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Israeli forces shoot fishermen north of Gaza

SANAA, April 4 (YPA) - Israeli occupation navy forces opened fire on fishermen's boats in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday morning. According to the official of the Palestinian fishermen's committees in Gaza, Zakaria Bakr, the military…

Qatar reveals its position on Khashoggi’s case

SANAA, April 4 (YPA) - Lulwa al-Khater, a spokesperson for Qatar's Foreign Ministry, said that the reason Qatar did not speak out on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi last year, was to ensure that the tensions in the region would not worsen any…

Video: 2 Palestinians killed, wounded in in Nablus

SANAA, April 3 (YPA) - An Israeli settler fired at two Palestinian youths near a checkpoint south of the northern West Bank town of Nablus on Wednesday morning, killing one and wounding other seriously. In the details, media sources…

Fire breaks out at oil refinery in Kuwait

SANAA, April 3 (YPA) - A fire at a kerosene unit in the refinery of Mina Abdulla is under control and cooling down, Kuwait state news agency KUNA said early on Wednesday. According to the agency, the chief executive of the Kuwait Petroleum…

5.6 magnitude quake hits Taiwan

SANAA, April 3 (YPA) - A powerful earthquake of 5.6 magnitude on the Richter scale South-eastern Taitung Province on Wednesday morning, according to the Meteorological authority of Thailand.  According to Reuters, there were no immediate…

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resignes

SANAA, April 3 (YPA) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has resigned on Tuesday evening from the country's presidential post and notified the Shura Council. The Algerian army chief of Staff, Deputy Minister of Defense, has ordered…

Israeli forces penetrate in central Gaza Strip

SANAA, April 3 (YPA) - Israeli occupation police forces on Wednesday morning arrested one of the people who work inside the Holy Al-Aqsa on the pretext of opening the chapel of “Bab al-Rahmah". Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli…