JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli media outlets quoted the Israeli General Security Service (Shin Bet) as saying on Friday morning that they killed a Palestinian youth who allegedly carried out an attack on Thursday in Tel Aviv city, killing two people and wounding nine others. The official Kan channel reported that the Palestinian youth who was ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – At least two people were killed in an attack on Thursday in the Israeli capital Tel Aviv, the country’s army radio announced. At least eight others were injured, according to multiple reports. One of the wounded is in critical condition and was rushed to a hospital, initial reports suggested. Israeli authorities la...
MOSCOW – Russia’s foreign minister has accused Ukraine of presenting a “disruptive” new peace proposal, flouting terms reached at a meeting in Istanbul last week. The new proposal was presented yesterday to the negotiating group, Sergey Lavrov said in a video statement posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry website. “Yesterday the Ukrain...
RAMALLAH, Palestine – The EU has called on Israel to take measures to protect the Palestinians, expressing its concern about the increasing violence of Israeli settlers in the West Bank. “Under IHL (international humanitarian law), IL (international law), authorities (of Israel) must take all necessary measures to protect Palestinians and thei...
GENEVA – The World Health Organization has said it has verified 91 attacks on health facilities in Ukraine since the war began on February 24. Ukraine is living in “dark days,” WHO Europe chief Hans Kluge said in a briefing from Lviv, a city near the border with Poland in western Ukraine, on the 43rd […]
ATHENS- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Greek Parliament via video link and accused the Russian army of bombing “everything” in Mariupol, a city in southeastern Ukraine. “There are thousands of people left in Mariupol, (and) the Russians have bombed hospitals, maternity hospitals, theaters, (and) everything else. Mariupol...
ISTANBUL – Amid unconfirmed reports that the speaker of the US House of Representatives is planning to visit self-ruled Taiwan, China has warned of “forceful measures” if any such trip happens. “If (US House) Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan island, it would bring serious damage to the foundation of China-US relations, and will send wrong [&...
ANKARA – The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to require the government to document Russian “war crimes” in Ukraine. The bill was passed by a vote of 418-7, with all the dissenters coming from the Republican Party, according to local media reports. Representative Liz Cheney later said she had voted no by […]
BERLIN – Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency intercepted communications that prove Russian forces deliberately targeted civilians in Ukraine, Der Spiegel magazine claimed. The BND has informed a parliamentary committee this week about its findings, including radio messages in which Russian soldiers and mercenaries talked about murd...
ANKARA – Australian authorities have released more asylum seekers from detention centers after nine years, a local human rights body said. The authorities released around 20 refugees from immigration Transit Accommodation across the country, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), a rights organization, said in a statement, adding these refu...
