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Israeli forces kill Palestinian, injure 731 others at Gaza border

Date: 2018-05-11 20:06:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:7395855

GAZA CITY, May 11 (MENA) - One Palestinian was killed and 731 others were injured on Friday as Israeli forces attacked hundreds of protesters who gathered at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip for the seventh consecutive Friday to demand their ....

Palestinian young man succumbs to wounds in West Bank

Date: 2018-05-11 19:16:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:7395844

RAMALLAH, May 11 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man succumbed to his wounds in the West Bank province of Khalil on Friday. The Palestinian Health Ministry said Hani Adrabah, 23, was hit by an Israeli bus near Khalil last Monday. He suffered ....

Turkish election not fair, says jailed presidential hopeful

Date: 2018-05-11 18:23:33 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7395834

ANKARA, May 11 (MENA) - Turkey's jailed pro-Kurdish politician and presidential hopeful Selahattin Demirtas said Friday elections in his country have never been fair, but next month's presidential and parliamentary ballots will be even more unjust ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns burning down of Dawabsheh's house in Doma

Date: 2018-05-11 15:24:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7395533

RAMALLAH, May 11 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates strongly condemned burning down the house of the Palestinian citizen Yasser Dawabsheh in Doma town, Nablus by terrorist gangs of settlers at dawn Friday. In ....

Palestinian killed, 167 injured in clashes with Israeli forces

Date: 2018-05-11 15:13:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7395575

GAZA CITY, May 11 (MENA) - At least one Palestinian was killed and 167 others injured by Israeli forces on Friday as the forces attacked hundreds of protesters who gathered at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip for the seventh consecutive Friday ....

Erekat calls on UN Security Council to condemn Israel's crimes against Palestinians

Date: 2018-05-11 14:49:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7395432

RAMALLAH, May 11 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat called on UN Security Council to condemn Israel's crimes against the Palestinians. In a statement, Erekat demanded ....

Lavrov: US embassy move to Al Quds brings settlement to standstill

Date: 2018-05-11 11:39:18 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7395101

MOSCOW, May 11 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the US's decision to relocate its embassy to occupied East Jerusalem brought the Palestinian-Israeli settlement to a standstill, Russia Today channel reported on Friday. ....

Palestinian gov't decries settlers' burning of Palestinian house in Nablus

Date: 2018-05-11 11:18:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7395036

RAMALLAH, May 11 (MENA) - The Palestinian government denounced on Friday Jewish settlers' arson attack on a Palestinian family house in Duma town, southeast of the northern West bank city of Nablus. In a statement on Friday, Palestinian ....

Israeli forces shoot Palestinian youth eastern Gaza

Date: 2018-05-11 11:00:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7395025

GAZA CITY, May 11 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces shot a Palestinian youth while releasing balloons with colors of the Palestinian flag on Friday in eastern Gaza city. The incident came as dozens of Palestinian citizens thronged the border ....

Turkish prosecutors seek arrest of 300 military personnel

Date: 2018-05-11 10:04:15 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7394946

ANKARA, May 11 (MENA) - Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 300 military personnel suspected of links to a network led by a US -based cleric, whom Turkey says was behind a failed coup attempt in 2016. The warrants were issued ....