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Israeli PM: We must not reopen Israel too fast

Date: 2020-10-25 18:59:24 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:8644003

RAMALLAH, Oct 25 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned Sunday against ending the ongoing partial lockdown too quickly, insisting that restrictions must be removed incrementally, over a long period of time, Arutz Sheva ....

OIC, Australia discuss countering terrorism, extremism

Date: 2020-10-25 16:41:12 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8643840

JEDDAH, Oct 25 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen on Sunday discussed at a meeting with Australian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ridwaan Jadwat a number of topics related to peace ....

Scores of settlers storm Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2020-10-25 12:12:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8643330

RAMALLAH, Oct 25 (MENA) - 67 Israeli settlers broke into Al Aqsa Mosque led by Israeli member of Knesset Shuli Moalem, reported Wafa News Agency Sunday. Israeli extremists thrusted into the environs of the Al Aqsa Mosque, under protection of ....

Israel reports 424 new coronavirus cases among army personnel, 2,992 in quarantine

Date: 2020-10-25 10:42:41 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8643142

GAZA CITY, Oct 25 (MENA) - Some 424 Israeli soldiers and staff in the Israeli defense forces were infected with the novel coronavirus as of Sunday morning, with one soldier in moderate condition. Some 2,992 soldiers are in quarantine, the Jerusalem ....

SOHR: Turkish forces and proxies shell areas controlled by Kurdish forces in Aleppo countryside

Date: 2020-10-25 05:49:10 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:8642765

LONDON, Oct 25 (MENA) - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Turkish forces and their proxy factions shelled Saturday night the surrounding areas of Tal Rifaat city and Mar’naaz village in areas under the control of Kurdish forces in the northern ....

Quake jolts Qazvin Province of Iran

Date: 2020-10-24 17:10:19 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:8642438

TEHRAN, Oct 24 (MENA) – An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale rocked the Qazvin Province of Iran on Saturday, IRNA reported. According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the earthquake ....

Firefighting planes combat forest fire in Galilee area

Date: 2020-10-24 16:43:59 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8642433

RAMALLAH, Oct 24 (MENA) – Firefighting planes arrived in Israel's Galilee area to combat a fire that broke out near the towns of Majd al-Krum, Deir al-Assad and Kibbutz Tuval, Ynet reported Saturday. Fire and rescue teams were called to the ....

Dozens of Palestinians suffer suffocation in confrontations with Israeli forces in Hebron

Date: 2020-10-23 20:02:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8640991

RAMALLAH, Oct 23 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinians on Friday suffered suffocation after Israeli occupation forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas canisters at them during clashes in Bab al-Zawiya area in central Hebron. The clashes ....

NATO chief announces Greece, Turkey to cancel war games

Date: 2020-10-23 19:59:42 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:8641283

BRUSSELS, Oct 23 (MENA) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Friday in Brussels that Greece and Turkey plan to cancel their respective war games, which had been scheduled for next week on the national holidays of each other’s ....

Abbas reiterates commitment to just peace, readiness to resume talks

Date: 2020-10-23 15:21:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8640919

RAMALLAH, Oct 23 (MENA) - President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday reiterated commitment to just peace and immediate readiness to resume talks with Israel. Speaking in a phone call with Pope Francis, Abbas underscored the importance of developing ....