BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh has called on Lebanon to “positively” consider the humanitarian rights of Palestinian refugees in the country. Speaking to reporters following talks with Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati, Haniyeh said the discussions took up the humanitarian conditions of refugees in camps ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Fadi al-Hidmi has termed the government of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett as the “most dangerous” to Jerusalem. The Knesset (Israel’s parliament) is set to vote on Monday on a bill to dissolve itself and go to early elections in preparation for the formation of a n...
ISTANBUL (AA) – In response to the latest announcement by the G7 nations regarding the launch of a $600 billion global infrastructure initiative, China has said that the G7 nations should bring “real money and projects that actually benefit the people.” “What the international community wants to see is real money and projects that actual...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s security concerns on Nordic membership bids are legitimate and must be addressed, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said. Speaking at a joint press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, ahead of the NATO summit in Madrid, Stoltenberg said “no ally has suffered more at the hands of terrori...
PARIS (AA) – France has called on oil-producing countries to increase their production “exceptionally” and to carry forward negotiations to allow the return of oil from Iran and Venezuela back on the market to overcome the energy crisis, local media reported. On the sidelines of the G7 summit in Elmau in Germany, a French presidency [&he...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain continues to blame human trafficking mafias for the deaths of dozens of migrants who tried to cross the land border from Morocco into Spain. In a press conference, Isabel Rodriguez, spokesperson of the Spanish government, lamented the loss of life but applauded the collaboration of Spanish and Moroccan authorit...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye will start new military operations as soon as preparations on the Syrian border are completed, the Turkish president has announced. After chairing a Cabinet meeting in the capital Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Türkiye’s “anti-terror” operations in Iraq are continuing successfully. About the upco...
Temanggung, Indonesia – AFP As Indonesian President Joko Widodo led Anthony Albanese around the lush gardens of a presidential palace south of Jakarta earlier this month, he presented the new Australian prime minister with an unusual gift: a bamboo bike. The night before, designer Singgih Susilo Kartono learned it would be the Spedagi mo...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas said Monday the health of an Israeli soldier in its captivity has deteriorated. “We announce a deterioration in the health of one of the enemy prisoners in captivity,” Abu Obeida, a spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said on Telegram. He said [&...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan said Monday the military will not tolerate the killing of its soldiers by Ethiopian forces. Addressing his forces in the disputed al-Fashaga border area, Al-Burhan said the Sudanese army will fully protect the Sudanese territories and people. “We don’t have a lot to sa...
