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French PM Philippe cancels visit to Israel next month

Date: 2018-05-23 19:09:51 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:7413837

PARIS, May 23 (MENA) - France's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has cancelled a planned trip to Israel early next month, citing "domestic agenda reasons", his office said on Wednesday. Philippe had been expected to visit Jerusalem on June 1 for ....

Erekat demands Swiss minister explains, apologizes for statements on Palestine refugees

Date: 2018-05-23 15:53:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7413624

RAMALLAH, May 23 (MENA) - Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), demanded on Wednesday from the Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis to explain statements he made on the UN refugee ....

Palestine joins Chemical Weapons Convention

Date: 2018-05-23 14:59:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7413607

RAMALLAH, May 23 (MENA) - The State of Palestine deposited on May 17 its instrument of accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ....

US aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman docks at Souda, Crete

Date: 2018-05-23 10:57:59 GMT - Greece - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7413175

ATHENS, May 23 (MENA) - A massive US aircraft carrier — the USS Harry S. Truman — has arrived at an American naval base in Souda Bay, Crete where it will remain until May 28, the Greek Reported reported Wednesday. The $45 billion (€38 billion) ....

More than 40 countries take part in Argonaut international exercise

Date: 2018-05-23 10:44:54 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7412950

NICOSIA, May 23 (MENA) - Over 40 countries are taking part in or are observing the international maritime search & rescue exercise "Argonaut 2018" which takes place in Larnaca, 23 and 24 of May, Cyprus News Agency reported. “Argonaut’s scenario ....

Launching probe into Israeli crimes to take time - Jaradat

Date: 2018-05-23 09:37:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7412895

RAMALLAH, May 23 (MENA) - Palestinian Authority (PA) Deputy Foreign Minister Tayseer Jaradat said the file of the Palestinian cause was referred to the International Criminal Court, but launching an investigation into the Israeli crimes will take ....

Israeli police close Jerusalem's Damascus Gate courtyard

Date: 2018-05-22 21:28:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7412553

RAMALLAH, May 22 (MENA) - Israeli police on Tuesday closed Jerusalem's Damascus Gate courtyard with iron barriers, WAFA News Agency reported. The Israeli police left only a small corridor outlined by iron barriers for people to walk through to ....

US sanctions five Iranians over missile support to Houthis

Date: 2018-05-22 20:18:11 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:7412487

WASHINGTON, May 22 (MENA) - The US hit five Iranian nationals with sanctions on Tuesday for their roles in an alleged plan by Tehran to supply Houthi rebels in Yemen with ballistic missiles, The Hill reported. The Treasury Department said in a ....

Israel hopes Trump could ease rules for US-made military aid

Date: 2018-05-22 19:59:03 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7412475

GAZA CITY, May 22 (MENA) - Israeli lawmakers have urged the government to reopen talks with the United States on a defense aid deal signed in 2016 in the hope that President Donald Trump might ease a requirement that American aid money be spent on ....

IAF commander: Iran launched 32 missiles toward Israel in early May

Date: 2018-05-22 12:41:57 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7411816

GAZA CITY, May 22 (MENA) - Israel Air Force Commander Maj.-Gen. Amikam Norkin said Tuesday that Iran launched 32 missiles toward Israel in early May. “Iran launched 32 missiles and we intercepted 4 of them and the rest fell outside Israeli ....