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Israel detains 6 Palestinians from Bethlehem, Hebron, Qalqiliya

Date: 2021-01-07 10:37:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8742349

RAMALLAH, Jan 7 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Thursday six Palestinians from Bethlehem, Hebron and Qalqiliya. Three Palestinians were detained from el Dheisheh Camp in Bethlehem, two from Hebron and one from Qalqiliya. (MENA) M H K/M O H ....

Israel reports 8,164 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-01-06 07:16:54 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8740726

RAMALLAH, Jan 6 (MENA) - There were 8,164 new coronavirus cases in Israel in the past day, Jerusalem Post quoted the Health Ministry as saying on Wednesday. The Health Ministry announced that 121,816 tests were performed, approximately 6.8% of ....

Israel registers 8,308 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-01-05 08:35:22 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8739440

GAZA CITY, Jan 5 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry announced on Tuesday that 8,308 new coronavirus cases were detected in the past 24 hours in Israel. According to a statement by the ministry, the total number of cases now hits more than ....

US aircraft carrier 'Nimitz' to stay in Arabian Gulf to fend off Iran threats: Pentagon

Date: 2021-01-04 19:01:00 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8738998

WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (MENA) - US Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller has reversed his decision to redeploy the aircraft carrier 'Nimitz', keeping the vessel in the Arabian Gulf after threats from Iran against President Trump. “Due to the ....

Turkish forces, terrorist militias shell town in north Syria- SOHR

Date: 2021-01-04 13:59:17 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8738590

IDLIB, Jan 4 (MENA) - Turkish forces and armed terrorist militias have renewed shelling on Ayn Issa town in the countryside of Syria's northern province of Raqqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. No injuries have been reported ....

Russiaa reaffirms necessity to not interfere in Syria’s internal affairs

Date: 2021-01-04 13:28:32 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8738553

MOSCOW, Jan 4 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin reaffirmed the necessity to not interfere in Syria’s internal affairs by any foreign party, Russian Novosti News Agency reported on Monday. Vershinin noted that the ....

Palestine registers 1,009 COVID-19 infections, 20 deaths

Date: 2021-01-04 13:27:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8738593

RAMALLAH, Jan 4 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila announced on Monday that 1,009 new cases of COVID-19 and 20 deaths were registered across Palestine during the past 24 hours, WAFA news agency reported. The minister added that ....

Coronavirus in Israel: 649 soldiers, workers infected

Date: 2021-01-04 11:52:22 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8738437

GAZA CITY, Jan 4 (MENA) - Some 649 soldiers and workers in the Israeli army were confirmed as infected with the novel coronavirus as of Monday morning. Some 8,562 soldiers were in quarantine, according to the Jerusalem Post newspaper. (MENA) A ....

Israel reports 5,135 new infections

Date: 2021-01-04 06:32:01 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:8738027

GAZA CITY, Jan 4 (MENA) - Some 5,135 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Sunday, with 6.6% of tests returning positive, the highest percentage of positive tests since October, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported quoting ....

Palestinian FM underlines int'l consensus to hold peace conf.

Date: 2021-01-03 15:24:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:8737550

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Malki has underlined an international consensus to hold a peace conference as called for by President Mahmoud Abbas. President Abbas had asked the UN chief to live up to his ....