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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 ....
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Interior Ministry names Rouhani as front-runner of Iran's presidential election
Date: 2017-05-20 07:46:31 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:6819004
TEHRAN, May 20 (MENA) - Hassan Rouhani has taken the lead in the Iranian presidential election, according to early results, Fars News Agency reported. Iran's election headquarters said Rouhani has won 22,796,468 votes of 40,076,729 ballots ....
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Violations of Astana deal reported in Damascus, Hama, Daraa: SOHR
Date: 2017-05-20 07:30:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:6819005
LONDON, May 20 (MENA) - Syrian governmental forces pounded the countrysides of Damascus, Hama, Daraa and Lattakia, breaching Astana de-escalation deal, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Saturday. In another violation of the ....
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Russian Security Council believes US-led coalition’s airstrike on Syria to be unlawful
Date: 2017-05-19 20:03:20 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:6818807
MOSCOW, May 19 (MENA) – Members of the Russian Security Council believe the new airstrike on the Syrian territory delivered by the US to be unlawful, Tass quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying following a meeting chaired by Russian ....
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Iran election: Polls closed after five-hour extension
Date: 2017-05-19 20:01:20 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:6818822
TEHRAN, May 19 (MENA) - Polling has ended in Iran's presidential elections after being extended three times and by five hours, the BBC reported on Friday. Long queues had formed outside polling stations throughout the country after an ....
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Egyptian PM, on behalf of president, to take part in WEF in Jordan
Date: 2017-05-19 18:57:30 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:6818771
CAIRO, May 19 (MENA) – Prime Minister Sherif Ismail arrived in Jordan's capital Amman on Friday to attend meetings of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Dead Sea, representing the president, Egypt's Ambassador to Jordan Tarek Adel said. The ....
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Syrian man convicted in Berlin of passing info to Daesh
Date: 2017-05-19 18:22:16 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:6818699
BERLIN, May 19 (MENA) - A German court convicted a Syrian refugee Friday of membership in Daesh in his homeland and later providing information for a possible attack against "soft targets" in Berlin, ABC news reported. Berlin's criminal court ....
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Iran extends voting deadline in presidential election
Date: 2017-05-19 16:58:23 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:6818697
TEHRAN, May 19 (MENA) - Iranians continued voting into the evening on Friday in the country's first presidential election since its nuclear deal with world powers, as incumbent Hassan Rouhani looked to fend off a staunch challenge from a hard-line ....
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4.1 magnitude earthquake hits northern Iran
Date: 2017-05-19 14:59:04 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:6818491
TEHRAN, May 19 (MENA) – A 4.1 magnitude earthquake has struck a mountainous area of northern Iran as the country is holding a presidential election, ABC News reported. The Iranian Seismological Center described the earthquake as having a ....
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Israeli forces injure 7 Palestinians in Ramallah clashes
Date: 2017-05-19 14:57:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:6818493
RAMALLAH, May 19 (MENA) - Seven Palestinians were wounded with live fire and rubber coated metal bullets and several others suffered from severe tear-gas inhalation during clashes with Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah and at ....
