Middle East - Welcome to Middle East News Agency

Attorney general calls for immediate investigation into Beirut port explosion

Date: 2020-08-05 12:24:41 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8534245

BEIRUT, Aug 5 (MENA) - Lebanon's Attorney General before the Court of Cassation, Judge Ghassan Oueidat, sent a judicial warrant to the Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces Wednesday, asking them to conduct an immediate investigation ....

Lebanon appreciates Egypt support following Beirut blast -- Minister

Date: 2020-08-05 09:54:53 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8533902

BEIRUT, Aug 5 (MENA) – Lebanon is going through a huge crisis that entails urgent support and assistance from all friendly and sisterly countries, Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad said Wednesday. Abdel Samad, in statements to MENA, said ....

Germany says embassy staff hurt in Beirut explosions

Date: 2020-08-05 07:30:04 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8533795

BERLIN, Aug 5 (MENA) - The explosions in Beirut on Tuesday wounded staff at the German embassy, the German foreign ministry said. “The wounded also include embassy personnel,” AlArabiya quoted the ministry as saying Wednesday. “We cannot for ....

Death toll from Beirut blast nears 80 -- Minister

Date: 2020-08-05 06:56:10 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8533741

BEIRUT, Aug 5 (MENA) - Lebanese Minister of Public Health Hamad Hassan on Wednesday indicated that the toll of death caused by the blast that hit Beirut yesterday had almost reached 80, expecting it to rise in the coming hours, NNA reported. He ....

Macron: French aid dispatched to Beirut

Date: 2020-08-05 06:39:14 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:8533716

PARIS, Aug 5 (MENA) - French aid and resources are being sent to Lebanon to help it recover from the deadly bomb blast that flattened large parts of Beirut Tuesday and killed dozens, French President Emmanuel Macron said, according to France 24 ....

Presidents of Brazil, Mexico condole with families of Beirut blast victims

Date: 2020-08-05 06:32:19 GMT - World Capitals - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:8533700

WORLD CAPITALS, Aug 5 (MENA) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has condoled with families of victims of the explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital Tuesday. The blast in Beirut left more than 70 people dead and another 2,700 injured. ....

Fire flares at power station eastern Tehran

Date: 2020-08-04 13:39:47 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:8532918

TEHRAN, Aug 4 (MENA) - A fire broke out at a power station in Semnan province, eastern Tehran Tuesday. IRNA News Agency quoted the director of the province's crisis management bureau as having said that firefighters succeeded in putting the fire ....

Occupation troops arrest 13 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2020-08-04 12:26:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8532748

RAMALLAH, Aug 4 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained 13 Palestinians Tuesday including a woman during storming operations of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, reported Wafa News Agency. Occupation troops also ransacked Palestinian homes ....

Israel sees 1,792 new confirmed coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-08-04 08:35:28 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8532459

GAZA CITY, Aug 4 (MENA) - The Health Ministry of the Israeli occupation said Tuesday that 1,792 Israelis have been tested positive for coronavirus throughout the previous 24 hours, according to Ynet newspaper. There are currently 24,540 ....

Russia: 129 Syrian refugees returned home over past 24 hours

Date: 2020-08-03 14:14:51 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8531845

MOSCOW, Aug 3 (MENA) - The Russian center for receiving, distributing and sheltering Syrian refugees said on Monday 129 Syrian refugees had returned to their home country from Lebanon over the past 24 hours. The ministry added that Syrian sappers ....