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Palestinian Health Ministry: 293 new coronavirus cases in Palestine, including 108 in Quds

Date: 2020-07-14 10:18:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8507425

RAMALLAH, July 14 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health said today that 293 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the last 24 hours, including 108 in the Israeli-occupied part of East Jerusalem and 158 in the Hebron district, the current Palestinian ....

Militants collecting data on Russian military facilities detained in Syria

Date: 2020-07-14 09:46:21 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8507388

MOSCOW, July 14 (MENA) - Syrian servicemen detained three militants of extremist group Maghawir al-Thawra, who were tasked with collecting data on Russian military facilities. The extremists were taken to Tadmor, located near Syria’s Palmyra. ....

Austrian FM: Europe not to keep mum over Turkey's provocative actions in Libya

Date: 2020-07-13 19:48:03 GMT - Austria - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:8506998

VIENNA, July 13 (MENA) - Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said Europe will not stand hand-folded in the face of the provocative actions committed by Turkey in Libya or in north Iraq. In a statement on Monday, the minister said ....

OIC condemns Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia

Date: 2020-07-13 15:54:38 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:8506780

JEDDAH, July 13 (MENA) -The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has condemned the Houthi terrorist militia’s launching of booby-trapped drones and ballistic missiles toward the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which were ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest seven Palestinians from WB

Date: 2020-07-13 10:00:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8506057

RAMALLAH, July 13 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday detained seven Palestinians, including freed prisoners, from the West Bank. Israeli occupation forces last night detained two Palestinians during raids on multiple locations in Hebron ....

MECC denounces Turkey's decision to transform Hagia Sophia into mosque

Date: 2020-07-11 20:39:49 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:8504451

BEIRUT, July 11 (MENA) - The Middle East Council of Churches considered the Turkish decision to transform the Hagia Sophia Church into a mosque "an assault on religious freedom that is protected by international laws". In a statement, MECC ....

Gas explosion shakes buidling in Tehran, one injured

Date: 2020-07-11 19:55:02 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8504433

TEHRAN, July 11 (MENA) - A gas explosion shook a residential building in Iran's capital Tehran on Saturday, wounding one personو the city fire department said Saturday. Jalal Maleki, a spokesman for the Tehran Fire Department, noted that the ....

UAE minister calls for preservation of cultural heritage

Date: 2020-07-11 18:12:10 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:8504349

ABU DHABI, July 11 (MENA) - UAE Minister of Culture and Youth, and Chairperson of the National Committee for Education, Culture and Science Noura bint Mohamed Al Kaabi said that cultural heritage is a human legacy that ought to be preserved, WAM ....

Israeli forces detain two Palestinians in Jenin

Date: 2020-07-11 07:41:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8503587

RAMALLAH, July 11 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Saturday detained two Palestinian young men from the West Bank city of Jenin. According to local sources, the occupation forces stormed the village where the two young men are living and ....

Explosion heard in western Tehran: Iran state media

Date: 2020-07-10 09:56:48 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8502502

TEHRAN, July 10 (MENA) - An explosion was heard in western Tehran on Friday, Deutsche Welle news agency quoted the official IRIB news agency as reporting. There have been multiple explosions around military, nuclear and industrial facilities in ....