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  • US urges ICJ to reject Iranian request for lifting US sanctions

    Date: 2020-09-15 08:07:40 GMT - Netherlands - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8588274

    THE HAGUE, Sept 15 (MENA) - The US on Tuesday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to turn down an Iranian request calling for lifting US sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump on Tehran. The US representative to the court said ....

  • US condemns acts of violence against aid workers in Syria

    Date: 2020-09-15 07:51:07 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8588256

    WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (MENA) - The US State Department has condemned acts of violence against humanitarian workers in Syria. Washington is calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Arab country, said Morgan Ortagus, the spokesperson for the US State ....

  • Trump warns Iran against any attack on US targets

    Date: 2020-09-15 07:50:37 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8588249

    WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday strongly warned the Iranian regime and threatened Tehran with a strong response if any US facility was targeted avenging the killing Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian ....

  • Cyprus welcomes diplomatic ties between Bahrain, Israel

    Date: 2020-09-14 13:41:10 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:8587373

    NICOSIA, Sept 14 (MENA) - Cyprus welcomed the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bahrain and Israel, the Cypriot Foreign Ministry tweeted on Monday. This constitutes another positive development for peace and stability in the region ....

  • S. Korea hails agreement normalizing Bahrain-Israel ties

    Date: 2020-09-14 10:34:38 GMT - south korea - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8586979

    SEOUL, Sept 14 (MENA) - South Korea welcomes an agreement reached between Bahrain and Israel to normalize their diplomatic relations, Yonhap quoted the South Korean foreign ministry as saying Monday. "The government welcomes the agreement between ....

  • China welcomes measures to ease Mideast tension

    Date: 2020-09-14 09:45:16 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8586849

    BEIJING, Sept 14 (MENA) - China welcomed on Monday any measures aiming at easing tensions in the Middle East and enhancing regional peace and stability. China hopes that sides concerned would take tangible measures to bring the Palestinian state ....

  • Israel detains 297 Palestinians in August

    Date: 2020-09-14 09:08:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8586757

    RAMALLAH, Sept 14 (MENA) - The Israeli forces detained 297 Palestinians, including 12 children and 10 women, in August, several institutions in charge of prisoners and human rights in Palestinian said. The forces detained 103 Palestinians from ....

  • Netanyahu files to Washington to sign historic peace deals with UAE and Bahrain

    Date: 2020-09-14 08:27:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8586709

    GAZA CITY, Sept 14 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed for Washington just after midnight Sunday, to attend a Tuesday ceremony at the White House at which he will sign declarations of normalization and peace with senior ....

  • Israel to impose three-week lockdown as of Friday

    Date: 2020-09-13 21:56:44 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:8586451

    GAZA CITY, Sept 13 (MENA) - Israel is heading into a three-week nearly total lockdown on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the government determined on Sunday, according to the Jerusalem Post. During the lockdown, the school system will remain closed, ....

  • Palestine could return to full lockdown due to a surge in COVID-19 cases: Official

    Date: 2020-09-13 09:45:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8585509

    RAMALLAH, Sept 13 (MENA) - Palestinian Interior Ministry Spokesman Ghassan Nemer said Sunday that the country could return to a full lockdown due to a surge in the daily coronavirus infections, resulting from the failure of the public to adhere to ....

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