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Malki: Palestine exercises its right as a State Party to the Rome Statute to refer situation to ICC

Date: 2018-05-22 12:00:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7411638

RAMALLAH, May 22 (MENA) - Foreign and Expatriates Minister Riyad al-Malki Tuesday called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an immediate investigation into Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Al-Malki was ....

UNRWA warns of collapsing health sector in Gaza

Date: 2018-05-22 11:04:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7411567

GAZA CITY, May 22 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that the health sector in Gaza is on the brink of collapse, having to handle large numbers of victims of Israeli atrocities. Israel ....

Israeli commander: Israel first to use F-35 jet in attacking ME targets

Date: 2018-05-22 10:19:55 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7411570

GAZA CITY, May 22 (MENA) - lsrael has struck targets in the Middle East with the F-35 Adir stealth fighter jet twice, Israel Air Force Commander Maj.-Gen. Amikam Norkin said Tuesday, becoming the first country to use the US-made jet in combat, the ....

Palestinian FM hands over referral on Israeli settlements in Palestine to ICC

Date: 2018-05-22 10:17:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7411539

HAGUE\RAMALLAH, May 22 (MENA) - Foreign and Expatriates Minister Riad Maliki handed over to International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda a referral that covers "all the Israeli crimes and violations committed or to be committed ....

Israeli artillery shells Palestinian resistance monitoring points in Gaza

Date: 2018-05-22 09:32:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7411483

GAZA CITY, M 22 (MENA) - The Israeli artillery shelled on Tuesday some monitoring points for the Palestinian resistance in eastern Bureij camp in central Gaza. No injuries were reported. Israeli military towers opened their machine gun fire at ....

2 Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attack in northern Iraq

Date: 2018-05-22 07:25:35 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7411313

ANKARA, May 22 (MENA) - The Turkish General Staff announced the death of two soldiers and the injury of two others in an attack launched by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Turkish forces in northern Iraq. Sky News quoted the Turkish ....

Malaysia launches Palestine humanitarian fund

Date: 2018-05-22 06:42:18 GMT - Malaysia - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7411286

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (MENA) - The Malysian Immigration Department (JIM) will initiate the JIM Palestine Fund to raise funds for aid missions and humanitarian activities for Palestinians, said Immigration director-general Mustafar Ali, Bernama news ....

UAE welcomes US approach on Iran

Date: 2018-05-21 21:29:37 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:100 - ID:7411096

ABU DHABI, May 21 (MENA) - UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash on Monday welcomed the the "right approach" taken by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Iran. Uniting efforts is the correct path for Iran to realize the ....

Palestinian human rights center holds Israel responsible for Oweisat death

Date: 2018-05-21 17:50:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7410949

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - Al Mezan Center For Human Rights held the Israeli occupation Monday responsible for the death of Palestinian prisoner Aziz Moussa Oweisat, 53, in an Israeli hospital after suffering a severe hemorrhage and heart ....

Israel seizes large part of Bab al Rahma cemetery - official

Date: 2018-05-21 16:03:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:7410822

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities have placed iron fences in the vicinity of Bab al Rahma cemetery in Jerusalem, Director of Al Aqsa Academy for Science and Heritage Najeh Bkeerat told MENA on Monday. The move, made by ....