Israeli airstrikes on Monday killed dozens across Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria in a series of deadly attacks. In northern Gaza’s Jabalia, 36 people were killed in one assault, and another 23 were killed in a strike on Almat village, near the Lebanese capital Beirut. Overnight, Israeli forces also bombed Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, killing ...
BERLIN (AA) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has criticized Israel for not allowing sufficient humanitarian aid into Gaza. “Never in the last 12 months has so little aid come to the Gaza Strip as now. A large proportion of the more than 2 million people suffer from acute malnutrition and live in unimaginable conditions,” [&hel...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Violence continued to escalate in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province following the killing of five paramilitary Basij members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Sunday. In a statement, the IRGC’s public relations department said the five local Basij members were killed in a “terr...
ISTANBUL (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has condemned the recent Israeli airstrike on Jabalia, northern Gaza, which resulted in scores of casualties, as calls for international intervention to halt Israel’s genocidal attack on Palestinians intensify. On Sunday, Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia, Gaza’s largest refugee camp, kil...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has expressed Baku’s appreciation for the EU’s mediation in peace negotiations between his country and neighboring Armenia. A statement by the Azerbaijani presidency said that Aliyev held talks with visiting EU Council President Charles Michel in the country’s capital, during which...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The UN has called for “urgent” and “greater” efforts to reduce air pollution and protect children’s health, as over 11 million children under five years of age are exposed to this smog in Pakistan’s Punjab province. “I am extremely concerned about the well-being of young children who are forced to breathe […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called for ending “effectively and permanently” Israel’s genocidal acts against the Palestinians in Gaza. Addressing the Extraordinary Islamic Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League in the Saudi capital Riyadh, Anwar said that a “crisis of humanity” has bee...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Turkish president has criticized the lack of response from Muslim countries in addressing the ongoing genocide in Gaza, while accusing Western nations of providing full support to Israel. “A handful of Western countries have provided all kinds of support to Israel, while the failure of Muslim countries to respond adequately...
ANKARA (AA) – Australia appointed its first anti-slavery commissioner to strengthen efforts aimed at “preventing and responding to modern slavery.” Chris Evans, a former senator and anti-human trafficking activist, will begin a five-year term on December 2, said a statement issued by Attorney General Mark Dreyfus’ office. “Modern slavery depri...
ISTANBUL (AA) – COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev has said that the UN’s environmental program shows that current policies implemented across the globe will result in global warming of 3 degrees Celsius. “We must be totally honest. The UN Environment Program shows that current policies are leading us to 3 degrees Celsius of warming,” Babay...