30 August 2022; MEMO: A Palestinian woman has been arrested by Israeli police on the day of her wedding, while still wearing her bridal dress, according to her lawyer.
Shadi Thabbah told local media that his client, who was not named, was detained and led away by Israeli police for questioning, after the wedding was raided in the predominantly Arab city of Arrabat Al-Battuf in northern Israel.
30 August 2022; MEMO: Iraq's powerful cleric, Moqtada Al-Sadr, ordered his followers to end their protests in central Baghdad on Tuesday, easing a confrontation which led to the deadliest violence in the Iraqi capital in years, Reuters reports.
Apologising to Iraqis after 22 people were killed in clashes between an armed group loyal to him and rival Shia Muslim factions backed by Iran, Sadr condemned the fighting and gave his own followers one hour to disperse.
30 August 2022; MEMO: Iran reopened its borders with Iraq a day after closing them, amid the political unrest and violence in Baghdad.
According to Iranian state media, Tehran closed its borders to neighbouring Iraq and halted flights to the country as protests in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, turned violent and resulted in clashes between rival Shia groups.
30 August 2022; MEMO: The IMF said, in a statement issued on Tuesday, following a 12-day visit to the Palestinian Territories that the local economy grew in 2021 by 7.1 per cent, and is expected to decline to 4 per cent in 2022.
According to the IMF statement, "growth is projected to decline to 4 per cent, driven by lower consumption and investment due to lower real incomes as prices rise, continued fiscal weaknesses and increased uncertainty related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine."
31 August 2022; MEMO: Israeli occupation forces raiding Palestinian homes and properties across the West Bank are facing a new threat from resistance fighters with "no factional affiliations," local media have reported. This is an increasingly frequent trend, it is said.
According to Israel Hayom, despite having no such affiliations, the new breed of resistance fighters make Israeli raids on Palestinian properties "very dangerous".
CAIRO, August 30. /TASS/: Most supporters of the movement of powerful Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr have withdrawn from Baghdad’s Green Zone.
Al Jazeera television aired a video of emptied areas in Baghdad where government offices and foreign diplomatic missions are located. Remaining Sadr followers are folding up camps they had put up earlier for sit-ins near parliament, according to Alsumaria TV.
MANAMA, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Bahrain's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged its citizens to immediately leave Iraq or postpone travel to the country amid the political chaos and violence there.
The ministry also announced special hotlines for its citizens to contact in case of an emergency.
Clashes erupted on Monday in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad after prominent cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr announced he would quit politics, leaving 22 people killed and 200 others wounded.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized an American sea drone Tuesday in the Persian Gulf and tried to tow it away, only releasing the unmanned vessel when a U.S. Navy warship and helicopter approached, officials said.
The incident marks the first time the Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet’s new drone task force has been targeted by Iran.
JERUSALEM (AP) — The independent commission investigating a deadly stampede at a religious festival in northern Israel last year said Tuesday that then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials might be found partly responsible for the disaster.
The announcement could harm Netanyahu — who is already on trial for corruption — ahead of Nov. 1 elections in which he hopes to become prime minister again. Netanyahu testified last month that he was not responsible for safety measures at the site.
New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) The government is likely to invite financial bids for privatisation of state-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) in the March quarter, an official said.
"The demerger of non-core and land assets of Shipping Corporation is at an advanced stage. The process is expected to be over in about three months' time, after which financial bids will be invited," the official told PTI.
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