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Trump will ask Netanyahu, Abbas to take trust-building steps: Curb settlements, stop incitement - newspaper
Date: 2017-05-21 12:19:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:6820823
RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump will ask the Israeli and Palestinian leaders for confidence-building measures to create the right atmosphere for renewing peace talks, a senior White House official told Israeli newspaper ....
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German woman killed, Afghan guard beheaded in Kabul
Date: 2017-05-21 10:41:19 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:6820619
KABUL, May 21 (MENA) – Gunmen in the Afghan capital Kabul have attacked a guesthouse, killing a German woman and beheading an Afghan guard, the BBC reported on Sunday. The attackers stormed a guesthouse run by a Swedish NGO, Operation Mercy, at ....
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Palestinian prisoners continue hunger strike for 35th day
Date: 2017-05-21 09:49:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:6820550
RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) – Around 1,600 Palestinian prisoners entered their open-ended strike for the 35th running day. The Media Committee of the Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that the “Freedom and Dignity” strike is going through ....
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Taliban raid kills 20 policemen in southern Afghanistan
Date: 2017-05-21 09:42:31 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:6820443
KABUL, May 21 (MENA) – At least 20 Afghan policemen were killed early Sunday when Taliban fighters stormed multiple security outposts in the volatile southern province of Zabul, officials said, as the insurgents escalate their annual spring ....
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Monitor: Gov't troops fire 2 missiles at areas in Daraa
Date: 2017-05-21 08:46:16 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:6820414
LONDON, May 21 (MENA) - Syrian troops shelled areas in Daraa with two surface-to-surface missiles, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. No reports are yet available on casualties, according to Alhurra News Channel on ....
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Shaked vexed by White House map missing WB - newspaper
Date: 2017-05-20 16:32:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:6819830
RAMALLAH, May 20 (MENA) - Israel is outraged by the act of the US which posted a map of Israel that did not include the West Bank (WB), Gaza or the Golan Heights as part of it. This comes before the arrival of US President Donald Trump to the ....
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Israeli occupation forces close old city after settler's attack
Date: 2017-05-20 12:18:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:6819522
RAMALLAH, May 20 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Saturday closed the old city at Al Quds (occupied East Jersualem, over claims that an Israeli settler was stabbed in the head. The Israeli settler, 30, was injured after being hit by empty ....
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Israeli occupation detains Palestinian girl in Qalandiya military checkpoint
Date: 2017-05-20 12:16:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:6819479
RAMALLAH, May 20 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained Saturday a Palestinian girl for allegedly attempting to carry out a stabbing operation in Qalandiya military checkpoint, northern Al Quds (occupied east Jerusalem). Jewish media claimed that the ....
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Hassan Rouhani wins Iran's presidential election
Date: 2017-05-20 09:06:35 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:6819144
TEHRAN, May 20 (MENA) - Iran's reformist President Hassan Rouhani has won the country's presidential election, according to official results, fending off a challenge by rival, Ebrahim Raisi, according to Sky News. With nearly 40 million votes in ....
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Palestinian prisoners continue hunger strike for 34th day
Date: 2017-05-20 08:09:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:6819064
RAMALLAH, May 20 (MENA) - Around 1,600 Palestinian prisoners entered their open-ended strike for the 34th running day. The Media Committee of the Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that the “Freedom and Dignity” strike is going through ....
