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  • Canada imposes additional sanctions on Iranian officials, entities

    Date: 2022-12-02 21:20:37 GMT - Canada - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:9903732

    OTTAWA, Dec 2 (MENA) - Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly announced Friday his country is imposing additional sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations. "Canada will not stand idly by while the regime’s human ....

  • Palestinian young man shot by Israeli soldier dies of wounds

    Date: 2022-12-02 18:28:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:9903535

    RAMALLAH, Dec 2 (MENA) - An Israeli soldier shot at point-blank a Palestinian young man following a scuffle between them in central Huwwara to the south of Nablus, according to video footage of the shooting, WAFA News Agency reported. The video ....

  • US issues Hezbollah-related sanctions against 3 Lebanese men, 2 companies

    Date: 2022-12-02 13:01:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:9903119

    WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (MENA) - The US issued new Hezbollah-related sanctions on Thursday against three individuals and two companies in Lebanon for providing financial services and weapons to the group, Al Arabiya reported. “These designations target ....

  • Outgoing Israeli police minister warns Ben Gvir could spark full-scale Palestinian uprising

    Date: 2022-12-02 11:38:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:9903010

    RAMALLAH, Dec 2 (MENA) - Public Security Minister Omer Barlev, who is expected to be replaced in the coming weeks by far-right MK Itamar Ben Gvir, has reportedly warned that his successor could spark a widescale Palestinian intifada, or uprising, if ....

  • Netanyahu reaches agreement with the Religious Zionist Party over coalition government

    Date: 2022-12-02 11:25:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:9903007

    RAMALLAH, Dec 1 (MENA) – Israeli Prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party reached a partial coalition agreement with the Religious Zionist Party on Thursday evening, following three weeks of intense negotiations, the factions ....

  • Palestinian youth martyred in Jenin during Israeli occupation raid

    Date: 2022-11-30 21:04:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:9900877

    RAMALLAH, Nov 30 (MENA) - A 25-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli occupation forces during a military raid in the town of Ya’bad, southwest of the northern occupied West Bank city of Jenin, on Wednesday. The slain man was identified as ....

  • Israeli occupation forces start digging in Ibrahimi Mosque yards

    Date: 2022-11-30 20:19:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:9900768

    RAMALLAH, Nov 30 (MENA) – The Israeli forces and settlers carried out digging works in the Ibrahimi Mosque yards on Wednesday. Ghassan el Regby, director of the Ibrahimi Mosque, said the Israeli forces allowed tractors into the sacred place, and ....

  • US still committed to two-state solution - US envoy

    Date: 2022-11-30 19:42:24 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:9900875

    CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) - Hady Amr, U.S. Special Representative for Palestinian Affairs, said on Wednesday President Joe Biden remained committed to a two-state solution as "the best way forward for Israelis and Palestinians to realize their ....

  • Abul Gheit condemns Israeli escalation in WB

    Date: 2022-11-30 10:54:31 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:9899782

    CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit condemned an escalation campaign by the Israeli occupation in cities of the West Bank. In a statement Wednesday, Abul Gheit warned of repercussions of targeting Palestinians ....

  • UN officials reiterate rights of Palestinians to independence, national sovereignty

    Date: 2022-11-30 09:48:02 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:9899694

    NEW YORK, Nov 30 (MENA) - UN officials have reiterated the rights of the Palestinian people to gain independence, national sovereignty and the right to return. UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi has stressed on the importance of bringing ....

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