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Israel registers 1,372 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

Date: 2021-07-20 09:44:49 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:9070728

GAZA CITY, July 20 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry said on Tuesday that 1,372 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the country in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 853,478, the Jerusalem Post reported. The number ....

Iran registers over 25,400 COVID-19 cases in a day

Date: 2021-07-19 11:15:06 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:9069554

TEHRAN, July 19 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 25,441 COVID-19 infections and 213 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours, Mehr News Agency reported. According to the statement released on Monday by the Iranian Health ....

AL, China call for holding 1st Arab-Chinese summit

Date: 2021-07-18 18:25:05 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:9068705

CAIRO, July 18 (MENA) – The Arab League (AL) and China on Sunday reiterated the importance of preparing for the holding of the first Arab-Chinese summit to be hosted by Saudi Arabia in 2022, KUNA reported. Both sides expressed aspiration that ....

Iran reports more than 22,000 new coronavirus cases, 195 fatalities

Date: 2021-07-18 12:10:52 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:9068136

TEHRAN, July 18 (MENA) - Iran registered 22,184 new coronavirus cases and 195 new deaths within the past 24 hours, IRNA reported Sunday quoting a Health Ministry statement. The total number of coronavirus infections in the country reached ....

More than 1,210 Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque, besiege worshippers

Date: 2021-07-18 12:05:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:9067953

RAMALLAH, July 18 (MENA) - More than 1,210 Israeli settlers broke into the environs of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sunday under protection of Israeli occupation troops that attacked and detained worshipers at the holy site, Wafa News Agency reported. ....

Rafah crossing remains open to send aid to Gaza

Date: 2021-07-18 11:59:09 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:9068059

RAFAH, July 18 (MENA) - Egyptian authorities kept the Rafah border crossing open Sunday for the third month in a row to receive wounded and stranded Palestinians and allow humanitarian relief assistance into the Gaza Strip. According to official ....

Palestinian Presidency blames Israel for escalation in Jerusalem

Date: 2021-07-18 09:29:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:9067839

RAMALLAH, July 18 (MENA) - The Palestinian Presidency held the Israeli occupation government fully responsible for the escalation resulting from the Israeli incursion into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday early morning, ....

Israel, Morocco sign accord for cybersecurity cooperation

Date: 2021-07-16 19:45:03 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:9065858

GAZA CITY, July 16 (MENA) - The Israel National Cyber Directorate said it has signed a cybersecurity cooperation agreement with Morocco; the first cyber-defence accord that has been set up between the two countries since the start of relations last ....

Shots fired from Turkish vessel at Cypriot coastguard

Date: 2021-07-16 18:15:15 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:9065758

NICOSIA, July 16 (MENA) - A Turkish vessel fired warning shots at a Cypriot coastguard boat that was on patrol near the port of Kato Pyrgos, on the northwest coast of the contested island, the Cypriot news agency reported. The shots were fired ....

Israeli quadcopter falls in Lebanon

Date: 2021-07-16 17:50:26 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:9065733

GAZA CITY, July 16 (MENA) - An Israeli quadcopter fell in Lebanon during routine operations due to a technical fault on Friday, the Israeli army said Friday. "There is no concern of information being leaked," The Jerusalem Post reported. The ....