09 June 2021; MEMO: Hamas yesterday condemned the latest remarks made by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in which he endorsed the Israeli occupation's "right to defend itself".
"Blinken gives the Israeli occupation a greenlight to continue its aggression on the Palestinian people," Hamas said in a statement.
09 June 2021; MEMO: The Knesset Interior Committee, headed by Arab-Israeli MK Mansour Abbas, has been stripped of its power due to the agreement to establish a new coalition "government for change", Arab48.com reported on Tuesday.
BAGHDAD, Jun 8 (NNN-NINA) – Unidentified gunmen yesterday killed a senior officer of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS), in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a security source said.
Nibras Farman, an INIS officer, was shot dead when gunmen opened fire on him, with their silenced weapons, in front of his house, in al-Baladiyat neighbourhood, in eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said, on condition of anonymity.
The source also said that the security forces launched an investigation into the incident.
(Reuters) --- Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for the first in a series of talks this week between Egyptian authorities and Palestinian factions that aims to reinforce a ceasefire with Israel, Palestinian and Egyptian sources said.
Haniyeh's visit came in response to a special invitation from Cairo, in advance of a broader meeting of Palestinian factions that could begin as early as next week, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told Reuters.
(Reuters) --- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces an end to his long hold on power in Israel on Sunday when the country's legislature votes on approving an improbable government of diverse parties that came together to unseat him.
"It's happening!" opposition leader Yair Lapid of the centrist Yesh Atid party wrote on Twitter on Tuesday after parliament's speaker announced the June 13 special session.
ADDIS ABABA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 4,928,685 as of Monday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the 55-member African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic stands at 132,517 while 4,447,383 patients across the continent have recovered from the disease.
South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Ethiopia and Egypt are the countries with the most cases in the continent, according to the Africa CDC.
08 June 2021; MEMO: Jordanian truck drivers staged a protest in Amman yesterday against a Saudi ban on their entry to the kingdom after a decision to ban older vehicles from entering Saudi came into effect.
08 June 2021; MEMO: Israel has announced that it will not continue transferring Qatar's financial aid to Gaza the same way it did before the latest Israeli offensive on the besieged coastal enclave, Sama news agency reported yesterday.
08 June 2021; MEMO: Citing the flagrant violations of journalists and media staff in Jerusalem and Gaza, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights labelled Israel as the prime enemy of journalism and the media in 2021, a statement said yesterday.
08 June 2021; MEMO: The Iraqi Commission of Integrity said yesterday it had issued nine arrest warrants against senior officials on charges of administrative and financial corruption.
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