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  • UNDP Launches Yemen’s First Waste-to-Energy Plant

    Date: 2021-12-26 08:50:19 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:9336740

    NEW YORK, Dec 26 (MENA) - The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched a unique waste-to-energy (WtE) initiative in the Yemeni Lahj governorate, the UN Media Center said Sunday. The first of its kind, the plant is a new method of ....

  • COVID-19 cases jump by 79% over week in Israel

    Date: 2021-12-24 18:27:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:9334983

    RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - The number of new COVID-19 cases confirmed thus far this week was 79% higher than last week, according to the Israeli Health Ministry figures. The ministry said 1,482 new cases were confirmed on Thursday, bringing the ....

  • Thousands of Palestinians perform Friday prayers at al-Aqsa

    Date: 2021-12-24 14:57:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:9334745

    RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - Thousands of Palestinian worshippers performed Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al Quds amid tight Israeli restrictions. The Islamic Awqaf department in Al Quds said the number of worshippers reached about 45,000. ....

  • Palestinian PM urges int'l protection from Israel's 'organized terrorism'

    Date: 2021-12-24 14:21:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:9334758

    RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - A Palestinian elderly was killed Friday after an Israeli settler rammed his vehicle into her at the entrance of Sinjil town, northeast of Ramallah, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. In a statement, PA Premier ....

  • Elderly Palestinian killed in settler car-ramming attack north of Ramallah

    Date: 2021-12-24 13:05:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:9334631

    RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) – An Israeli settler on Friday rammed his vehicle into a Palestinian elderly at the entrance of Sinjil town, northeast of Ramallah, killing her, WAFA reported. They said that the settler rammed his car into Ghadir Anis ....

  • US: Iran's support for armed groups threatens int'l, regional security

    Date: 2021-12-24 08:34:54 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:9334261

    WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (MENA) - The United States said that Iran’s support for armed groups threatens international and regional security. In a press briefing, Spokesperson for the US State Department Ned Price said "It threatens our forces, our ....

  • 125 Palestinians injured as settlers attack Burqa village in Nablus, WB

    Date: 2021-12-23 23:06:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:9334141

    RAMALLAH, Dec 23 (MENA) - Some 125 Palestinian civilians sustained light to moderate injuries today during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces, which erupted shortly after hundreds of Israeli settlers protected by army attempted to break into ....

  • Two Palestinian children injured in explosion of suspicious object in Nablus

    Date: 2021-12-23 20:51:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:9334048

    RAMALLAH, Dec 23 (MENA) - Two Palestinian children were injured on Thursday in an explosion of a suspicious object in Sobeih mountain near Beita town in southern Nablus province. In a press statement, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ....

  • Israeli forces detain 14 Palestinians, shoot another in West Bank raids

    Date: 2021-12-23 10:37:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:9333204

    RAMALLAH, Dec 23 (MENA) - Israeli forces Thursday overnight detained 14 Palestinians and shot another in multiple raids across the West Bank, WAFA quoted local and security sources as saying. They said that Israeli forces rounded up two brothers ....

  • Head of Naima municipality killed in terrorist blast

    Date: 2021-12-23 09:02:53 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:9332974

    DAMASCUS, Dec 23 (MENA) - The head of Naima municipality in Daraa eastern countryside was killed in a blast on Thursday. The explosive device was attached to the car of the 38-year-old official by terrorists, killing him at once, according to the ....

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