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Israeli occupation arrest 17 Palestinians from al Quds, West Bank
Date: 2017-10-31 08:56:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7066847
RAMALLAH, Oct 31 (MENA) - Israeli forces Tuesday detained at least 17 Palestinians mostly in multiple overnight raids across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, said WAFA correspondent and security sources. An undercover Israeli army unit Monday ....
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7 killed, 11 injured as Israel bombs Gaza border tunnel
Date: 2017-10-30 19:18:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7066521
GAZA CITY, Oct 30 (MENA) - The death toll from an Israeli bombardment of a Gaza Strip border tunnel has risen to seven, the health ministry of the Palestinian enclave said on Monday. The attack left 11 other injured, the ministry's spokesman Ashraf ....
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Iraqi Kurds’ independence dreams dashed as president steps down
Date: 2017-10-30 12:44:43 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7065294
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (MENA) - Masoud Barzani's stepping down as president of Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region reversed years of political and military gains made by the Kurds and dashed their dreams of statehood, Wall street Journal reported ....
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Israeli occupation forces arrest five persons from Al Quds
Date: 2017-10-30 10:02:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7065252
RAMALLAH, Oct 30 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained in overnight raids five Palestinians, including a woman and a number of university students, in occupied city of Al Quds and West Bank districts, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said on ....
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Jewish settlers fire at Palestinian farmers in southern Hebron
Date: 2017-10-30 09:55:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7065198
RAMALLAH, Oct 30 (MENA) - Jewish settlers from Ma'on settlement fired at Palestinian farmers on Monday in south Hebron city in the southern the West Bank. The farmers, who were reaping olives, panicked but no injuries were reported, said Rateb ....
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Fire at Iranian oil rig kills 4 workers
Date: 2017-10-29 18:38:34 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7064747
TEHRAN, Oct 29 (MENA) - A fire on an oil rig in Iran has killed four workers, Fox News reported. It says the fire broke out Sunday near the town of Omideih, some 900 kilometers (560 miles) southwest of the capital, Tehran. It says rescuers have ....
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Barzani to hand over presidential powers on November 1
Date: 2017-10-29 17:29:51 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7064648
BAGHDAD, Oct 29 (MENA) - The Kurdistan Region Parliament, with participation from all blocs, convened on Sunday to read a letter by President Masoud Barzani regarding the distribution of power as his term nears its end, Kurdistan 24 reported. The ....
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Israel releases activist Halawani amid raids in Jerusalem
Date: 2017-10-29 10:05:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7063550
RAMALLAH, Oct 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities have released activist Hanadi Halawani, ordering her to stay outside Al Quds for two days. Halawani was arrested on Saturday while leaving Al Aqsa mosque, amid raids in several districts in ....
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Israeli occupation forces arrest number of youths in Al Quds
Date: 2017-10-29 09:16:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7063448
RAMALLAH, Oct 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Sunday arrested a number of youths from various districts of the old city of Al Quds and led them to detention centers. The arrests come in the wake of the detention of al Quds preacher Raed ....
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Netanyahu delays vote on bill annexing Greater Jerusalem after US frowns on it
Date: 2017-10-29 09:03:44 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7063440
GAZA CITY, Oct 29 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed on Saturday an initial vote on the Greater Jerusalem bill, after some of his coalition partners opposed it and the US appeared to frown on it, Israeli newspaper Jerusalem ....
