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Canada’s FM to head for Lebanon on 1st overseas trip since start of pandemic

Date: 2020-08-23 15:30:06 GMT - Canada - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8558529

OTTAWA, Aug 23 (MENA) – Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne will soon travel to Beirut on his first overseas trip since the coronavirus pandemic began, Global News reported. Champagne will witness the devastation ....

Dozens of settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque under protection of occupation troops

Date: 2020-08-23 12:21:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8558197

RAMALLAH, Aug 23 (MENA) - Tens of Israeli settlers swarmed into the site of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sunday from the side of Bab Al-Maghariba Gate under the protection of Israeli occupation troops, reported Wafa News Agency quoting security sources. Early ....

Israeli forces arrest 7 Palestinians near Ramallah

Date: 2020-08-23 10:32:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8558042

RAMALLAH, Aug 23 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested Sunday seven Palestinians in Jalazone Camp and Nabi Salih village, north of Ramallah. The Palestinian news agency WAFA was quoted as saying that the Israeli forces arrested six ....

Israeli drone shot down in Lebanon

Date: 2020-08-22 21:39:44 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:8557769

BEIRUT, Aug 22 (MENA) - Lebanese media reported on Saturday that an Israeli drone had been shot down after it had penetrated Lebanon's airspace. The drone was downed near the border town of Aita al-shaab, southern Lebanon. (MENA) H M E/M S H ....

Azhar graduates organization condemns terror blasts in Afghanistan

Date: 2020-08-22 14:32:08 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8557354

CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) – The World Organization for Al Azhar Graduates condemned on Saturday terror blasts that rocked Kabul. In a press release, the organization asserted that terrorizing civilians is a criminal act that is against Islam and all ....

Abbas receives phone call from Abul Gheit

Date: 2020-08-22 13:16:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8557268

RAMALLAH, Aug 22 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received on Saturday a phone call from Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit. Abul Gheit briefed Abbas on the latest talks with the Arab leaders that led to the issuance ....

Israeli forces attack sites in Gaza

Date: 2020-08-22 09:01:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8556897

RAMALLAH, Aug 22 (MENA) - Israeli occupation's artillery shelled locations in the besieged Gaza Strip and its navy opened fire at fishermen’s boats in the northern Gaza coast, Palestinian WAFA news agency reported on Saturday. Two shells were ....

Fitch revises outlook on Turkey to negative

Date: 2020-08-22 08:57:52 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8556847

WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (MENA) - Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on Turkey's Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to Negative from Stable and affirmed the IDRs at 'BB-', according to a report published by the website of Fitch Ratings. A ....

Pompeo triggers snapback sanctions on Iran at UN

Date: 2020-08-21 09:57:00 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8555850

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday notified the United Nations that the US is initiating the process to reinstate all UN sanctions on Iran that were previously lifted under the Obama-era nuclear deal. The ....

Israel launches airstrike targeting resistance position in Gaza Strip

Date: 2020-08-20 23:04:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:8555553

GAZA CITY, Aug 20 (MENA) - Israeli military aircraft raided a site of the Palestinian resistance south the Gaza Strip Thursday night. Five missiles were fired during the airstrike aiming at a resistance position in western Khan Yunis, south the ....