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US denies claims funds to UNRWA have been frozen

Date: 2018-01-06 08:19:10 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7176851

WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (MENA) - US officials have denied claims that American funds to UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) have been frozen. “Contrary to reports that we have halted funding to UNRWA, the decision is under review,” a State Department ....

50 Iranian protesters killed, 3,000 arrested -- NCRI

Date: 2018-01-05 20:28:07 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7176589

PARIS, Jan 5 (MENA) – The Iranian Resistance asked on Friday the UN Security Council to defend the legitimate and inalienable right of the Iranian people to "overthrow the religious fascism ruling Iran and to attain the freedom for which they have ....

NCRI: Iranians urge UNSC to condemn crackdown against protesters

Date: 2018-01-05 16:09:42 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7176276

CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) - The Iranian people urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to condemn the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on protesters and recognize their right to overthrow the ruling regime, head of the National Council of the Resistance of ....

Palestinian injured in clashes with Israeli troops in Gaza

Date: 2018-01-05 15:26:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7176230

GAZA CITY, Jan 5 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was injured on Friday after Israeli occupation forces opened fire against him during clashes at a border area east of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The young man was moved to ....

Israel privately urging Trump to back down from UNRWA funding threat

Date: 2018-01-05 14:03:28 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7175883

GAZA, Jan 5 (MENA) - Israeli Foreign Ministry, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has privately urged US President Donald Trump's administration to back down from its threat to cease funding for the Palestinian refugee aid organization UNRWA ....

4-magnitude earthquake hits Iran

Date: 2018-01-05 12:11:23 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7175597

TEHRAN, Jan 5 (MENA) - A 4-magnitude earthquake hit the city of Qasr-e Shirin in the western Province of Kermanshah on Friday morning. Seismography Center affiliated to Tehran University's Geophysics Institute reported the location of the quake ....

Mattis: Iran failed to remove irritants, dissatisfaction

Date: 2018-01-05 09:20:25 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7175337

WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said on Friday that Iran has obviously failed in removing the irritants and dissatisfaction of the Iranian people. “We -- the American people -- do not have an issue with the Iranian ....

Israel approves new settlement plans in WB

Date: 2018-01-05 06:49:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7175300

RAMALLAH, Jan 5 (MENA) - Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has approved a new plan to expand Israeli settlements and housing units in all parts of the occupied West Bank. The Israeli government offered earlier 900 new housing units in the ....

Erekat: US administration impose solutions on Palestinians

Date: 2018-01-04 12:12:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7174099

RAMALLAH, Jan 4 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat said what the Trump administration is actually doing is moving to a new stage namely imposing solutions on the Palestinian people. These solutions ....

Palestine slams Israeli bill on execution of Palestinian detainees

Date: 2018-01-04 11:24:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7173927

RAMALLAH, Jan 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned on Thursday the Israel Knesset's preliminary approval of a bill to execute Palestinian detainees. The draft law is part of Israel's arbitrary actions against the Palestinian ....