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OIC deplores suicide attacks in Nigeria

Date: 2018-04-03 15:43:17 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:93 - ID:7331831

JEDDAH, April 3 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned in the strongest terms the suicide attacks carried out on Sunday in Nigerian villages located in Jere local government of Borno State, by suspected members of Boko ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounce Israeli shoot-to-kill orders

Date: 2018-04-03 15:03:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:7331429

RAMALLAH, April 3 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign affairs and Expatriates condemned the Israeli occupation forces' shoot-to-kill orders against Palestinians taking part in peaceful marches and renewal of field execution orders that ....

AL supports Palestinian request for ICC to probe Israeli crimes

Date: 2018-04-03 13:23:54 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7331373

CAIRO, April 3 (MENA) - The Arab League Council on Tuesday expressed its support for a request submitted by the state of Palestine to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on opening an investigation into the war crimes and crimes against humanity ....

260 settlers storm Aqsa Mosque under Israeli forces' protection

Date: 2018-04-03 12:19:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7331049

RAMALLAH, April 3 (MENA) - At least 260 Jewish settlers on Tuesday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque precincts under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. Eyewitnesses said the settlers stormed the holy site from Bab el Maghreba gate and ....

Israeli forces close Ibrahimi Mosque over Jewish feasts

Date: 2018-04-03 12:13:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7331308

RAMALLAH, April 3 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil (Hebron) for the second day due to Jewish feasts, Palestinian sources said on Tuesday. These tight security measures come to secure a march for the ....

Jewish settlers storm historic site in Bethlehem

Date: 2018-04-03 11:06:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7330940

RAMALLAH, April 3 (MENA) - Jewish settlers on Tuesday stormed a historic site in Artas town in southern Bethlehem to perform Talmudic rituals under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. In statements on Tuesday, a security source said ....

AL meeting on Israeli crimes kicks off

Date: 2018-04-03 10:02:06 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7330920

CAIRO, April 3 (MENA) - An emergency meeting of the Arab League Council at the level of delegates opened here on Tuesday to discuss the crimes of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people. The meeting, held at the league's premises, ....

Syria to take part in 7th Conf. on Int'l Security - ministry

Date: 2018-04-03 09:32:32 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7330707

MOSCOW, April 3 (MENA) - The Russian Ministry of Defense said delegations from 95 states, including Syria will take part in the Seventh Conference on International Security, due to kick off in Moscow on April 4. The two-day conference will be ....

Imam shot dead in Arab village of Umm el-Fahm

Date: 2018-04-03 09:22:40 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7330703

GAZA CITY, April 3 (MENA) - Sheikh Abdal Jani Sa'ada, a resident of the Arab city Umm el Fahm, an Arab village just west of the West Bank, was killed on Tuesday morning at the entrance to the city mosque, The Jerusalem Post reported. Sa'ada, 45, ....

40,000 people returned to Syria's Ghouta

Date: 2018-04-03 08:10:07 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7330667

DAMASCUS, April 3 (MENA) - Russia's defense ministry said Tuesday that more than 40,000 civilians who had fled Syria's eastern Ghouta have returned, Interfax news agency reported. The government offensive on Ghouta has been one of the deadliest ....