03 June 2021; MEMO: An Egyptian delegation made up of engineers and technicians were due to enter the besieged Gaza Strip yesterday to assess the extent of damage caused by the recent Israeli aggression as part of reconstruction efforts, Quds Press reported.
03 June 2021; MEMO: Some 4,650 Palestinian prisoners were being held in the Israeli occupation's jails as of the end of May, Anadolu reported the Palestinian Prisoners' Club (PPC) saying yesterday.
In a statement, the PPC said that 39 women and 180 minors are among the prisoners, who are enduring harsh conditions in Israeli prisons.
KHARTOUM, Jun 3 (NNN-SUNA) – Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, yesterday urged the Sudanese government, to hand over those accused of committing war crimes in Darfur to the ICC.
Bensouda made the demand at a press conference, in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, after concluding a visit to Darfur. A team of ICC investigators would arrive in Sudan in the coming period, to collect further field evidences, she said.
03 June 2021; MEMO: The chances of a prisoner exchange deal being completed between Israel and Hamas have increased over the past few days, a senior Israeli official said, explaining that Tel Aviv is now waiting for Egyptian mediators to convey Hamas' offer to conclude the deal.
TEHRAN, Jun 3 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, said that, the main issues between Tehran and Washington, in the ongoing nuclear talks in Vienna, have been settled.
“Today (yesterday), we are witnessing the resolution of major issues with the United States” in the Vienna talks, aimed at the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Rouhani said, at a cabinet meeting.
(Reuters) --- Millions of people in northwest Syria face disaster if the United Nations fails to approve an extension of cross-border humanitarian operations next month, a senior U.N. aid official said on Thursday.
Some 3 million people, many of them displaced by fighting elsewhere in Syria during the decade-long conflict, have sought shelter near the border with Turkey, outside the control of President Bashar al-Assad's government.
03 June 2021; MEMO: A massive fire that erupted last night at an oil refinery near Iran's capital Tehran is still raging despite attempts to extinguish it. There have been no reports of casualties.
The Tondguyan refinery, which is run by Tehran Oil Refining Co, has reportedly ruled out the possibility of sabotage. According to Tasnim news agency, people across different neighbourhoods in the city could see thick plumes of black smoke over the refinery.
03 June 2021; MEMO: The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture in Gaza said on Wednesday that the total losses suffered by the sector as a result of the recent Israeli military offensive are estimated at $204 million, Anadolu has reported. Farmers, said the ministry, were forcibly displaced by Israel's indiscriminate bombing which prevented them from reaching and working on their land.
03 June 2021; MEMO: The Public Prosecutor of the State Security Court in Jordan yesterday issued an indictment against Bassem Ibrahim Awadallah, former head of the royal court, and Sharif Hassan Bin Zaid, a member of the royal family, over their involvement in a so- called "sedition case", Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported.
The agency said the case file had been sent to the Public Prosecutor of the State Security Court for action.
03 June 2021; MEMO: Turkey is working to repair its ties with Egypt and some Gulf States and seeks cooperation on a "win-win basis", President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
"Our desire is to use these opportunities for cooperation at the maximum level and improve our ties on a win-win basis … The same situation is valid for all Gulf countries too," Reuters reported Erdogan telling state broadcaster TRT Haber.
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