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Palestinian cabinet calls on Britain to recognize Palestine state

Date: 2020-11-02 13:23:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8654503

RAMALLAH, Nov 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian cabinet has called on Britain to recognize an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with Al Quds (East Jerusalem) as its capital in line with the international legitimacy resolutions. Prime ....

12 Palestinian prisoners in Israel infected with COVID-19, says PPS

Date: 2020-11-02 10:29:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8654046

RAMALLAH, Nov 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said today that 12 Palestinian prisoners in Gilboa prison in Israel have tested positive for COVID-19 raising the total number of infected prisoners to 43, WAFA reported. The PPS ....

Israel detains 7 WB Palestinians

Date: 2020-11-02 08:32:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8653918

RAMALLAH, Nov 2 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained seven Palestinians from Ramallah, Bireh, Tulkarm and Qalqiliya. Three were detained from Ramallah and Bireh including the head of Union of the Palestinian Women's Committees (UPWC) in addition to ....

Israel reports 649 new Covid-19 cases

Date: 2020-11-02 06:43:26 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8653831

GAZA CITY, Nov 2 (MENA) - Some 649 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Sunday, with 3.1% of tests returning positive, marking a rise in the percentage of positive tests, Jpost reported Monday quoting the Health ....

Turkey earthquake death toll rises to 69

Date: 2020-11-01 19:46:07 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:8653613

ANKARA, Nov 1 (MENA) - The death toll from an earthquake which toppled buildings in Turkey's third-largest city reached 69 deaths and 949 injuries, ABC News reported on Sunday The quake struck Turkey's Aegean coast and north of the Greek Island ....

Iran reports another single day record of COVID-19 death toll

Date: 2020-11-01 13:09:13 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8652980

TEHRAN, Nov 1 (MENA) – Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said that 434 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours, IRNA reported Sunday. The health ministry spokeswoman said on Sunday that ....

Scores of Palestinians suffocated by tear gas bombs in Hebron

Date: 2020-11-01 11:41:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8652829

RAMALLAH, Nov 1 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinians suffered suffocation due to inhaling toxic gas fired by the Israeli forces at them in southern Hebron on Sunday. Israeli forces arrested a liberated Palestinian prisoner after raiding his house ....

Israel records 218 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-11-01 07:32:38 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8652510

GAZA CITY, Nov 1 (MENA) - Some 218 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Saturday, with 2.9% of tests returning positive, according to an Israeli Health Ministry update on Sunday morning quoted by The Jerusalem Post. Out ....

5.0 magnitude aftershock hits Turkey after deadly earthquake

Date: 2020-10-31 08:21:54 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8651188

MOSCOW, Oct 31 (MENA) - Tremors struck the Mediterranean region Friday, hitting Turkey and Greece and claiming at least 25 lives and injuring over 800. The quake even caused a small tsunami that flooded the streets of Sigacik in Izmir, Russian news ....

Death toll in Turkey’s earthquake rises to 25 with 804 injured

Date: 2020-10-31 07:44:35 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8651168

MOSCOW, Oct 31 (MENA) - At least 25 people have been killed in an earthquake in Turkey’s western Izmir province, the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) reported on Saturday. According to its report, 25 people were ....