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2,000 families affected by violent clash at Afghan-Pakistan border

Date: 2017-05-06 20:42:40 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:6799857

ISLAMABAD, May 6 (MENA) – Unprovoked firing by Afghan border forces on Friday affected more than 2,000 families living near the Pak-Afghan border in Chaman, the director general of Balochistan's provincial disaster management authority (PDMA), ....

Forced-feeding of Palestinian prisoners poses danger to their lives, Palestinian center warns

Date: 2017-05-06 11:45:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:6799022

RAMALLAH, May 6 (MENA) - The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies warned on Saturday that the policy of forced-feeding the hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails would pose real danger to their lives. Even the Israeli Medical ....

Palestinians hunger strike enters 3rd week

Date: 2017-05-06 10:12:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:6798898

RAMALLAH, May 6 (MENA) - Palestinian prisoners have entered their 20th day of hunger strike, in protest against Israeli practices and in a bid to put an end to arbitrary arrests. As many as 50 prisoners, mostly Palestinian activists, joined the ....

Lavrov: decisions on Syria de-escalation zones related to US initiatives

Date: 2017-05-06 08:18:26 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:6798808

MOSCOW, May 6 (MENA) - Decisions on the de-escalation zones in Syria adopted at the talks in Astana are related to Washington’s initiatives on putting an end to violence in Syria put forward at the beginning of this year, TASS news agency quoted ....

Russia, German top diplomats discuss de-escalation zones in Syria

Date: 2017-05-05 22:00:54 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:6798626

MOSCOW, May 5 (MENA) – The establishment of de-escalation zones in Syria was in focus of a telephone conversation between Russia’s and Germany’s Foreign Ministers, Sergey Lavrov and Sigmar Gabriel, Tass news agency quoted the Russian foreign ....

US banks shuts anti-Israel account

Date: 2017-05-05 21:18:59 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:6798609

GAZA CITY, May 5 (MENA) - The giant Dallas-based bank Comerica announced on Friday that it will close a bank account held by an anti-Israel organization that promotes a boycott of the occupation state. "Comerica Bank has taken steps to close the ....

Over 100 judges, prosecutors sacked in Turkey

Date: 2017-05-05 21:12:32 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:6798606

ANKARA, May 5 (MENA) – A total of 107 judges and prosecutors were dismissed in the capital Ankara on Friday, Sky News Arabia reported. Turkish authorities have expelled more than 3,900 people from the civil service, military and ....

Lavrov, Tillerson discuss de-escalation in Syria

Date: 2017-05-05 19:36:10 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:6798554

MOSCOW, May 5 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed de-escalation in Syria in the light of the results of talks in the Kazakh capital city of Astana, the Russian foreign ministry said on ....

De-escalation agreement not to affect US air campaign against Daesh in Syria: Pentagon

Date: 2017-05-05 19:34:43 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:6798555

WASHINGTON, May 5 (MENA) - The Pentagon says the de-escalation agreement will not affect the US-led air campaign against the Daesh group in Syria, ABC news reported on Friday. Marine Maj. Adrian J.T. Rankine-Galloway, a Pentagon spokesman, said ....

Turkish court rejects Wikipedia appeal on ban

Date: 2017-05-05 19:10:58 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:6798517

ANKARA, May 5 (MENA) – A Turkish court has rejected an appeal filed by Wikipedia against a ban in Turkey on its website, ABC news reported on Friday. Turkish authorities blocked access to the free online encyclopedia on April 29, on grounds that ....