Middle East
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UN rights council votes to investigate Iran’s brutal response to protests
Date: 2022-11-24 20:14:33 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:9892177
NEW YORK, Nov 24 (MENA) – The United Nations’s Human Rights Council on Thursday voted to create a new fact-finding mission to investigate alleged human rights violations in Iran amid weeks of protests and Tehran’s brutal crackdown on the unrest, the ....
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Israeli forces detain 14 Palestinians from West Bank
Date: 2022-11-24 13:09:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:9891536
RAMALLAH, Nov 24 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained Thursday 14 Palestinians in multiple raids across the occupied West Bank, WAFA News Agency quoted local and security sources as saying Thursday. Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian houses ....
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Palestinian youth succumbs to wounds sustained by Israeli gunfire in Nablus
Date: 2022-11-23 20:14:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:9890566
RAMALLAH, Nov 23 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth succumbed Wednesday evening to critical wounds he sustained on Tuesday after being shot by Israeli forces during a military incursion into Nablus. The ministry of health said that all attempts to save ....
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One Israeli killed, 15 injured in two blasts in Al Quds
Date: 2022-11-23 08:03:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:9889231
RAMALLAH, Nov 23 (MENA) - At least one Israeli was killed and 15 others were injured in two separate explosions targeting bus stations in Al Quds Wednesday morning, Israeli media sources said. The first explosion that left at least 12 injured, ....
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Earthquake hits northwest Turkey, at least 22 injured
Date: 2022-11-23 06:00:08 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:9889091
ANKARA, Nov 23 (MENA) - A magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck northwest Turkey during Wednesday’s early hours, injuring at least 22 people, according to health chiefs. The shallow tremor struck about 170 kilometers (105 miles) east of Istanbul, the ....
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Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in Nablus
Date: 2022-11-23 05:11:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:9889052
RAMALLAH, Nov 23 (MENA) - A 16-year-old Palestinian was killed in clashes with Israeli occupation troops who broke into the eastern part of Nablus late Tuesday ahead of a Jewish celebration near Joseph's Tomb. Ahmed Amgad Shehada was shot dead ....
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US forces 'not in danger' during Turkish strikes on Syria Kurds
Date: 2022-11-22 22:28:36 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:9888998
WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (MENA) – The US Central Command said no US troops were in danger after a Turkish drone strike Tuesday hit a base in northeast Syria used jointly by Kurdish forces and the US-led coalition, the Kurds and a war monitor said. Two ....
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Economic restrictions in the West Bank exact $50 billion toll between 2000 and 2020 3 last Cairo
Date: 2022-11-22 19:44:13 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:9888795
An array of restrictions imposed by the occupying power have constrained economic activities and the movement of people and goods in Areas A, B and C, according to the report. They include a ban on the importation of certain technology and inputs, a ....
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Economic restrictions in the West Bank exact $50 billion toll between 2000 and 2020 2 Cairo
Date: 2022-11-22 19:43:32 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:9888770
Area C of the occupied West Bank accounts for about 60% of the West Bank and incorporates all Israeli settlements. It is under Israeli civil and security control, said the report. Despite several UN Security Council and General Assembly ....
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Economic restrictions in the West Bank exact $50 billion toll between 2000 and 2020
Date: 2022-11-22 19:34:51 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:9888620
CAIRO, Nov 22 (MENA) - Economic restrictions in the West Bank exact $50 billion toll between 2000 and 2020, says the latest United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)'s report to the UN General Assembly Tuesday. Ending the ....