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Abbas calls on National Council to adopt his Security Council initiative

Date: 2018-04-30 22:35:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:124 - ID:7378059

RAMALLAH, April 30 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Monday called on the Palestinian National Council to adopt the initiative he made at the United Nations Security Council in February, WAFA reported on Monday. He said during a ....

Turkish aircraft violate Greek air space

Date: 2018-04-30 21:02:06 GMT - Greece - Middle East - SN:113 - ID:7377932

ATHENS, April 30 (MENA) – A Turkish helicopter and three pairs of F-16 fighter jets violated Greece’s national air space on several occasions on Monday and entered the Athens Flight Informational Region, Ekathimerini reported. They were chased ....

Netanyahu granted authority to declare war 'in extreme situations'

Date: 2018-04-30 21:00:45 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:112 - ID:7377934

GAZA CITY, April 30 (MENA) – The Knesset voted late Monday in favor of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request to grant him the authority to declare war with only the defense minister's approval in extreme situations, Haaretz ....

Pompeo: Century deal to be agreed by Palestinians, Israelis

Date: 2018-04-30 10:30:14 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7376505

AMMAN, April 30 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed that the deal of the century will be implemented following the agreement of both the Palestinians and the Israelis. The US is trying to make it easy for both parties in ....

Israeli forces fire at Palestinian fishermen, farmers in Gaza

Date: 2018-04-30 08:44:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7376206

GAZA CITY, April 30 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats fired on Monday at Palestinian fishermen and farmers in the Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported, Palestinian sources said. They also fired at the farmers in eastern Zaytoun and eastern Khan ....

19 Palestinians arrested in W. Bank

Date: 2018-04-30 08:41:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7376288

RAMALLAH, April 30 (MENA) - Nineteen Palestinians were arrested on Monday by Israeli occupation forces in different parts of the West Bank, Palestinian sources said. Five Palestinians were arrested in Nablus, two brothers in Qalqilya and one in ....

Rouhani tells Macron Iran nuclear deal ‘not negotiable’

Date: 2018-04-29 22:34:07 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:105 - ID:7376013

TEHRAN, April 29 (MENA) - Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that the nuclear deal his country reached with international powers was “not negotiable,” Al Arabiya news channel reported. “The ....

35 Taliban militants killed in US strike in northern Afghanistan

Date: 2018-04-28 22:03:19 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:93 - ID:7374242

KABUL, April 28 (MENA) - At least 35 Taliban militants were killed and 40 others wounded in US airstrikes in northern Balkh province, Afghanistan National Army (ANA) officials were quoted by Geonews as saying on Saturday. The airstrikes were ....

Israeli force kidnaps Lebanese female civilian near borders

Date: 2018-04-28 21:49:57 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:7374225

BEIRUT, April 28 (MENA) - An Israel force on Saturday kidnapped a Lebanese female civilian near the border district of Shebaa, the official Lebanese news agency reported. The Lebanese citizen was taken to Israel. The Lebanese Army is ....

Israeli forces shoot man in raid on West Bank village

Date: 2018-04-28 17:58:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:7374000

RAMALLAH, April 28 (MENA) - A Palestinian man was injured on Saturday evening after he was shot by Israeli forces during clashes in the village of Kafr Qaddoum, east of Qaqilia city in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses. The clashes ....