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Settlers barge into Aqsa mosque

Date: 2021-02-18 10:21:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8805537

RAMALLAH, Feb 18 (MENA) - Seventeen Jewish settlers stormed Al Aqsa mosque compound on Thursday under the protection of Israeli occupation authorities. The settlers, according to WAFA news agency, carried out provocative tours of the compound ....

5.6-magnitude quake hit Iran

Date: 2021-02-17 20:19:58 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:8805110

TEHRAN, Feb 17 (MENA) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck southwest Iran near the town of Sisakht on Wednesday evening and at least 10 people were injured, state television said as quoted by Russia Today. “People in Sisakht and the town of Yasuj ....

Iran says ready for talks with UN nuclear watchdog chief

Date: 2021-02-17 15:53:00 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:8804669

TEHRAN, Feb 17 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that Iran is ready to hold talks with the UN nuclear watchdog chief, ahead of a next week deadline set by lawmakers for the suspension of some inspections. Rouhani stressed ....

Israel reports 5,141 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-02-16 09:06:01 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8801953

GAZA, Feb 16 (MENA) - The Israeli Army Intelligence task force in the Health Ministry on Tuesday said that 5,141 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Monday indicating a 7.5% positivity rate after 71,000 tests conducted, the Ynet ....

Blinken says US outraged by rocket attack on Iraqi Kurdistan

Date: 2021-02-16 06:21:57 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:8801631

WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (MENA) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed the United States' “outrage” by a rocket attack on Monday in the Iraqi Kurdistan region that reportedly killed a civilian contractor and injured several others. A U.S. ....

Russia, US interested in cooperation on Middle East peace settlement

Date: 2021-02-15 22:26:55 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:8801531

MOSCOW, Feb 15 (MENA) – Russia and the United States are interested in constructive cooperation to promote the peace process in the Middle East, TASS reported. The Russian foreign ministry said on Monday that talks were held between Russian ....

Palestinian PM extends working with measures against coronavirus

Date: 2021-02-15 11:07:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8800384

RAMALLAH, Feb 15 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh decided extending working with the procedures against coronavirus to limit the spread of the pandemic as of Wednesday because of the increase of the number of infections within ....

Settlers storm into Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2021-02-15 10:17:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8800308

RAMALLAH, Feb 15 (MENA) - As many as 97 settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque on Monday guarded by the Israeli forces. The settlers stormed into the mosque from Magharba Gate. (MENA) M H K/D A E ....

9 non-Syrians killed in Israeli shelling in south Damascus

Date: 2021-02-15 09:58:46 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8800271

DAMASCUS, Feb 15 (MENA) - Nine non-Syrian nationalities were killed in an Israeli shelling on sites in the west of and the south of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Israeli shelling also destroyed Iran-owned rocket ....

Settlements are illegal and Israel should halt them, says British Consul-General in Quds

Date: 2021-02-15 09:43:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8800212

RAMALLAH, Feb 15 (MENA) - British Consul-General Philip Hall in Quds Monday said that the Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are illegal and constitute an obstacle to launching negotiations between the Palestinians and the ....