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Israel’s Netanyahu walks out on his own corruption trial

Date: 2021-02-08 16:00:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:8789749

GAZA CITY, Feb 8 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told judges in a Jerusalem court on Monday that he is innocent of corruption charges before abruptly standing, saying “thank you very much” and leaving with his motorcade, the New ....

OIC condemns Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia

Date: 2021-02-08 14:28:15 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8789848

RIYADH, Feb 8 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen has condemned the launch of a drone bomb by Houthi militias towards Saudi Arabia, which was intercepted and destroyed by the ....

European Union to host Brussels V Conference on Syria in late March

Date: 2021-02-08 14:26:27 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:8789844

ROME, Feb 8 (MENA) - The European Union will host the fifth Brussels Conference on “Supporting the future of Syria and the region” on March 29-30, 2021. In view of Covid-19 restrictions, the conference will take place in virtual format. The ....

Iran records 7,321 new coronavirus cases, 67 deaths

Date: 2021-02-08 13:51:31 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8789636

TEHRAN, Feb 8 (MENA) - Some 67 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 58,536, Iran's Health Ministry spokesperson Sima Sadat Lari said on Monday. Some 7,321 new cases of ....

Israel records 4,557 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-02-08 07:27:03 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8788900

GAZA CITY, Feb 8 (MENA) - Some 4,557 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Sunday, with 8.8% of tests returning positive, according to a Monday morning update by the Israeli Health Ministry. Of those infected, 1,059 were ....

Russian diplomat criticizes US-Iranian debate on returning to nuclear deal

Date: 2021-02-07 22:45:32 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:96 - ID:8788747

MOSCOW, Feb 7 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador to the International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov criticized the US-Iranian debate on returning to the nuclear deal signed in 2015. In a tweet on Sunday, Ulyanov said: "This is what we were ....

Israel eases 3rd lockdown, lifting restrictions on some businesses

Date: 2021-02-07 17:41:41 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:8788326

GAZA, Feb 7 (MENA) - Israel’s third nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19 was eased on Sunday morning, the Times of Israel reported. The lockdown was initially scheduled to partially lifted on Friday, after over a month, but a ....

Scores of Jewish settlers storm Aqsa mosque compound

Date: 2021-02-07 11:35:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8787642

RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) - Some 48 Jewish settlers stormed Al Aqsa mosque compound on Sunday under the protection of Israeli occupation authorities. The settlers, according to WAFA news agency, carried out provocative tours of the compound from Bab ....

Iran warns of ‘decisive response’ to any Israeli adventurism

Date: 2021-02-07 10:33:59 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8787417

TEHRAN, Feb 7 (MENA) - Iran has reacted to the provocative and hawkish comments of an Israeli official stressing to give a crushing response to any threat by the occupying regime, Mehr News Agency reported Sunday. In a letter to the United ....

Israeli forces opens fire at fishermen off coast of Gaza

Date: 2021-02-07 10:15:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8787525

GAZA CITY, Feb 7 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces opened fire at Palestinian fishermen as they were sailing off the coast of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported Sunday. The Israeli navy fired ....