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Israeli forces detain 10 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2021-06-14 08:00:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:9008925

RAMALLAH, June 14 (MENA) - Israeli forces Monday overnight detained at least 10 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, WAFA news agency reported. They confirmed that Israeli forces rounded up five Palestinians in multiple raids across ....

Bennett says Israel not to allow Tehran to obtain nuclear weapons

Date: 2021-06-13 20:23:19 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:9008359

GAZA CITY, June 13 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister-designate Naftali Bennett said Sunday that a renewal of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran "would be a mistake," stressing that Israel will not allow Tehran to obtain nuclear weapons, YNet reported. ....

Naftali Bennett sworn in as new Israeli premier

Date: 2021-06-13 19:01:40 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:9008471

GAZA CITY, June 13 (MENA) - Israel’s 36th government was sworn in at the Knesset on Sunday, installing Yamina chair Naftali Bennett as prime minister and ousting Benjamin Netanyahu after 12 years of consecutive rule as premier. With just a ....

Palestine reports 123 new coronavirus cases, 3 deaths

Date: 2021-06-13 11:36:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:9007642

RAMALLAH, June 13 (MENA) - Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila announced that 123 new coronavirus cases and three deaths were detected over the past 24 hours. In the daily coronavirus report carried by WAFA News Agency on Sunday, Alkaila said ....

Iran registers 8,195 new coronavirus infections, 187 fatalities

Date: 2021-06-13 10:55:09 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:9007453

TEHRAN, June 13 (MENA) - Iran registered 8,195 new coronavirus cases and 187 new deaths within the past 24 hours, Mehr reported Sunday quoting a Health Ministry statement. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country reached 3,028,667 ....

179 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

Date: 2021-06-12 20:12:32 GMT - Libya - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:9006884

TRIPOLI, June 12 (MENA) – Libya's navy said Saturday that 179 migrants on two rubber boats en route to Europe have been rescued off the Libyan coast. Two operations were conducted by the navy which rescued 119 people of different nationalities in ....

Palestinian woman killed north Jerusalem

Date: 2021-06-12 19:57:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:9006718

RAMALLAH, June 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces opened gunfire on Saturday at a Palestinian woman and killed her at Qalandia checkpoint, to the north of the occupied Jerusalem, according to witnesses. The woman, identified as Ibtesam Khaled ....

Palestinian teenager killed in Nablus clashes

Date: 2021-06-11 18:12:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:9005160

RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - A 15-year-old Palestinian teenager was shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces in the village of Beita, to the south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, during a public protest against Israel’s construction of a ....

US lifts some Iran sanctions amid stalled nuclear talks - paper

Date: 2021-06-11 11:03:40 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:9004514

WASHINGTON, June 11 (MENA) - The Biden administration lifted sanctions on three former Iranian officials and several energy companies amid stalled nuclear negotiations, signaling Washington’s willingness to further ease economic pressure on Iran if ....

Israeli forces detain six Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2021-06-11 09:17:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:9004267

RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - Israeli forces on Friday detained six Palestinians from the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Jenin, WAFA news agency quoted local and security sources as saying. They said Israeli forces rounded up four Palestinians, ....