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1 killed, another wounded in blast in Diyala province

Date: 2018-07-01 06:49:06 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7467708

BAGHDAD, July 1 (MENA) - One civilian was killed and another wounded in a blast in a road linking between Diyala and Salahuddin provinces on Sunday. The explosive device was planted on the road of Mubarak al Farhan village and went off while a ....

Embassy might be moved only after decision on Jerusalem - Russian diplomat

Date: 2018-06-30 21:32:32 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7467530

MOSCOW, June 30 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said Saturday his country's embassy in Israel might be shifted from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem only after Israel and Palestine have settled all issues, TASS reported. "You know ....

Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians, injure 310 at Gaza border

Date: 2018-06-29 22:12:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:7466343

GAZA CITY, June 29 (MENA) – Two Palestinians were killed and at least 310 others were injured, three of them seriously, on Friday after they were shot by live ammunition by Israeli soldiers who continued to attack the ongoing Great March of Return ....

35 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces at Gaza borders

Date: 2018-06-29 18:13:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7466077

GAZA CITY, June 29 (MENA) - At least 35 Palestinian protesters were injured on Friday after they were shot by live ammunition by Israeli soldiers who continued to attack the ongoing Great March of Return protests at Gaza’s eastern border, WAFA news ....

Pompeo: Iran's supreme leader bears blame for suffering in Yemen

Date: 2018-06-29 15:37:55 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7466046

WASHINGTON, June 29 (MENA) - Iran's support for the Houthi rebels has not only enabled attacks on the UAE and Saudi Arabia but also risks making making the humanitarian crisis in Yemen worse, The National cited US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as ....

Palestinian shot by Israeli gunfire succumbs to wounds in Gaza

Date: 2018-06-28 14:10:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:7463891

GAZA CITY, June 28 (MENA) – A Palestinian teen Thursday succumbed to wounds he sustained several hours earlier when Israeli artillery shelled two Palestinians to the east of Rafah city in the southern besieged Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. Mustafa ....

Erekat: Palestine is not for sale

Date: 2018-06-28 13:59:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7463985

RAMALLAH, June 28 (MENA) - Commenting on news that the United States intends to freeze its financial aid to the Palestinian Authority, Wafa quoted Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization ....

Israeli settlers vandalize Palestinian property in West Bank village

Date: 2018-06-28 11:17:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7463850

RAMALLAH, June 28 (MENA) - Israeli settlers vandalized on Thursday Palestinian property in the village of Urif, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official monitoring Israeli settlement ....

Israel detains 17 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2018-06-28 08:42:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7463612

RAMALLAH, June 28 (MENA) – Israeli forces detained 17 Palestinians from the West Bank overnight, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said Thursday. The detainees included four from Halhul, five from Nablus, three from Bethlehem, three from Tubas and ....

Prince William visits Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-06-28 08:11:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7463556

RAMALLAH, June 28 (MENA) – Duke of Cambridge Prince William on Thursday toured Al Aqsa Mosque, where he was accompanied by a delegation from the Jerusalem’s Department of Awqaf (religious endowment). The Prince got acquainted with the situation ....