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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 ....

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 ....

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 ....

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 ....

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 ....

Palestine Foreign Ministry: Israeli army exercise organized state terrorism, protects settlers’ terrorism

Date: 2017-10-28 21:32:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7063208

RAMALLAH, Oct 28 (MENA) – The Palestinian Foreign Ministry asserted that Israeli occupation army is exercising "organized state terrorism" and protecting settlers’ terrorism. In a press release on Saturday, the ministry said the settlers, under ....

Turkey arrests 49 Daesh-linked suspects in Ankara

Date: 2017-10-28 15:20:32 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7062811

ANKARA, Oct 28 (MENA) - Turkey on Saturday arrested 49 suspects linked to Daesh terrorist organization in the capital Ankara, according to police officials. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the ....

Israeli forces attack olive harvesters, supporters in village near Nablus

Date: 2017-10-28 12:09:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7062487

RAMALLAH, Oct 28 (MENA) - Israeli forces attacked Palestinian farmers and supporters as they harvested olives in the Nablus area village of al Sawiyeh, according to Ghassan Daghlas, a local official. He said that the soldiers assaulted a ....

Fire at Tehran oil refinery kills six, says Iran's state-run TV

Date: 2017-10-27 16:44:55 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7061598

TEHRAN, Oct 27 (MENA) - A fire killed six workers and injured three others at an oil refinery in Tehran's Shar-e Rey district on Friday, The New York Times cited Iran's state TV as reporting. "The fire broke out in one of the refinery's units, ....

Missile fired from Yemen at civilian populated area in Saudi Arabia

Date: 2017-10-27 15:06:40 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7061446

RIYADH, Oct 27 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Arab Coalition to support legitimacy in Yemen Colonel Turki al-Maliki stated that on the early hours of Friday a ballistic missile from Yemen was fired towards Saudi Arabia's southern border, Al Arabiya News ....