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Israeli forces arrest 10 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2020-11-27 09:03:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8689143

RAMALLAH, Nov 27 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested on Friday 10 Palestinians in various parts of the occupied West Bank, including two brothers, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Society. It said in a statement that four ....

Palestinian youth dies east of Quds

Date: 2020-11-25 19:05:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:8687356

RAMALLAH, Nov 25 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man died on Wednesday when Israeli soldiers opened fire near to al-Zaim checkpoint, east of occupied al-Quds. Nour Gamal Shaqir, 37, died of injures today, while he was approaching the checkpoint, ....

Kylie Moore-Gilbert: Lecturer 'released by Iran' in prisoner swap

Date: 2020-11-25 18:21:20 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:8687289

TEHRAN, Nov 25 (MENA) - A British-Australian academic serving a 10-year sentence in Iran for espionage has been freed in exchange for three jailed Iranians, Iranian media say. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a lecturer at Melbourne University, had been ....

Iran records 13,843 coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-11-25 16:37:24 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:8687175

TEHRAN, Nov 25 (MENA) - Iran recorded 13,843 new infected coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, IRNA reported. Some 469 people in Iran have died as a result of the coronavirus disease over the past 24 hours, Iranian Health Ministry ....

Cyprus urges Turkey to join other countries seeking to achieve peace

Date: 2020-11-25 10:26:28 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8686466

NICOSIA, Nov 25 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides has urged Turkey to join other countries in the region that are seeking to achieve peace and prosperity. In his speech at the 16th summit of the Economist that was held here last ....

Israel records 832 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours

Date: 2020-11-25 07:20:50 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8686177

GAZA CITY, Nov 25 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry said on Wednesday that in the past day 832 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed out of 59,488 tests conducted showing a positivity rate of 1.4%, Ynet reported. There are currently 268 ....

OIC urges taking measures to eliminate all forms of violence against women

Date: 2020-11-24 13:53:26 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8685385

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Nov 24 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, called on OIC member states to pursue measures necessary for eliminating all forms of violence against women. In ....

Israeli forces detain 11 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2020-11-24 10:26:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8684935

RAMALLAH, Nov 24 (MENA) - Israeli forces Tuesday overnight detained 11 Palestinians in raids that triggered confrontations across the West Bank, WAFA reported quoting the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS). It confirmed that Israeli forces ....

Israel records 943 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-11-24 07:07:17 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8684583

GAZA CITY, Nov 24 (MENA) - Some 943 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel, with 1.8% of tests returning positive, according to a Tuesday morning update by the Israeli Health Ministry. Of those infected, 275 were in serious ....

Iraqi security arrests Daesh leader at Baghdad airport

Date: 2020-11-23 11:56:38 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8683444

BAGHDAD, Nov 23 (MENA) - Iraq's anti-terror apparatus on Monday arrested a Daesh leader at Baghdad International Airport. Widely known as Abu Nabaa, the arrested terrorist served as the general administrative coordinator of Daesh extremist ....