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Israel detains 15 Palestinians

Date: 2017-05-09 10:07:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:6803388

RAMALLAH, May 9 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Tuesday 15 Palestinians during incursions in Hebron city. Most of the detainees are freed prisoners. Two Palestinians were injured during clashes at midnight with Israeli forces in ....

Iran test-fires torpedo in the Strait of Hormuz - US official

Date: 2017-05-08 22:49:10 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:6802999

WASHINGTON, May 8 (MENA) - Iran has recently test-fired a high-speed torpedo, a senior US defense official told Fox News Monday. The Hoot torpedo, which has a range of six miles, was fired in the Strait of Hormuz, where much of the world's oil ....

Palestinian Foreign Minisry condemns Israeli killing of Palestinian girl

Date: 2017-05-08 10:29:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:6801808

RAMALLAH, May 8 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the killing of a Palestinian girl after being shot by the Israeli forces. The forces prevented the ambulances from reaching her, the Foreign Ministry said. In a ....

Dozens of Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2017-05-08 10:04:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:6801746

RAMALLAH, May 8 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the holy mosque of Al Aqsa Monday amid tight security measures by occupation troops. Seventy-two settlers stormed the mosque and made provocative tours at the halls, said Feras al Debs, ....

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails enter 22nd day of hunger strike

Date: 2017-05-08 09:31:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:6801607

RAMALLAH, May 8 (MENA) - As many as 1600 Palestinian prisoners held in the Israeli jails continued an open hunger strike for the 22nd day in a row. Head of prisoners affairs for the Palestinian Authority Issa Qaraqe said that the Israeli ....

Iran welcomes French election result

Date: 2017-05-08 08:17:41 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:6801571

TEHRAN, May 8 (MENA) - Iran’s Foreign Ministry offered congratulations to France after it was announced that centrist Emmanuel Macron won the country’s presidential runoff, Tasnim News Agency reported. In a congratulatory statement on Monday, ....

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in Al Quds

Date: 2017-05-07 22:55:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:6801352

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces have shot dead a young Palestinian teenager in the Old City of the occupied East Jerusalem for allegedly attempting to carry out a stabbing attack. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed the ....

Netanyahu tells German president Israel-German alliance 'special'

Date: 2017-05-07 21:45:32 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:6801234

GAZA CITY, May 7 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during their meeting on Sunday that the alliance between the two countries is "special", Yedioth Ahronoth reported. His friendly ....

Hunger strike of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails enters day 21

Date: 2017-05-07 09:21:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:6800149

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) – The hunger strike observed by more than 1,600 Palestinian detainees held in Israeli jails has entered its 21st day while the health condition of most of them has deteriorated. The Media Committee of the Commission of ....

Russia satisfied with OPCW conclusion on use of mustard gas in Aleppo

Date: 2017-05-06 21:07:20 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:6799911

MOSCOW, May 6 (MENA) - Russia is satisfied with the conclusion of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the use of sulfur mustard (mustard gas) in Syria’s Aleppo Province on September 16, 2016, Sputnik quoted the Russian ....