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Magnitude 4 quake jolts western Iran

Date: 2018-04-28 10:03:39 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7373144

TEHRAN, April 28 (MENA) - An earthquake measuring 4 on Richter scale jolted Mehran city in the western Iranian province of Ilam on Saturday. The tremor occurred at 5:43 local time (1:13 GMT) in an area located at 32.99 degrees latitude and 46.05 ....

Palestinian youth succumbs to injuries eastern Gaza

Date: 2018-04-28 07:33:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7372878

GAZA CITY, April 28 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth, who was seriously injured during the fifth Friday's "Great March of Return", died on Saturday morning, Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said. In a brief statement, the ministry said that ....

Arab League chief denounces Israeli violations against Palestinians

Date: 2018-04-27 22:37:55 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:7372711

CAIRO, April 27 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul-Gheit denounced on Friday violations committed by Israeli occupation forces against innocent Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Abul-Gheit's condemnation came as a number of ....

Trump says he 'may' attend embassy opening in Jerusalem

Date: 2018-04-27 22:27:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:7372709

WASHINGTON, April 27 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Friday he might travel to Israel next month to attend the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, The Hill reported. "I may go. I'm very proud of it," Trump said during a joint press ....

Israel raids Freedom Flotilla ship

Date: 2018-04-27 22:25:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:7372648

GAZA CITY, April 27 (MENA) - Israel has attacked a blockade-breaking ship at the port of Gaza, according to local media. The vessel, part of the so-called Freedom Flotilla, was attacked by Israeli aircraft with three rockets, Al-Aqsa radio ....

3 Palestinians killed, 349 injured in Gaza border protests

Date: 2018-04-27 17:02:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7372494

GAZA CITY, April 27 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were killed and over 349 injured on Friday as Israeli forces attacked Palestinian protesters on the fifth consecutive Friday of the Great March of Return protests along the northern and eastern borders ....

Germany fuming over Assad's plan to seize property from exiles

Date: 2018-04-27 16:31:33 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7372454

BERLIN, April 27 (MENA) - Syrian war refugees face home losses under a reconstruction decree issued by Syrian President Bashar Assad. Deutsche Well quoted the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper as saying the German Foreign Ministry is fuming over Assad's ....

50 Palestinians injured at Gaza borders

Date: 2018-04-27 15:45:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7372337

GAZA CITY, April 27 (MENA) - At least 50 Palestinians sustained bullet injuries or suffered suffocation after inhaling teargas fired by Israeli forces to disperse protesters participating in the fifth Friday of the "Great March of Return" protests ....

DFLP slams Bundestag's decision over recognizing Israel as Jewish state

Date: 2018-04-27 13:28:12 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7372182

AMMAN, April 27 (MENA) - The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) denounced a decision taken by the Germany's Bundestag recognizing Israel as a Jewish state. In a statement on Friday, the front said the decision will ....

Russia's FSB detains members of Daesh 'sleeper cell' from Syria

Date: 2018-04-27 12:12:01 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7372083

MOSCOW, April 27 (MENA) - The FSB has thwarted a number of terrorist attacks in Russia recently. In March, a terror plot by a Daesh cell was foiled in the Saratov Region, while in January, FSB neutralized a Daesh member, who plotted a terrorist ....