Israel raids Palestinian TV stations in Ramallah
March 1st, 2012 - 1:26 am ICT by BNO News
RAMALLAH, West Bank (BNO NEWS) -- Israeli soldiers raided two Palestinian television stations in the West Bank city of Ramallah on early Wednesday morning, Palestinian media reported.
A large Israeli military force along ... Read more...
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Doha declaration of Palestinian reconciliation signed
February 7th, 2012 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
Doha, Feb 6 (IANS/WAM) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and chief of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Hamas politbureau Khalid Mashaal signed here Monday the Doha Declaration of the Palestinian reconciliation.The Doha ... Read more...
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Abbas to submit UN bid after General Assembly address
September 23rd, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza, Sep 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas will Friday formally submit an application for recognition of statehood to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after his speech at the General ... Read more...
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Egypt frees 14 Palestinian prisoners
April 6th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Egyptian authorities late Tuesday released 14 Palestinian prisoners detained during the rule of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, the Palestinian Al Quds radio station has ... Read more...
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NATO captures ‘Iranian arms smuggler’ in Afghanistan
December 24th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 24 (IANS) A member of the elite al-Quds force of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, wanted for his involvement in smuggling of arms, was captured by NATO troops in Afghanistan.The man ... Read more...
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Iranian soldier captured in Afghanistan
December 24th, 2010 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
Kandahar (Afghanistan), Dec. 24 (ANI): US Special Forces based in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar Province have confirmed the capture of a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.The IRG officer was captured while ... Read more...
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Germany has become new breeding ground for jihadi Islamic radicals: Report
October 13th, 2010 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, Oct 13 (ANI): Despite being spared of terrorist attacks like those that have hit the United States, Britain and Spain, Hamburg in Germany still remains the breeding ground for Islamic radicals, ... Read more...
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Planned Mumbai-style terror plot on Europe verified by ‘other sources’ too: Intelligence
October 9th, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 9 (ANI): US and German intelligence officials have said that the claims made by a captured German al Qaeda recruit, Ahmed Siddiqui, about Mumbai-style terror attacks in various cities across ... Read more...
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Iran paying Taliban 1,000 dollar bounty for each US soldier’s head in Afghanistan
September 6th, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 6 (ANI): Iran is reportedly paying bonuses of 1,000 dollars to the Taliban for killing an American soldier in Afghanistan and 6,000 dollars for destroying a U.S. military vehicle.According ... Read more...
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‘RAW, Mossad behind Quetta blasts through Afghan network’
September 5th, 2010 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 5 (IANS) India's spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Israel's Mossad, through their "strong network in Afghanisatan", were behind the suicide attack on a Shia procession in ... Read more...
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Police shut down 9/11 plotters’ mosque in Hamburg
August 9th, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, Aug 9 (DPA) German police Monday shut down a mosque in Hamburg which gained notoriety as a meeting place for several plotters of the Sep 11 attacks on New York in ... Read more...
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German authorities close 9/11 attackers mosque in Hamburg
August 9th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 9 (ANI): The Taiba mosque in Hamburg, which used to be a meeting place for the 9/11 attackers has been closed down by the German authorities.The officials said the mosque ... Read more...
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Israeli airstrike kills three Gaza militants
September 26th, 2009 - 2:42 am ICT by IANS
Gaza, Sep 26 (Xinhua) Three militants were killed Friday in an Israeli airstrike in the eastern Gaza city, medics and witnesses said.
The incident took place in the al-Tufah neighbourhood of the city. ... Read more...
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Iranian minister nomination spurs protests in Argentina
August 22nd, 2009 - 3:56 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Aug 22 (DPA) The nomination of Ahmad Vahidi to head the Iranian Defence Ministry spurred protests in Argentina, where Justice officials have accused him of being involved in the 1984 ... Read more...
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Is Palestine sending a club team for Nehru Cup?
August 9th, 2009 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) After the draw for the Nehru Cup Football Tournament has been released, it seems that last-minute addition Palestine may end up sending a club team.
Palestine, which replaced ... Read more...
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Two killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza
March 5th, 2009 - 4:33 am ICT by IANS
Gaza, March 5 (Xinhua) Israeli jets Wednesday evening launched a missile in northern Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians and wounding five, medics and witnesses said.
Gaza emergency chief Mo'aweya Hassanein told reporters that ... Read more...
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Israeli army probing alleged illegal use of white phosphorus
January 22nd, 2009 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Jan 21 (DPA) The Israeli military Wednesday announced that it will investigate allegations that its soldiers made illegal use of white phosphorus in built-up areas.An Amnesty International fact-finding team says ... Read more...
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Israel born out of Jewish terrorism: British parliamentarian
January 16th, 2009 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 16, (IANS) A veteran British-Jewish parliamentarian has compared the latest Gaza conflict to the Nazi Holocaust and said Israel too was created out of Jewish terrorism, IRNA reported Friday."Israel was ... Read more...
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Israeli troops pull out of Gaza City, 23 bodies found
January 16th, 2009 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza City, Jan 16 (DPA) Medical officials found 23 bodies in Gaza City's southern Tel el-Hawa neighbourhoods Friday, as Israeli ground troops pulled out of the city and withdrew back to its ... Read more...
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Senior Hamas leader killed in Israeli airstrike
January 16th, 2009 - 3:15 am ICT by IANS
Gaza City, Jan 16 (DPA) An Israeli air strike Thursday afternoon killed Said Siam, minister of the interior in the Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip, the al-Quds radio station of the ... Read more...
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UN central compound in Gaza hit
January 15th, 2009 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza, Jan 15 (DPA) The central United Nations compound in the Gaza Strip has been hit in the fighting between Hamas and the Israeli military Thursday, UN officials said.A fire nearby is ... Read more...
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Gilani discusses Gaza crisis with Iran envoy, condemns Israeli agression
January 3rd, 2009 - 9:34 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan.3 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday met Iran''s Special Envoy Gholam Hussein Nowzari and expressed his deep concern over the Israel-Palestinian conflict in the Gaza ... Read more...
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11 killed in Mosul, Baghdad (Lead)
September 3rd, 2008 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Sep 2 (DPA) Seven people were killed in a car bombing in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul Tuesday, while in Baghdad twin bomb attacks left four dead.In Mosul, a suicide ... Read more...
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NAM urges UN to resolve Palestinian tangle
July 30th, 2008 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 30 (IANS) The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member countries Wednesday expressed their solidarity with the Palestinian people and called for implementing UN resolutions to stop Israeli outrages in the occupied territories. ... Read more...
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Iran upping support for militants in Iraq: US
April 25th, 2008 - 11:30 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, April 25 (DPA) Iran has been increasing its support for militants in Iraq and terrorism throughout the Middle East, the top US military officer said Friday. Admiral Michael Mullen, the ... Read more...
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Lull in Gaza ends as Jihad avenges West Bank deaths
March 13th, 2008 - 10:19 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Gaza/Tel Aviv, March 13 (DPA) A fragile lull in fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza ended Thursday, as the radical Islamic Jihad faction retaliated for the killing of five of ... Read more...
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Israel rockets Hamas car in Gaza, five killed
February 27th, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Gaza City, Feb 27 (DPA) An Israeli aircraft fired missiles at a car with Hamas gunmen in the southern Gaza Strip Wednesday morning, killing five Palestinians, first aid officials said. Four others ... Read more...
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