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11,620 new COIVD cases detected in Iran

Date: 2021-06-02 11:28:14 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8988945

TEHRAN, June 2 (MENA) - The country’s Health Ministry has announced the detection of 11,620 new infections in the past 24 hours, Mehr News Agency reported. This brings the total number of novel coronavirus cases to 2,935,443, according to the ....

Isaac Herzog elected 11th President of Israel by wide margin

Date: 2021-06-02 11:11:45 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8988845

GAZA CITY, June 2 (MENA) - Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog will be the 11th president of the State of Israel after he received 87 votes from MKs in a secret ballot vote in the Knesset plenum, The Jerusalem Post reported. Herzog's opponent, ....

Four people die of coronavirus in Palestine in 24 hours, 304 new cases were recorded

Date: 2021-06-02 10:41:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8988817

RAMALLAH, June 2 (MENA) - Four people have died of coronavirus in Palestine in the last 24 hours, 304 new cases were recorded, and 294 patients have recovered, WAFA quoted Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila as saying. She said in her ....

35 new coronavirus cases in Israel

Date: 2021-06-02 09:57:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8988578

GAZA CITY, June 2 (MENA) - There were 35 new coronavirus cases in Israel on Tuesday, The Jerusalem Post quoted the Health Ministry as saying Wednesday. The Health Ministry also announced they conducted 25,476 tests - around 0.1% of tests returned ....

Settlers storm Aqsa Mosque under Israeli police protection

Date: 2021-06-02 09:35:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8988642

RAMALLAH, June 2 (MENA) - Settlers on Wednesday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police. According to Palestinian sources, the settlers broke into the mosque from Al Maghareba gate and made provocative tours inside it, ....

Palestine urges UNSC to shoulder responsibility towards Israeli crimes

Date: 2021-06-02 09:07:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8988487

RAMALLAH, June 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the International Criminal Court to shoulder their responsibility towards the continued crimes of Israeli settlement. The ....

Israel detains 17 Palestinian from West Bank

Date: 2021-06-02 08:21:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8988414

RAMALLAH, June 2 (MENA) - The Israeli forces detained 17 Palestinians from the West Bank on Wednesday. The detained include seven from Bethlehem, three from Ramallah, two from Nablus and one from Tulkarm. (MENA) M H K/D A E ....

Palestinian, EU officials discuss political developments

Date: 2021-06-02 06:41:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8988244

RAMALLAH, June 2 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Amal Gado on Tuesday held talks on the recent political developments in the Palestinian territories with Sven Koopmans, the EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace ....

Abbas lauds Sisi's efforts to unit Palestinian factions, organize their meeting in Cairo next week

Date: 2021-06-01 15:29:17 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:8987601

CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has lauded efforts exerted by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to close ranks among Palestinian factions and hold a meeting grouping them in Egypt next week. Earlier on Tuesday, President ....

Palestinian foreign ministry condemns Israeli incursion into West Bank

Date: 2021-06-01 12:05:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:8987000

RAMALLAH, June 1 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned the Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. In a statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry asserted that halting the ....