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Palestinian presidency condemns Israel’s detention of Jerusalem governor

Date: 2020-07-23 20:53:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:8520042

RAMALLAH, July 23 (MENA) – The Palestinian presidency condemned Thursday Israel’s arrest of Jerusalem governor Adnan Ghaith a few days ago. In a statement, the presidency condemned Israel’s detention of Palestinian activists and oppressive ....

Israeli aircraft intercepts Iranian passenger plane over Syrian airspace

Date: 2020-07-23 20:48:35 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:8520039

DAMASCUS, July 23 (MENA) – Either an Israeli or American F-15 may have come close to an Iranian (Mahan airlines) passenger plane while it was reportedly en route to Syria, RT reported Thursday. No further details were provided on the incident. ....

UN launches awareness week on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

Date: 2020-07-23 19:20:42 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:8519972

CAIRO, July 23 (MENA) – The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM Regional Office Cairo), as part of the North Africa ....

Israel vehicles storm into Beit Hanoun

Date: 2020-07-23 07:35:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8518982

RAMALLAH, July 23 (MENA) - Israeli military vehicles stormed into Palestinians' lands north of Beit Hanoun town, north of the Gaza Strip. Five Israeli vehicles scooped on Thursday the lands of the Palestinians near the border line near Beit ....

Syria records 21 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-07-22 19:25:48 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:8518766

DAMASCUS, July 22 (MENA) - The Health Ministry confirmed 21 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing total caseload in the country to 561. The ministry added that a case of recorded infections with the Corona virus died, raising the number of ....

WHO: 1.09m recovered from coronavirus in Middle East

Date: 2020-07-22 17:32:42 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:8518571

GENEVA, July 22 (MENA) – The World Health Organization said that 1.094 million persons recovered from coronavirus in the Middle East. In a press release, WHO said Iran came as the hardest-hit country in the Middle East region in which the ....

US will continue to push for arms embargo on Iran: US State Department spokesperson

Date: 2020-07-22 15:31:43 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:8518450

WASHINGTON, July 22 (MENA) - The United States will continue to push for the current arms embargo on Iran to be extended despite obstruction from China and Russia, said a US State Department spokesperson in an interview with Al Arabiya on ....

Israeli forces detain 14 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2020-07-22 09:47:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8517600

RAMALLAH, July 22 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained early Wednesday 14 Palestinians from the West Bank. Eight of the detainees are from Hebron, three from Ramallah and three others from Tobas. Meanwhile, occupation troops attacked boats of ....

Kuwait calls for ending Israeli crimes in Palestine

Date: 2020-07-22 08:36:10 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8517566

KUWAIT CITY, July 22 (MENA) - Kuwait called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to immediately end Israeli crimes and violence against Palestinians, especially that the world is facing the threat of coronavirus, KUNA news agency reported ....

Israeli annexation plans threaten Palestinian cause: Palestinian PM

Date: 2020-07-20 11:48:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8514700

RAMALLAH, July 20 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh warned that Israel's intransigence and insistence on clinging to its annexation plans poses an unceasing threat to the Palestinian cause. President Mahmoud Abbas is leading ....