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Iran reports more than 8,000 new Covid cases

Date: 2021-02-28 12:22:10 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:8822568

TEHRAN, Feb 28 (MENA) - Some 93 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 60,073, IRNA reported Sunday. Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said some 8,010 ....

Scores of Jewish settlers swarm Aqsa mosque

Date: 2021-02-28 10:44:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8822286

AL QUDS, Feb 28 (MENA) - Nearly 153 Jewish settlers swarmed Al Aqsa mosque Sunday morning after calls for storming it by Altra Orthodox Jews, the Palestinian Islamic Waqfs said Sunday. In a statement, the Islamic Waqfs said the settlers stormed ....

Russian helicopter crashed in Syria

Date: 2021-02-28 09:33:06 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8822161

DAMASCUS, Feb 28 (MENA) - Syrian state media said on Sunday a Russian helicopter reportedly crashed in northeast Syria and that the pilot was killed. According to the Syrian news agency, the helicopter crashed in the northern Hasaka province, ....

Israel said to believe Iran behind blast on Israeli-owned cargo ship

Date: 2021-02-27 20:00:11 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:8821659

GAZA, Feb 27 (MENA) – Israeli officials believe Iran was behind a blast on an Israeli-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, The Times of Israel reported. Hebrew media quoted unnamed Israeli officials as saying they believe Iran was responsible ....

Palestinian workers in Israel to receive vaccines - report

Date: 2021-02-27 19:27:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:8821592

RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - Palestinians who work in Israel are expected to be inoculated with Moderna vaccines, a senior health fund official has told The Jerusalem Post Saturday. The Palestinian Authority said last week that Israel had agreed to ....

Israeli drones to investigate possible additional oil spill

Date: 2021-02-27 17:25:33 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:8821476

GAZA CITY, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israeli Defense Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz approved on Saturday the use of Navy drones to track an oil spill possibly heading towards Israel's shores, Ynet News reported. The use was requested by ....

COVID-19 claims 81 lives in past 24 hours in Iran

Date: 2021-02-27 13:02:30 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8820852

TEHRAN, Feb 27 (MENA) - Some 81 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours, bringing the total deaths to 59,980, IRNA quoted Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari as saying on ....

Palestine calls on ICC to speed up criminal investigation into Israeli crimes

Date: 2021-02-27 12:33:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8820672

RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Saturday called on the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to speed up opening an investigation into Israeli war crimes committed against the ....

Palestine reports 1,555 new COVID-19 cases

Date: 2021-02-26 11:39:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8819219

RAMALLAH, Feb 26 (MENA) - Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila on Friday confirmed 1,555 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths in the past 24 hours, the Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported. A total of 648 patients have recovered from the ....

Israeli navy targets fishermen offshore Gaza

Date: 2021-02-26 08:50:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8818930

RAMALLAH, Feb 26 (MENA) - Israeli navy Friday morning targeted Palestinian fishermen offshore Gaza city, according to WAFA news agency. The fishermen were sailing within six nautical miles when Israeli naval boats opened gunfire and water hoses ....