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AIHRC: Taliban Court’s verdict to punish citizens violates human rights

Date: 2023-05-07 10:02:55 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10144939

KABUL, May 7 (MENA) - The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has described the Taliban court’s verdict on retribution, stoning, and implementation of Sharia limits on alleged criminals as “shocking, terrible and group ....

Iraqi president restores Iraqi artifacts borrowed by Britain

Date: 2023-05-07 09:22:34 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10144935

BAGHDAD, May 7 (MENA) - President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid decided on Sunday to restore the Iraqi artifacts borrowed by Britain, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported. A statement by the Presidency of the Republic said "the ceremony of receiving ....

Palestine denounces Israeli demolition of school in Bethlehem

Date: 2023-05-07 08:09:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10144750

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Education Ministry denounced on Sunday the Israeli demolition of a primary school in Bethlehem. This gruesome crime comes as part of a series of Israeli practices targeting educational institutions, the ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Israeli crimes reflect racist campaigns against Palestinians

Date: 2023-05-07 07:25:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10144741

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said the Israeli crimes and violations in the Palestinian territories is a direct reflection of the racist campaigns against the Palestinians. In a statement, ....

2 Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces during raid in Tulkarm

Date: 2023-05-06 07:22:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10143421

RAMALLAH, May 6 (MENA) - Two Palestinians were killed Saturday by the Israeli occupation forces during an assault on Nur Shams refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm, according to medical sources. The Ministry of Health said the ....

Clashes erupt between Palestinians, Israeli forces in Bethlehem

Date: 2023-05-05 12:45:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10142544

RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) - Clashes broke out between Palestinian civilians and the Israeli occupation forces on Friday morning west of Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank. Palestinian security sources reported that the clashes erupted ....

Siege on Palestinian Jericho continues for 14th consecutive day

Date: 2023-05-05 12:41:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10142540

RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) - Israeli Occupation Forces continued their siege on the West Bank city of Jericho for the 14th consecutive day with tightened military measures at checkpoints. All the main and secondary entrances and exits of the city ....

Israeli forces detain 8 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2023-05-05 10:38:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:10142263

RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) – Israeli forces on Friday detained eight Palestinians in multiple raids across the occupied West Bank districts of Hebron and Jenin, WAFA quoted security sources as saying. Israeli forces showed up at a house in al-Fawar ....

US still seeks diplomatic solution to Iran nuclear case

Date: 2023-05-05 10:31:41 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10142284

WASHINGTON, May 5 – US national security adviser Jake Sullivan claimed on Friday that Washington still seeks a diplomatic solution in nuclear talks with Tehran, the Iranian news agency Mehr reported. Sullivan said the United States still seeks a ....

OIC condemns Israeli aggression on Nablus

Date: 2023-05-04 13:50:12 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10141332

RIYADH, May 4 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)'s General Secretariat has condemned the horrific crime committed by the Israeli occupation forces in the Palestinian city of Nablus, Saudi state news agency SPA reported ....