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Tehran to 'shred' nuclear deal if US pulls out -- Khamenei
Date: 2017-10-18 22:27:10 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:7046744
TEHRAN, Oct 18 (MENA ) - Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday that Tehran would stick to its 2015 nuclear accord with world powers as long as the other signatories respected it. "I don’t want to waste my time on ....
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Palestine's UNSC envoy thanks Egypt for reconciliation efforts
Date: 2017-10-18 18:28:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:7046588
NEW YORK, Oct 18 (MENA) - Palestine’s Permanent Representative to the UN Security Council Riyad Mansour has thanked Egypt for its efforts to conclude the reconciliation deal between the Palestinian Fatah and Hamas movements. Addressing a UNSC ....
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Iraq, Turkey agree to open Fishkhabur border crossing
Date: 2017-10-18 14:43:10 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7045911
BAGHDAD, Oct 18 (MENA) - An Iraqi government source revealed an agreement was reached Wednesday to reopen the Fishkhabur border crossing which links the city of Mosul with other parts of Iraq. The source told an Iraq media outlet that the opening ....
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Jordan rejects any threats to historical status quo in Al Quds
Date: 2017-10-18 14:12:54 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7046131
AMMAN, Oct 18 (MENA) – Jordan rejects any threats to the historical status quo in Jerusalem that respects peaceful co-existence and the churches' management of their properties, King Abdullah II asserted, Petra News Agency reported. The king made ....
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Putin, Netanyahu discuss Syria and Iran
Date: 2017-10-18 13:39:08 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7046134
MOSCOW, Oct 18 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, discussing the Syria issue, the situation surrounding Iran’s nuclear program and the results of the referendum ....
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Israeli occupation forces shut down, ransack media companies in WB
Date: 2017-10-18 07:22:18 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7045256
RAMALLAH, Oct 18 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces early Wednesday shut down and ransacked the headquarters and the district offices of two media production companies, citing incitement reasons, during raids in the districts of Ramallah, Nablus, ....
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12 people wounded in Turkish police bus bomb attack
Date: 2017-10-17 20:00:53 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:7044778
ANKARA, Oct 17 (MENA) - At least 12 people were injured after a bomb attack targeting a Turkish police bus in the southern Turkish city of Mersin. The report was carried by Sky News on Tuesday without giving more details. H M E/M A F ....
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Palestinian presidency condemns Israel’s approval to build new settlement units
Date: 2017-10-17 17:56:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7044787
RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency condemned on Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approval of the construction of 300 housing units in the settlement of Beit El, north of Ramallah, as well as approving the ....
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Israel advances 1,292 settler homes, hundreds more planned
Date: 2017-10-17 17:27:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:7044775
EAST JERUSALEM, Oct 17 (MENA) - In its first of two meetings this week, the Israel Defense Ministry's body responsible for authorizing settlement construction in the West Bank advanced plans for 1,292 housing units across the West Bank Tuesday, The ....
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Netanyahu vows Israel will stop Iran’s aim for military base in Syria
Date: 2017-10-17 15:28:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7044556
RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu at negotiations on Tuesday that his country will prevent the emergence of a permanent Iranian military presence in Syria, ....
