their machine gun fire at ....

2 Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attack in northern Iraq

Date: 2018-05-22 07:25:35 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7411313

ANKARA, May 22 (MENA) - The Turkish General Staff announced the death of two soldiers and the injury of two others in an attack launched by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Turkish forces in northern Iraq. Sky News quoted the Turkish ....

Malaysia launches Palestine humanitarian fund

Date: 2018-05-22 06:42:18 GMT - Malaysia - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7411286

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (MENA) - The Malysian Immigration Department (JIM) will initiate the JIM Palestine Fund to raise funds for aid missions and humanitarian activities for Palestinians, said Immigration director-general Mustafar Ali, Bernama news ....

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 ....