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Palestine reports 123 new coronavirus cases, 3 deaths

Date: 2021-06-13 11:36:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:9007642

RAMALLAH, June 13 (MENA) - Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila announced that 123 new coronavirus cases and three deaths were detected over the past 24 hours. In the daily coronavirus report carried by WAFA News Agency on Sunday, Alkaila said ....

Iran registers 8,195 new coronavirus infections, 187 fatalities

Date: 2021-06-13 10:55:09 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:9007453

TEHRAN, June 13 (MENA) - Iran registered 8,195 new coronavirus cases and 187 new deaths within the past 24 hours, Mehr reported Sunday quoting a Health Ministry statement. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country reached 3,028,667 ....

179 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

Date: 2021-06-12 20:12:32 GMT - Libya - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:9006884

TRIPOLI, June 12 (MENA) – Libya's navy said Saturday that 179 migrants on two rubber boats en route to Europe have been rescued off the Libyan coast. Two operations were conducted by the navy which rescued 119 people of different nationalities in ....

Palestinian woman killed north Jerusalem

Date: 2021-06-12 19:57:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:9006718

RAMALLAH, June 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces opened gunfire on Saturday at a Palestinian woman and killed her at Qalandia checkpoint, to the north of the occupied Jerusalem, according to witnesses. The woman, identified as Ibtesam Khaled ....

Palestinian teenager killed in Nablus clashes

Date: 2021-06-11 18:12:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:9005160

RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - A 15-year-old Palestinian teenager was shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces in the village of Beita, to the south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, during a public protest against Israel’s construction of a ....

US lifts some Iran sanctions amid stalled nuclear talks - paper

Date: 2021-06-11 11:03:40 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:9004514

WASHINGTON, June 11 (MENA) - The Biden administration lifted sanctions on three former Iranian officials and several energy companies amid stalled nuclear negotiations, signaling Washington’s willingness to further ease economic pressure on Iran if ....

Israeli forces detain six Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2021-06-11 09:17:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:9004267

RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - Israeli forces on Friday detained six Palestinians from the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Jenin, WAFA news agency quoted local and security sources as saying. They said Israeli forces rounded up four Palestinians, ....

Iran reports 12,398 new coronavirus cases, 153 deaths

Date: 2021-06-10 15:54:27 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:9003470

TEHRAN, June 10 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry on Thursday announced that 12,398 new coronavirus cases were recorded over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed infections in the country to over three million. In a statement ....

Palestine reports 228 new Covid-19 cases

Date: 2021-06-10 11:03:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:9002868

RAMALLAH, June 10 (MENA) - Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila announced that as many as 228 fresh Covid-19 infections were reported in the past 24 hours. Kaila said two new fatalities were detected and the death rate hit 1.1%, the Palestinian ....

3 Palestinians killed, one injured by Israel in West Bank

Date: 2021-06-10 07:02:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:9002385

RAMALLAH, June 10 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were killed on Thursday and another was seriously injured by the Israeli forces in Jenin in the northren West Bank, Palestinian Health Ministry said. The martyrs included a lieutenant and sergeant in ....