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Erdogan ousts Central Bank governor after lira free-fall continues

Date: 2020-11-07 12:38:19 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:8661851

ANKARA, Nov 7 (MENA) - Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dismissed the central bank governor as the country is beset by its second currency crisis in two years, The Wall Street Journal reported. In a decree published in the early hours of ....

EU extends sanctions framework on Turkey over East Mediterranean drilling

Date: 2020-11-06 20:14:22 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:8661005

BRUSSELS, Nov 6 (MENA) – EU member states on Friday extended for another year a sanctions framework against Turkey allowing visa bans and asset freezes against individuals involved in contested gas exploration in the Mediterranean, local news ....

Chief of Cyprus National Guard briefs EU counterparts on Turkey’s provocative actions in East Med

Date: 2020-11-06 19:29:16 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:8660974

NICOSIA, Nov 6 (MENA) – The Cypriot Chief of National Guard, Lieutenant General Demokritos Zervakis, briefed EU counterparts on Turkey’s provocative actions in the Eastern Mediterranean while addressing a European Union Military Committee meeting at ....

Iran reports 8,864 daily COVID-19 cases

Date: 2020-11-06 15:05:09 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:8660798

TEHRAN, Nov 6 (MENA) - Iran's health ministry reported 8,864 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, raising the total nationwide number to 663,800, Xinhua reported. The pandemic has so far claimed 37,409 lives in Iran, up by 424 in the past 24 hours, said ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 10 ex-prisoners from Tulkarm, northern WB

Date: 2020-11-05 08:25:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8658647

RAMALLAH, Nov 5 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces carried out a large-scale arrest campaign in the northern West Bank governorate of Tulkarm, detaining 10 Palestinian ex-prisoners, WAFA News Agency reported. The arrest operation came after the ....

Israel detains 18 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2020-11-04 08:21:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8657051

RAMALLAH, Nov 4 (MENA) - Israel detained on Wednesday 18 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank. The Israeli forces detained four Palestinians from Hebron, three from Jenin, one from Bethlehem and 10 from al Quds. (MENA) M H K/A S E ....

Israel reports 831 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-11-04 06:58:33 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8656913

GAZA CITY, Nov 4 (MENA) - There were 831 new coronavirus cases in Israel, The Jerusalem Post quoted the Israeli Health Ministry as saying Wednesday morning. The Health Ministry also announced they conducted 40,832 tests - around 2% of tests ....

Palestine reports 633 new cases of coronavirus

Date: 2020-11-03 12:12:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8655808

RAMALLAH, Nov 3 (MENA) - Eight people have died of the novel coronavirus disease in Palestine in the last 24 hours, 633 new cases were recorded, said Health Minister Mai Alkaila in her daily coronavirus report. She said that 575 cases were ....

Jordan denounces Vienna attack

Date: 2020-11-03 11:19:25 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:8655619

AMMAN, Nov 3 (MENA) - The Jordanian Foreign Ministry has strongly denounced the terrorist attack in Vienna which left five people killed and several others injured. In a statement released by the Jordanian News Agency Petra on Tuesday, Foreign ....

Israel registers 774 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-11-03 06:48:21 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8655324

GAZA CITY, Nov 3 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry announced on Tuesday that 774 new coronavirus cases were detected in Israel in the past 24 hours. In a statement, the ministry added that 382 of the cases are critical, according to The ....