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2nd light tremor rocks western Iran
Date: 2018-01-13 13:54:38 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7188570
TEHRAN, Jan 13 (MENA) - An earthquake measuring 4.1 on Richter scale shook Sumar in the western province of Kermanshah bordering Iraq at 10:00 hours local time (06:30 GMT) on Saturday, IRNA news agency reported. According to the Seismological ....
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Israeli authorities ban elderly woman from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2018-01-13 10:12:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7188314
RAMALLAH, Jan 13 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities decided late Friday to ban a 61-year-old Amira al-Haj Khalil, from Jerusalem, from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for 15 days for raising the Palestinian flag during a protest held after Friday's ....
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Iran rejects changes to nuclear deal- Foreign Ministry
Date: 2018-01-13 09:38:33 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7188313
TEHRAN, Jan 13 (MENA) - Iran announced on Saturday that it will not accept any changes to its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. The Iranian Foreign Ministry stressed in a statement that Iran "will not accept any change in the deal, neither now ....
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Hamas, Islamic Jihad not to attend PLO central council meeting
Date: 2018-01-13 09:18:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7188259
RAMALLAH, Jan 13 (MENA) - The movements of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad will not be taking part in a meeting of the central council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to be held in Ramallah on Sunday. Chairman of the political office ....
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Israel digging road to expand settlement in WB
Date: 2018-01-13 08:13:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7188206
RAMALLAH, Jan 13 (MENA) - Israeli bulldozers are digging a road between the towns of Tal and Farata with the aim to expand the settlement of Gilad in the northern West Bank. This is a clear sign of intentions of the extremist Israeli government ....
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Germany condemns Israeli plan to build new settlements
Date: 2018-01-12 20:58:34 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7187938
BERLIN, Jan 12 (MENA) - Germany expressed concern over Israeli approval of over a thousand new housing units in the West Bank. "Particularly worrying is the high proportion of new housing units in settlements that are located far from the 1967 ....
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UN report finds Iran in violation of Yemen arms embargo
Date: 2018-01-12 20:41:41 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7187960
NEW YORK, Jan 12 (MENA) - Iran has violated a UN arms embargo by failing to block supplies to Yemen's Houthi militias of ballistic missiles that were fired at Saudi Arabia, Al Arabiya quoted a UN expert report as saying on Friday. "The panel has ....
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Trump waives Iran nuclear sanctions
Date: 2018-01-12 20:12:22 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7187893
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (MENA) - The Trump administration on Friday announced it will extend waivers for Iran nuclear sanctions, keeping alive the landmark Obama-era deal for at least another few months, but White House officials vowed this is the "last ....
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Iran spends $200 million on Hezbollah - US
Date: 2018-01-12 18:56:47 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7187881
NEW YORK, Jan 12 (MENA) - The United States Mission to the United Nations said Friday the Iranian regime spends at least $200 million on Hezbollah each year. On Thursday, the US Justice Department set up a team to investigate individuals and ....
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16 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli army at Gaza border
Date: 2018-01-12 18:06:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7187793
RAMALLAH, Jan 12 (MENA) - Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces at the eastern and northern border of the Gaza Strip on Friday left 16 Palestinians injured. Seven were shot with live bullets in the northern district of Jabalia. They ....
