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Palestinian shot by Israeli forces succumbs to critical wounds

Date: 2017-09-03 17:33:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:6973717

RAMALLAH, Sept 3 (MENA) - A 21-year injured Palestinian Sunday succumbed to critical wounds he sustained after being shot by Israeli forces at the entrance of Bethlehem refugee camp in early August, WAFA reported. Ra'ed al-Salhi, 21, was shot ....

Israeli police question former senior figure in Netanyahu’s office

Date: 2017-09-03 11:58:04 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:6973300

GAZA CITY, Sept 3 (MENA) - Israel Police questioned on Sunday six suspects - among them one former senior figure in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office - in the investigation that was dubbed Case 3000, or the "submarines affair", The ....

Syria regime army shells districts inside, outside Aleppo -- rights group

Date: 2017-09-03 08:07:58 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:6972974

LONDON, Sept 3 (MENA) - Syrian regime forces shelled territories in and on the outskirts of Aleppo, said a Britain-based rights group on Sunday. The shelling targeted Al Zaharaa district on the western side of Aleppo and the southern countryside, ....

Fatah: Forming Israeli council for settlers affairs in Hebron "serious" measure

Date: 2017-09-02 14:40:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:6972574

RAMALLAH, Sept 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian Fatah movement considered the decision of the Israeli cabinet to form a council for the settlers affairs in Hebron city as a very "dangerous" step as it torpedoes all inked international agreements. The ....

Israeli occupation arrests Palestinian girl over alleged stabbing attempt

Date: 2017-09-02 09:56:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:6972134

RAMALLAH, Sept 2 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Saturday arrested a Palestinian girl after shooting her over an alleged stabbing attempt. According to the occupation media, the foiled stabbing attempt took place western Ramallah. ....

China welcomes IAEA report on Iran's compliance with nuclear deal

Date: 2017-09-01 18:47:37 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:6971812

BEIJING, Sept 1 (MENA) – China has welcomed a report issued by Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano in which he confirmed Iran was compliant with a nuclear deal signed with world powers. In statements on ....

Palestinian teen wounded in clashes with Israeli forces in West Bank

Date: 2017-09-01 17:42:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:6971769

RAMALLAH, Sept 1 (MENA) – A Palestinian teenager was wounded in clashes with Israeli forces during a rally in a village in eastern Qalqilya of the West Bank to protest against the separation wall and settlement activities. Witnesses identified ....

39 students killed, injured in bus accident in southern Iran

Date: 2017-09-01 14:06:22 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:6971509

TEHRAN, Sept 1 (MENA) - A bus carrying high school students has overturned in Iran’s southern Hormozgan Province, leaving at least nine people, including seven school girls, dead and some 30 others wounded, Press TV reported Friday. Nader ....

Merkel meets Rivlin to discuss Palestinian Israeli conflict

Date: 2017-09-01 13:13:57 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:6971499

BERLIN, Sept 1 (MENA) - German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a press conference on Friday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will receive Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in the capital Berlin to discuss the latest developments in ....

Muslims in Palestinian territories hit 1.5 million in 2016

Date: 2017-08-31 11:34:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:6970313

RAMALLAH, Aug 31 (MENA) - The Israeli central bureau of statistics said on Thursday Muslims in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, reached 1.5 million in 2016. The data revealed that there are 320,000 Muslims living ....