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Netanyahu calls for dismantling of UNRWA

Date: 2017-06-12 15:25:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:6851679

RAMALLAH, June 12 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the dismantling of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) after a tunnel was discovered running under two of its schools in Gaza, said Ynetnews ....

Tens of thousands of ultra-orthodox Jews in protest Israeli army's draft law

Date: 2017-06-12 14:39:46 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:6851346

GAZA CITY, June 12 (MENA) - Close to 20,000 Orthodox Jews gathered on Sunday at the Barclays Center basketball arena in Brooklyn to protest the Israeli law mandating Orthodox conscription into the army, which they described as “Israel’s persecution ....

Two Israeli reconnaissance planes breach Lebanon’s airspace

Date: 2017-06-11 16:39:11 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:6850241

BEIRUT, June 11 (MENA) – Two Israeli reconnaissance planes violated the Lebanese airspace, Lebanon’s army said in a statement on Sunday. The two Israeli aircraft hovered above southern areas before leaving the Lebanese skies, the statement ....

ICRC urges Israel to clarify fate of 19 missing Palestinians since 2014

Date: 2017-06-11 15:18:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:6850130

RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls on the Israeli authorities to live up to their obligations under International Humanitarian Law (IHL), in clarifying the fate of the nineteen Palestinians who went ....

Iran arrests 6 persons linked to Wednesday's attacks

Date: 2017-06-11 12:41:02 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:6849886

TEHRAN, June 11 (MENA) - The Iranian authorities said Sunday they have arrested six people involved in a twin attack on Tehran in which 17 people were killed last week, Fars reported. "Six persons linked to Wednesday's terrorist attacks in Tehran ....

Israeli police shut down Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2017-06-11 10:25:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:6849567

RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - Israeli police shut down on Sunday the gates of the al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, denying entry and exit of Muslim worshipers to and from the compound. Israeli police claimed in a statement that the site was ....

US Secretary of State calls Turkish counterpart to discuss blockade against Qatar

Date: 2017-06-11 10:24:02 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:6849508

ANKARA, June 11 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reportedly spoke to his Turkish counterpart late Saturday night to discuss developments in Syria and the dispute between Qatar and its fellow Arab states, Fox News reported on Sunday. ....

2 US soldiers killed, 2 wounded in Afghan solider attack; Taliban claimed responsibility

Date: 2017-06-10 20:48:56 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:6849212

KABUL, June 10 (MENA) – Two Army Rangers were killed Saturday and two others wounded when an Afghan army soldier opened fire on them in an attack in eastern Afghanistan for which the Taliban claimed responsibility, Fox News quoted officials as ....

Israeli gunboat breaches Lebanese territorial waters

Date: 2017-06-10 20:17:09 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:6849190

BEIRUT, June 10 (MENA) - The Lebanese army said Saturday an Israeli gunboat violated the country's territorial waters off Ras al Naqoura to a distance of 400 meters for two minutes, Lebanon's National News Agency reported. The breach is being ....

Iran arrests 8 more terrorists over Tehran attacks

Date: 2017-06-10 09:38:50 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:6848510

TEHRAN, June 10 (MENA) - An Iranian judicial official said eight more individuals have been arrested in Iran in connection with the recent terrorist attacks in the capital, Tehran, according to Press TV. Ahmad Fazelian, with the Justice ....