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  • Rouhani hopes for further expansion of Iran-Germany ties

    Date: 2013-09-22 09:57:50 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:301229

    TEHRAN, Sept 22 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has expressed hope that relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Germany will further expand, Iran's Press TV reported Sunday. Iran and Germany "enjoy age-old and cordial ties," ....

  • 1 policeman killed, 5 injured in bomb blast in Mosul

    Date: 2013-09-22 09:49:41 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:301221

    BAGHDAD, Sept 22 (MENA) - One policeman was killed and five others were injured, including four SWAT members, when an explosive charge targeting their patrol went off south of Mosul city on Sunday morning, said an Iraqi security source. Security ....

  • Israeli reconnaissance planes violate Lebanese airspace

    Date: 2013-09-22 09:48:42 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:301140

    BEIRUT, Sept 22 (MENA) - Israeli military aircraft continued violations of the Lebanese airspace on Sunday, security sources in southern Lebanon said. Several pilotless Israeli reconnaissance planes hovered over Hasbia, Arqoub and Marjayoun ....

  • Ninawa security chief survives assassination attempt

    Date: 2013-09-22 09:47:15 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:301182

    BAGHDAD, Sept 22 (MENA) – The Ninawa governorate security chief survived Sunday an assassination attempt as an explosive charge targeted his convoy in southern Mosul of Ninawa governorate which is 405 km north of Baghdad. An Iraqi security ....

  • Iraqi parliamentary team plans to visit Egypt soon

    Date: 2013-09-22 08:53:08 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:301088

    BAGHDAD, Sept 22 (MENA) – An Iraqi parliamentary delegation under Council of Representatives Speaker Osama Nujayfi plans to visit Egypt in the coming period within the framework of an Arab tour aimed at strengthening Iraqi ties with Arab states and ....

  • Rohani’s visit to UN opportunity for international dialogue: MP

    Date: 2013-09-21 20:21:46 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:300782

    TEHRAN, Sept 21 (MENA) - Iranian lawmaker Mehdi Davatgari has said that President Hassan Rohani and the West should seize the opportunity to find a negotiated end to the dispute, IRNA reported. Davatgari, a member of Iranian Parliament’s Foreign ....

  • Nato troops killed in Afghanistan

    Date: 2013-09-21 15:48:37 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:300327

    KABUL, Sept 21 (MEN) - A man wearing a uniform of the Afghan security forces has killed three Nato troops in the east of the country, the coalition says. More than 100 Nato soldiers have been killed in so-called "insider attacks" in the country ....

  • Speaker Urges West to Start Logical Interaction with Iran

    Date: 2013-09-21 15:02:09 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:300233

    TEHRAN, Sept 21 (MENA) - Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Iran is ready to sit to the negotiating table with the West as soon as the western states decide to have logical talks with Tehran. "We don’t need chanting slogans and if you are ....

  • Israel distributes eviction notices for 300 acres of farmlands

    Date: 2013-09-21 13:09:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:299996

    RAMALLAH, Sept 21 (MENA) – Israeli authorities handed out eviction notices for 300 acres of farmlands in a western village in Al-Khalil (Hebron), southern the West Bank, on Saturday. The occupation authorities have claimed the lands in Kharas ....

  • Israel storms several residential areas in Hebron on Sukkot Day

    Date: 2013-09-21 13:07:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:299993

    RAMALLAH, Sept 21 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces on Saturday stormed several residential areas in Hebron, south the West Bank. Security sources said the Israeli forces and their military patrols pushed deep into several residential areas ....

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