JERUSAELM – On the third Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, roughly 150,000 Palestinians flocked to the al-Aqsa Mosque. At the entrance of Ramallah’s Qalandia military checkpoint, tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered in a bid to reach the mosque, which sees the tension in the latest weeks. The Israeli authorities al...
WASHINGTON – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Moscow next week, and will be received by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Guterres’ April 26 meeting will also see him hold a working meeting and lunch with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Guterres earlier this week sent diplomatic notes to both Russia and Ukraine seek...
ANKARA – A Turkish soldier was killed during a military operation in northern Iraq, Turkiye’s National Defense Ministry has stated. Furkan Gok, an infantry specialist sergeant, was killed in clashes with PKK fighters during Turkiye’s recently launched cross-border operation Operation Claw-Lock. Turkiye launched Operation Claw-Lock this w...
LONDON (AA): Hundreds of people staged a protest in London on Friday against Israel’s recent attacks on Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque complex. The demonstrators gathered in front of the Israeli Embassy, carrying Palestinian flags and chanting “Free Palestine” slogans. The demonstrators carried banners saying “End the blockade in...
ISTANBUL – After the deployment of US soldiers in Taiwan was confirmed last year by President Tsai Ing-wen, new reports suggest American troops are setting up a “training ground” in Taiwan as well. Taiwanese troops are also reportedly getting lessons from US soldiers on how to operate the M1A2T Abrams tank. US military instructors have [&helli...
GENEVA – Since Russia launched its war in Ukraine two months ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) has verified 162 attacks on healthcare facilities. As a result, patients with chronic conditions face significant barriers to care. According to preliminary findings from the WHO survey on national health needs, one in every three (30%) of the...
BERLIN, GERMANY: A Berlin-based refugee rights activist has harshly criticized the German government for what he said was its unequal treatment of refugees from Ukraine as opposed to those from the Middle East on racial grounds. “It’s disgusting because people who are running away from war, who are running away from bombings would be tre...
PARIS (AA) – This Sunday, France faces an uncertain test as voters head to the polls to elect the next president of the republic in the second and final round. Choosing between the final candidates is desolately grim for many, but for French Muslims casting their vote for either President Emmanuel Macron or far-right candidate Marine [&h...
AL-BAB/AZAZ, Syria (AA) – A civilian was killed and five were wounded in two separate terrorist attacks in northern Syria on Friday. A car bomb went off in Al-Bab city’s Zamzam neighborhood, killing one civilian, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent. Firefighters rushed to the site to put out the fire caused by the explosion [&he...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli security officers on Friday morning attacked journalists covering clashes at Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem. The officers were caught on Anadolu Agency Video News (AAVN) camera rushing at cameramen outside the mosque who were filming some officers carrying a seriously injured man. The AAVN cameraman running away from the p...
