20 Sep 2021; MEMO: Palestinian activists yesterday launched campaigns and petitions calling for Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to step down after 15 years in office, Safa news agency reported.
Palestinian writer and activist Mohammad Shoukry said: "Such campaigns and petitions are part of the rights enshrined to the Palestinian people."
20 Sep 2021; MEMO: Following a video broadcast on Facebook by former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Likud party found itself forced to issue a clarification to avoid annoying US President Joe Biden.
Netanyahu appeared in a video on Facebook on Saturday speaking about the meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Biden that took place last month.
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese lawmakers convened Monday to confirm the country’s new government following a power outage and a broken generator that briefly delayed the start of the parliament session.
It took some 40 minutes before electricity came back on. The incident, which underscored the deep crisis roiling the small Mediterranean country amid an unprecedented economic meltdown, was derided on social media.
TEHRAN, Sept 19 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, described the full membership of Iran in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), as a “diplomatic success.”
“The presence of the Islamic Republic of Iran as a key member of the SCO, creates a strong economic connection for the people of our country, which means, connecting Iran to the economic infrastructure of Asia,” Raisi said, upon arrival in Tehran, from the Tajik capital of Dushanbe.
JERUSALEM, Sept 19 (NNN-PNN) – The death toll from the COVID-19 in Israel rose by 42 to 7,507 yesterday, the state’s Ministry of Health said.
The ministry also reported 4,863 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the tally of infections in the country to 1,219,374.
The number of patients in serious condition increased from 658 to 717, while total recoveries from the virus climbed to 1,127,340, after 8,674 newly recovered cases were recorded. Active cases stand at 84,527.
Tehran, IRNA - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri warned terrorist groups settle in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region that if they continue evil activities, Iran would dismantle all of them.
General Baqeri said that officials in Iraqi Kurdistan Region do not care about the issue, adding that the weaknesses of Iraq’s central government are caused by US presence in the country, all of which have caused active presence of terrorist groups in northern Iraq.
19 Sep 2021; AA: Bangladesh has been removed from Britain’s COVID-19 travel red list following repeated requests by the Bangladeshi government.
“Travelers from Bangladesh will no longer require 10-day hotel quarantine from 22 September 2021,” Saida Muna Tasneem, Bangladesh’s high commissioner to the UK, said in a tweet early Saturday.
19 Sep 2021; AA: An elephant tusk dating back 17 million years has been found in southwestern Turkey, scientists announced on Saturday.
The prehistoric tusk was discovered in Buldan in the Denizli province, along with fossils from an estimated 38 different species, said the excavation team.
A group of paleoanthropologists, geologists and students carried out the surface survey under the coordination of the Culture and Tourism Ministry.
19 Sep 2021; MEMO: Amid growing opposition to the measures taken by President Kais Saied, five political parties, on Friday, issued a joint statement calling on the army and judiciary to respect the country's constitution and uphold the rule of law.
The signatories said that recent events have confirmed the fears they had expressed immediately after the President announced the state of emergency on 25 July.
19 Sep 2021; MEMO: Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Iranian fuel shipments imported by the Hezbollah movement constitute a breach of Lebanon's sovereignty, according to comments published by his office, reports Reuters.
"The violation of Lebanon's sovereignty makes me sad," Mikati told CNN in an interview, his office said in a posting on Twitter.
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