NEET-UG will be conducted for the first time in Dubai and Kuwait

Efforts of ALLEN have finally paid off; Students can take the NEET-UG exam while living in Gulf countries. Milestone achieved with the support of Lok Sabha Speaker Sh. Om Birla ji. DUBAI, UAE, July 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ –The Ministry of Education has announced new centers for the Gulf region in Dubai and Kuwait to conduct the […]

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Three-month-old baby among 24 children and 615 Palestinians injured by Israeli army in two weeks – UN

A three-month-old baby was among 24 children and 615 Palestinians injured by the Israeli army in the West Bank in the last two weeks of July, while another 69 were injured either while running away from Israeli forces or in circumstances that could not be verified, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory. It said in its Protection of

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Palestine’s five athletes end their participation in the Tokyo Olympics without any wins

Palestine ended today its participation in the Olympic Games in Tokyo without any medals after 19-year-old Mohammed Hamada has failed to qualify in the men’s 96 kg weightlifting competition. Palestine participated with five athletes in the Olympics competing in four sports events -Yazan al-Bawab, participated last Tuesday without success in the 100m freestyle swimming competitions, and Dania Noor finished last in her group in the 50m freestyle swimming competition, judo

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Israeli settlers destroy over 140 olive saplings in a southern West Bank town

Israeli settlers destroyed 140 olive saplings in al-Khader town, south of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, today said local activist Ahmad Salah. He told WAFA that settlers from the two illegal settlements of Daniel and Elazar sprayed the saplings with pesticides destroying them as a result. The settlers, he said, took over Palestinian-owned land in the town and planted it with olive trees and other fruits, and they

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Senior Fatah official says continuation of Israeli criminal acts in Palestine is intolerable

A senior Fatah official said today that continuation of the Israeli crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories is unacceptable, warning that the Palestinian leadership cannot anymore tolerate these acts. Mahmoud Aloul, deputy to the chairman of Fatah movement, President Mahmoud Abbas, told Voice of Palestine radio that the leadership sent stern messages to the world, particularly the United States and the European Union, that perpetuation of the present situation in

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Efforts intensifying to force Israel to release corpses of Palestinians withheld for years

Efforts are intensifying to force Israel to release corpses of Palestinians killed by its forces over the years and which it has been holding in morgues or unmarked graves, today said Salwa Hammad, coordinator of the National Campaign to the Retrieval of the Bodies of Martyrs held by Israel since 2015. She told Voice of Palestine radio that there are 81 bodies held in morgues, in addition to 254 others

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Palestine logs 123 COVID-19 cases, one death

Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said today that 123 new cases of COVID-19, one death and 86 recoveries were registered in Palestine during the past 24 hours. In her daily report on the coronavirus pandemic, Alkaila said one death from COVID-19 was reported in the Gaza Strip, while no deaths were reported in the West Bank. A total of 2451 COVID-19 tests were conducted during the last 24 hours. In

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Israeli forces install metal gate east of Bethlehem area

Israeli occupation forces installed today a metal gate at the entrance leading to Jabal Al-Fardis area, east of the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, said a local activist. Hasan Brijiyeh, a local anti-settlement and anti-wall activist, told WAFA correspondent the installation of the metal gate will prevent residents’ access to their lands, at a time when the Israeli authorities have escalated their settlement activities in the area. Forces also

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Occupation forces attack protesters in Tubas, injuries reported

A Palestinian protester was injured by a rubber-coated steel rounds and others sustained suffocation from teargas today, as Israeli occupation forces attacked an anti-colonization protest near the town of Tayasir in the occupied West Bank district of Tubas. The protest, called for by the Palestinian Authority’s Colonization Resistance Commission, saw protesters demonstrating at an Israeli military checkpoint east of the town and chanting slogans against Israel’s colonial settlement enterprise and

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Israeli police attack Palestinians protesting against forcible expulsion of families in Sheikh Jarrah

Israeli police attacked today Palestinians taking part in a peaceful sit-in protest in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, held against the Israeli occupation attempts to forcibly expel hundreds of Palestinians from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah in favor of Israeli settlers. Protester chanted slogans condemning the Israeli occupation measures and forced expulsion of Palestinians from their homes in Sheiklh jarrah and Silwan neighborhood. Israeli police attacked protesters with stun grenades and

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President Abbas offers condolences on victims of Turkey’s wild fires

President Mahmoud Abbas offered today condolences to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyib Erdogan over the victims of the wild fires that have swept parts of Turkey during the last few days. In a cable letter, the President expressed his sincere and heartfelt condolences to the President and people of Turkey and the families of the victims. He also expressed his support for the friendly country during this ordeal. President Abbas

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