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UN officials call for probe into killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

Date: 2022-05-12 07:29:18 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:9564195

NEW YORK, May 12 (MENA) - Senior officials from across the United Nations are calling for an investigation into the killing on Wednesday of well-known Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh, according to the UN News Center. The veteran ....

3 Palestinians detained in Beit Hanina

Date: 2022-05-11 23:10:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:106 - ID:9564010

RAMALLAH, May 11 (MENA) – Three Palestinians were arrested during confrontations with Israeli soldiers in the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina in the occupied East Jerusalem. Palestinians have gathered to protest Israeli killing of Abu ....

Pakistan strongly condemns killing of Palestinian journalist

Date: 2022-05-11 20:17:22 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:9563908

ISLAMABAD, May 11 (MENA) - Pakistan on Wednesday strongly condemned the killing of a Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Aqleh, who was shot dead while covering an Israeli raid in the Jenin refugee camp of occupied West Bank. “Pakistan calls upon ....

UNESCO urges thorough investigations into killing of Abu Akleh

Date: 2022-05-11 17:54:26 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:9563727

PARIS, May 11 (MENA) - UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has called for a ‘thorough investigation’ into the death of Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot and killed on Wednesday while covering an army ....

White House condemns killing of American journalist during Israeli raid in West Bank

Date: 2022-05-11 17:29:54 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:9563701

WASHINGTON, May 11 (MENA) - The White House on Wednesday condemned the killing of an American journalist during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, and demanded an investigation into the death of Al Jazeera's Shireen Abu Akleh. Akleh, 51, ....

Palestinian teenager shot dead by Israeli soldiers near Ramallah

Date: 2022-05-11 15:37:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:9562505

RAMALLAH, May 11 (MENA) - A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli soldiers near Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Thayer Khalil Yazouri, 18, was shot directly in the heart at Jabal al-Tawil area in the city of ....

US amb. to Israel calls for probe into killing of Palestinian journalist

Date: 2022-05-11 10:43:04 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:9562633

WASHINGTON, May 11 (MENA) - US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides tweeted that he was "very sad to learn of the death of Palestinian journalist Sherin Abu Aqleh " and called for "a thorough investigation into the circumstances of her death". Abu ....

Palestinian presidency condemns Israel killing of journalist Abu Aqleh

Date: 2022-05-11 07:56:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:9562151

RAMALLAH, May 11 (MENA) - The Palestinian Presidency Wednesday condemned what it described as “the crime of execution” by the Israeli occupation forces of Palestinian journalist Sherin Abu Aqleh. "The Palestinian Presidency holds the Israeli ....

Sherin Abu Aqleh was shot with no cause -- Palestinian Journalist

Date: 2022-05-11 07:43:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:9562129

RAMALLAH, May 11 (MENA) - A Palestinian journalist, who was shot by a live bullet in the back said on Wednesday that veteran correspondent Sherin Abu Aqleh, 51, was killed in an Israeli army operation this morning in the northern West Bank city of ....

Israeli aggression targets Syria’s Quneitra: SANA

Date: 2022-05-11 07:38:43 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:9562173

DAMASCUS, May 11 (MENA) - An act of Israeli aggression was carried out with missiles over the vicinity of the Quneitra governate’s countryside in southern Syria early Wednesday, according to SANA news agency. The missile attack resulted in only ....