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4.7 magnitude quake jolts western Iran
Date: 2018-01-10 19:02:00 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:7184578
TEHRAN, Jan 10 (MENA) - A 4.7 magnitude earthquake has hit a town in the province of Kermanshah in western Iran, Sky News Arabia reported on Wednesday. The quake, which jolted Kuzaran, was 10 km deep. It's also felt by residents in other ....
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Iran ready to speed up uranium enrichment if US violates Nuclear Deal - official
Date: 2018-01-10 16:06:12 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7184299
TEHRAN, Jan 10 (MENA) - Tehran is ready to accelerate its enrichment of uranium in the event Washington violates the multilateral agreement on Iran's nuclear program, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Vice-President of the ....
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Test of Arrow-3 missile cancelled
Date: 2018-01-10 13:26:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7183871
GAZA CITY, Jan 10 (MENA) - The Israeli Defense Ministry cancelled a test of the Arrow-3 Missile system at the last minute. The missile is intended to intercept exoatmospheric ballistic missiles, Ynet reported on Wednesday, noting that his is the ....
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AI: Iran must investigate reports of protesters death in custody
Date: 2018-01-10 13:21:54 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7183853
LONDON, Jan 10 (MENA) - The Iranian authorities must immediately investigate reports that at least five people have died in custody following a crackdown on anti-establishment protests, and take all necessary steps to protect detainees from torture ....
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Israel detains 13 Palestinians from West Bank
Date: 2018-01-10 11:32:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7183691
RAMALLAH, Jan 10 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained 13 Palestinians, including a girl, from the West Bank at dawn Wednesday. In a statement on Wednesday, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said that three Palestinian youth were detained from Ramallah, ....
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Occupation forces close Nablus entrances after murder of settler
Date: 2018-01-10 11:11:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7183457
RAMALLAH, Jan 10 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday shut down Huwwara checkpoint southern Nablus preventing movement of cars on a road between Nablus and Qalqiliya cities. The closure came after an Israeli settler was shot dead on ....
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US lost mediation rights, Abbas tells Norway's FM
Date: 2018-01-09 21:50:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:7183005
RAMALLAH, Jan 9 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide during their meeting in Ramallah on Monday that the United States has lost its mediation rights after it recognized Jerusalem as ....
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Israeli forces killed 8 unarmed Palestinian demonstrators on Gaza border - B'Tselem
Date: 2018-01-09 21:20:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:7182944
RAMALLAH, Jan 9 (MENA) - The Israeli B'Tselem human rights organization said Tuesday the occupation soldiers shot and killed eight unarmed Palestinian demonstrators, none of whom posed mortal danger, who were participating in protests near the Gaza ....
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Palestinian young man shot by Israeli forces near Bethlehem
Date: 2018-01-09 20:26:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:7182901
RAMALLAH, Jan 9 (MENA) - A young Palestinian man was shot in the leg by Israeli forces during clashes that erupted in the town of Tuqu in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, during which forces fired tear gas, sound bombs, and ....
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UNHCR urges Israel not to forcibly deport African refugees
Date: 2018-01-09 20:01:11 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7182791
GENEVA, Jan 9 (MENA) - The UN refugee agency called on Israel not to forcibly send thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese refugees or asylum seekers to other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Voice of America reported Tuesday. UNHCR spokesman William ....
