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Transferring embassy of Honduras to Jerusalem violates int’l law- Palestinian Foreign Ministry

Date: 2021-06-24 19:44:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:9028093

RAMALLAH, June 24 (MENA) – The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned the transferring of the embassy of Honduras to Jerusalem as a blatant violation to the international law and UN resolutions concerning the Old City and its political ....

Coronavirus infections in Middle East declining for 10th week

Date: 2021-06-24 12:47:42 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:9027337

CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, said coronavirus infections in Middle Eastern countries are declining for the 10th consecutive week. Some 10.8 million infections and 213,005 deaths ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2021-06-24 08:39:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:9026816

RAMALLAH, June 24 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers on Thursday stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque courtyard from Al Maghareba gate under strict protection of occupation forces. The settlers raided Al Aqsa Mosque in the wee hours of Thursday and ....

Syria reports 43 new infections

Date: 2021-06-23 22:55:40 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:132 - ID:9026563

DAMASCUS, June 23 (MENA) - The Health Ministry confirmed 43 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing total caseload in the country to 25,248, the country's news agency reported on Wednesday. The ministry added that four patients died of ....

Germany calls for removal of foreign fighters from Libya

Date: 2021-06-23 09:02:38 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:9024822

BERLIN, June 23 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on foreign fighters to leave Libya to ensure a peaceful transition in comments made ahead of Wednesday's Berlin conference, according to Deutsche Welle. Maas said he was hopeful that ....

Israel detains 22 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2021-06-23 08:39:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:9024836

RAMALLH, June 23 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained 22 Palestinians from the West Bank, the Palestinian news agency said Wednesday. This comes as part of today's wide detention campaign. The forces detained 12 Palestinians from Hebron and 10 ....

Israel issues orders to demolish 20 Palestinian houses near Nablus

Date: 2021-06-22 11:58:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:9023342

NABLUS, Palestine, June 22 (MENA) - Israeli forces today issued orders to demolish some 20 Palestinian houses in Rujeib town, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, local sources, quoted by WAFA news agency. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israeli ....

Israel detains 28 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2021-06-22 09:29:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:9022955

RAMALLAH, June 22 (MENA) - The Israeli forces detained 28 Palestinians on Tuesday from different parts of the West Bank. The forces arrested 14 Palestinians from Salfit, seven from Jenin, five from Silwan and two from Tulkarm after storming into ....

Malaysian university in knowledge sharing partnership with Gaza University

Date: 2021-06-22 09:02:40 GMT - Malaysia - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:9022994

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (MENA) - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Gaza University (GU) in Palestine signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate in the field of academia, Bernama reported. The three-year partnership via UTM’s ....

COVID-19 kills 136 more Iranians over past 24 hours

Date: 2021-06-21 12:00:23 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:9021543

TEHRAN, June 21 (MENA) - As many as 136 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 83,101, Irna News Agency reported quoting Iran's Health Ministry as saying on Monday. A ....