GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army killed 14 more Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. It took the overall death toll since October 2023 to 48,572, it added. The ministry said 51 injured Palestinians were transferred to hospitals. “Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on […]
ANKARA/SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The death toll from Saturday night’s US-UK airstrikes on multiple Yemeni cities has risen to 31, with 101 others injured, mostly women and children, the Houthi-run Health Ministry reported on Sunday. Anis Al-Asbahi, the ministry’s spokesperson, stated: “The massacres committed by the US aggression targeting civilian ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas announced late Friday that it had taken a “positive step” by expressing its intention to release Israeli soldier Edan Alexander, who also holds American citizenship. In a statement, Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem told Anadolu: “We have taken a positive step by announcing our intention to release Israeli...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Donald Trump on Friday accused CNN and MSNBC of being “illegal” and “corrupt” in their coverage of him. “I believe that CNN and MSNBC, who literally write 97.6% bad about me, are political arms of the Democrat Party, and in my opinion, they’re really corrupt, and they’...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared South Africa’s Ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, persona non grata on Friday after his remarks about President Donald Trump. In a post on X, Rubio accused Rasool of being a “race-baiting politician” and said the US has “nothing to discuss with him.” “South Africa’s...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Senate voted Friday to pass a Republican spending bill before a midnight deadline to avert a government shutdown. The short-term spending bill passed in a 54-46 vote to keep the government open through the end of September. The bill, which was approved largely along party lines, will head to President […]
Tehran (AA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that negotiations with the US will not lead to the removal of sanctions but will instead tighten them. His remarks came during an annual meeting with university students in Tehran. He noted that some within Iran continue to raise the issue of negotiations with [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A majority of Americans disapprove of the way President Donald Trump is handling the economy, according to a new CNN poll. It found that 56% of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with Trump’s economic stewardship, marking the lowest approval rating on the issue during his political career. The poll, conducted between M...
UNICEF warns that malnutrition among Rohingya children in Bangladesh has surged by 27%. The crisis is worsening as funding to the agency declines. The Bangladesh government blames the funding cut on the Trump administration’s shutdown of USAID, which supports 80% of the World Food Program’s aid to the Rohingya. More than 1.2 million Rohi...
The European Union has hit back at the U.S. with new trade tariffs. This follows the Trump administration’s move to impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports. The EU’s response includes tariffs on U.S. goods worth more than $28 billion. The list covers industrial and agricultural products, including motorcycles, peanut butter, jeans...
