TEHRAN -- Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Mohammad Hossein Baqeri announced on Sunday the final steps in the drafting of an Iran-Iraq defense cooperation charter, after meeting with Iraqi Minister of Defense Juma Inad Saadoun.

"The two countries have prepared a charter that is now in its final stages and will be signed in the near future," Baqeri said on the sidelines of the meeting with the Iraqi official, who arrived in Tehran on Friday to discuss military cooperation, official news agency IRNA reported. (Iran-Iraq-Defense Cooperation)

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JERUSALEM -- Israel's government promoted on Sunday a plan for hundreds of new settlement homes in a sensitive area near East Jerusalem.

In a tender issued on its website, the Israel Land Authority invited contractors to bid for the construction of 1,257 housing units in Givat Hamatos, a settlement neighborhood of Jerusalem. (Israel-Settlements)

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RAMALLAH/Gaza -- Fatah and Hamas delegations will head to Cairo to continue their negotiations on internal reconciliation, senior Palestinian officials said on Sunday.

"The Fatah delegation is headed by its Central Committee Secretary-General Jibril Rajoub, and two other senior leaders -- Rawhi Fattouh and Ahmed Helles," Abbas Zaki, a senior Fatah leader, told Xinhua. (Palestine-Egypt)

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TEHRAN -- Iran reported on Sunday 12,543 new cases of COVID-19, its highest daily figure so far, taking the total infections in the country to 762,068.

And 2,544 of the new infected had to be hospitalized, the spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education Sima Sadat Lari said at her daily briefing. (Iran-COVID19) Enditem

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