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1 killed, 3 injured as protester opens fire on police in Iran
Date: 2018-01-01 20:31:36 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7169943
MOSCOW, Jan 1 (MENA) - One of the protesters participating in anti-government unrest in Iran has opened fire against police officers in the country's Najafabad city, leaving one person killed and wounding three others, Sputnik news agency of Russia ....
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15 anti-regime protesters killed in Iran
Date: 2018-01-01 20:21:22 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7169864
TEHRAN, Jan 1 (MENA) - At least 10 people were killed during street protests in Iran on Sunday, bringing the death toll to 15 since Thursday, in a wave of protests on a scale not seen in almost a decade. The Iranian state television claimed that ....
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Iran's president downplays anti-government protests
Date: 2018-01-01 20:17:29 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7169941
TEHRAN, Jan 1 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani tried to downplay the significance of sometimes violent protests across his country. "Our great nation has witnessed a number of similar incidents in the past and has comfortably dealt with ....
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US Pence visit to Israel indefinitely postponed
Date: 2018-01-01 16:58:59 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7169723
GAZA CITY, Jan 1 (MENA) - US Vice President Mike Pence's planned trip to Israel has been indefinitely delayed beyond January, Times of Israel quoted Israeli Foreign Ministry officials as saying Monday. Pence was originally scheduled to arrive in ....
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External interference in Iran's affairs 'unacceptable' - Russian MFA
Date: 2018-01-01 16:23:06 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7169661
MOSCOW, Jan 1 (MENA) - The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that interference from abroad in the situation in Iran is unacceptable, commenting on the current situation in Tehran, where the mass protests have entered their fifth ....
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Israeli forces push deep into Khan Younis
Date: 2018-01-01 09:05:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7168700
GAZA CITY, Jan 1 (MENA) - Israeli army bulldozers pushed deep into eastern Khan Younis governorate in southern the Gaza Strip on Monday. Palestinian sources said that four bulldozers were sent from the Israeli Kissufim village located adjacent to ....
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Israel detains 26 Palestinians from West Bank, Quds
Date: 2018-01-01 08:47:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7168639
RAMALLAH, Jan 1 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained 26 Palestinians on Monday from different parts of the West Bank, including a lawmaker representing Hamas Palestinian political bloc. The forces stormed into the house of MP Nasser Abdel Jawwad in ....
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Rohani says Iranians have right to protest, but peacefully
Date: 2017-12-31 21:51:32 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7168463
TEHRAN, Dec 31 (MENA) - Iranian President Rouhani said in a cabinet session on Saturday that people have the right to voice constructive criticism which is different from destroying public properties and added that the government would not tolerate ....
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Likud top body votes to annex parts of West Bank
Date: 2017-12-31 20:24:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:7168423
RAMALLAH, Dec 31 (MENA) - The Likud Central Committee, the party’s top decision-making body, unanimously passed a resolution Sunday urging the faction’s leaders to formally annex parts of the West Bank and allow unlimited construction in the ....
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Israel approves deal with EU that excludes settlements
Date: 2017-12-31 20:19:30 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:7168356
GAZA CITY, Dec 31 (MENA) - The Israeli government gave final approval Sunday to a cooperation agreement with the European Union that contains a provision excluding the settlements, Haaretz reported. With the approval of the agreement, Israel now ....
