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67 settlers storm Aqsa Mosque under protection of Israeli occupation forces

Date: 2021-04-19 09:44:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8916969

RAMALLAH, April 19 (MENA) - Sixty-seven Jewish settlers stormed into Aqsa Mosque Monday guarded by Israeli occupation forces which banned worshippers from entering the holy site complex. The Palestinian Awqaf Administration said scores of ....

Israel records 141 new coronavirus cases over past 24 hours

Date: 2021-04-19 07:57:16 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8916790

GAZA CITY, April 19 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry said that there were 141 new cases of coronavirus in Israel on Sunday, with 37,240 tests yielding an infection rate of just 0.4%, Ynet reported. There has also been a fall in serious COVID ....

Palestine confirms 988 new COVID-19 cases, 34 deaths

Date: 2021-04-18 13:02:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8915680

RAMALLAH, April 18 (MENA) – Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila announced Sunday that 988 new coronavirus infections, 34 deaths and 2,064 recoveries were registered in Palestine during the past 24 hours, WAFA reported. In her daily report ....

Syrian parl't speaker: Candidacy for presidential election starts Monday

Date: 2021-04-18 12:59:42 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:8915741

DAMASCUS, April 18 (MENA) - Speaker of the People’s Assembly Hammoudah Sabbagh announced the commencement of candidacy for presidential election in Syria, starting from Monday April 19, SANA reported Sunday. In his speech at the first session of ....

Strong quake jolts southern Iran

Date: 2021-04-18 12:31:31 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:8915589

TEHRAN, April 18 (MENA) – An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale shook Bushehr province in Southern Iran on Sunday, Fars reported. Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University announced on Sunday that a ....

Iran reports 21,644 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-04-18 11:52:52 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8915485

TEHRAN, April 18 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry on Sunday announced that 21,644 new coronavirus cases were recorded over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed infections to 2,237,089. In a statement carried by IRNA news ....

PLO warns of consequences of Israeli escalation in E. Jerusalem

Date: 2021-04-18 09:45:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8915168

RAMALLAH, April 18 (MENA) - Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Ahmed Tamimi has warned of the consequences of the Israeli escalation and offensive in occupied East Jerusalem. Attacks on worshippers at Al Aqsa Mosque are all ....

2 Palestinians injured in Israeli airstrikes at Gaza Strip

Date: 2021-04-17 23:15:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:8914866

RAMALLAH, April 17 (MENA) - Two Palestinians sustained multiple injuries in Israeli airstrikes targeting different parts of the Gaza Strip late Saturday night and causing material damage to houses and other property. The national Palestinian news ....

Iran nuclear deal participants ready to continue talks soon: Russian diplomat

Date: 2021-04-17 14:38:56 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8914248

MOSCOW, April 17 (MENA) - The participants of the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) Joint Commission voiced their resolve after their Saturday discussions to continue the talks on the Iran nuclear deal as soon as possible, Russia’s ....

Israel launches air raids on several areas in the besieged Gaza Strip

Date: 2021-04-17 09:33:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8913627

RAMALLAH, April 17 (MENA) - Two Palestinians were injured early this morning in Israeli air raids on the besieged Gaza Strip as several areas were hit with missiles, destroying the sites and causing damage to civilian homes, reported WAFA news ....