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Palestinian presidency condemns attack on US delegation in Bethlehem

Date: 2018-01-30 21:58:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7219026

RAMALLAH, Jan 30 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency on Tuesday denounced the attack by a group of Palestinian protesters on a US consulate delegation in Bethlehem earlier in the day. The presidency voiced its absolute rejection for such immoral ....

Netanyahu condemns Irish bill outlawing import of Israeli goods from WB

Date: 2018-01-30 20:12:33 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:7219246

GAZA CITY, Jan 30 (MENA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned a bill set to be voted on by the Irish senate tonight outlawing goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank (WB), the Times of Israel reported. In a ....

Teenager wounded in clashes with Israeli forces succumbs to injuries

Date: 2018-01-30 17:19:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7218996

RAMALLAH, Jan 30 (MENA) - A 16-year-old Palestinian succumbed to his injuries after being shot and critically wounded earlier on Tuesday in clashes with Israeli forces in the village of al-Mughayer, in northeastern Ramallah, WAFA news agency ....

Russian delegation visits Israel for security talks

Date: 2018-01-30 16:31:44 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7218818

GAZA, Jan 30 (MENA) - A large Russian delegation includes senior officials headed by Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council will visit Israel on Wednesday, Haartez reported Tuesday. Both sides will tackle the ....

AL condemns Israel's racist practices against Palestinians

Date: 2018-01-30 14:14:07 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7218205

CAIRO, Jan 30 (MENA) - The Arab League condemned Israel's racist practices against the Arabs of 48, Palestinians in Israel, considering these practices as blatant violation of human rights and the international law. The Palestinians in Israel are ....

Extremist settlers storm Al Aqsa compound

Date: 2018-01-30 11:51:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7217995

RAMALLAH, Jan 30 (MENA) - Groups of extremist Israeli settlers early Tuesday stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque/ Haram Al Sharif in the occupied holy city of Jerusalem, Petra reported quoting a Palestinian source. The General Director of the Islamic ....

Putin: Sochi conf. presents opportunity to eradicate terrorism in Syria

Date: 2018-01-30 11:28:06 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7218141

MOSCOW, Jan 30 (MENA) - The Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi provides an opportunity to meet the Syrians’ aspirations to end the war and fully eradicate terrorism, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his message to participants in the ....

Israeli embassy in Amman gradually reopens -- newspaper

Date: 2018-01-30 11:24:03 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7217999

GAZA CITY, Jan 30 (MENA) - The Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital of Amman has gradually resumed activities, after shutting down following an incident this past July in which an Israeli security guard shot two Jordanian civilians to death, the ....

Sochi peace conference for Syria kicks off

Date: 2018-01-30 10:58:12 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7218071

MOSCOW, Jan 30 (MENA) - A Russian-sponsored peace conference for Syria kicked off on Tuesday in the Black Sea Resort of Sochi after it has been delayed for almost two hours. At least 1,500 participants from Syria, including 107 representatives of ....

Russia says Sochi conference on Syria delayed

Date: 2018-01-30 10:01:04 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7217801

MOSCOW, Jan 30 (MENA) - A Russian diplomat said Tuesday the opening of a Russia-sponsored peace conference for Syria is being delayed, Sputnik News Agency reported. Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi is hosting the conference that Moscow ....