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Palestine urges int'l community to protect Jerusalem from Israeli schemes

Date: 2021-06-08 15:56:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:8999423

RAMALLAH, June 8 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry called on the international community and Biden administration for protecting Jerusalem (Al Quds) from the Israeli occupation schemes and offering international protection for the ....

3 Palestinian prisoners injured during Israeli assault on Meggido prison

Date: 2021-06-08 10:44:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8998998

RAMALLAH, June 8 (MENA) - Three Palestinian prisoners were injured with rubber-coated metal bullets when the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) stormed Section (7) of the Israeli Megiddo prison, WAFA news agency reported Tuesday. The Commission of ....

Israel detains 10 from West Bank

Date: 2021-06-08 10:19:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8998989

RAMALLAH, June 8 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained Tuesday 10 Palestinians from the West Bank. They detained five Palestinians from the south of Bethlehem after storming into their houses. They also detained a freed prisoner from Ramallah, in ....

Israeli settlers storm Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2021-06-08 08:38:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8998728

RAMALLAH, June 8 (MENA) - Israeli settlers on Tuesday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Maghareba gate under strict protection of occupation forces. According to local sources, the settlers made on provocative tours inside the mosque, reported the ....

Iran records 4,907 new coronavirus cases, 120 deaths

Date: 2021-06-07 11:53:00 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8997440

TEHRAN, June 7 (MENA) - Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman has confirmed 4,907 new cases of COVID-19 infection in the past 24 hours, the lowest figure since October 21, raising the total number of cases to 2,971,270. In a press briefing on ....

Israel detains 17 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2021-06-07 10:03:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8996916

RAMALLAH, June 7 (MENA) - The Israeli forces detained 17 Palestinians on Monday from the West Bank. The detained include seven from Al Quds, four from Hebron and four from Ramallah in addition to two from Bethlehem. (MENA) M H K/D A E ....

Palestine urges int'l community to immediately act to end Israeli occupation

Date: 2021-06-06 13:27:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:8995807

RAMALLAH, June 6 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry called on the international community to address the root causes of the Palestine-Israel conflict and immediately act to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. In a ....

Scores of settlers storm into Al Aqsa Mosque compound

Date: 2021-06-06 09:25:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8995248

RAMALLAH, June 6 (MENA) - Scores of settlers on Sunday stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque compound from Bab el Maghreba gate under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, WAFA News Agency reported. The Palestinian news agency said as many as 68 ....

6,442 COVID-19 cases, over 2.5mln recoveries reported in Iran

Date: 2021-06-05 17:38:40 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:8994214

TEHRAN, June 5 (MENA) – The Iranian health ministry announced on Saturday that 6,442 new cases of coronavirus infection have been reported across the country during the past 24 hours, adding that 128 patients have passed away in the same period of ....

Israeli forces detain two Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2021-06-04 13:40:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8992541

RAMALLAH, June 4 (MENA) - Israeli forces Friday overnight detained at least two Palestinians from the West Bank, according to security sources, WAFA news agency reported. They confirmed that Israeli forces rounded up a Palestinian after summoning ....