GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Palestinian resistance group Hamas has said it is unfazed by Israeli threats to assassinate its leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar. “The Israeli campaign of threats and incitement to assassinate Sinwar or other Hamas leaders does not frighten us,” political bureau member Izzat al-Rishq said in a statement. Al-R...
ANKARA (AA): The United Nations on Saturday called for the adoption of a more strategic approach to address the Palestinian economic and fiscal crisis. The call came in a report issued by the office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO), Tor Wennesland, ahead of a meeting of the […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): With his latest feat, Sirbaz Khan on Saturday became the first Pakistani to have climbed 10 of the world’s 14 summits taller than 8,000 meters (26,247 feet). “Khan stood atop the summit of 8,586-m (28,169-ft) Kunchenjunga (Kangchenjunga), the world’s third-highest peak, at 7 am (local time) on Saturday (0115...
GENEVA (AA): The UN human rights chief on Saturday expressed deep distress over recent violent clashes between Muslims and Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia, in which at least 30 people were reportedly killed and more than 100 others were injured. “I call on the Ethiopian authorities to promptly initiate and conduct thorough, independent, and tr...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Palestine on Saturday welcomed the US opposition to Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank but said it was not enough. On Friday, the US Department of State slammed Israeli plans to advance nearly 4,000 settlement units in the occupied West Bank, saying the measure “deeply damages the prospects for a [...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian youth was seriously injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement said a 21-year-old man was shot in the shoulder by Israeli forces and admitted to a hospital in the city of Qalqilya. The statement said the […]
ANKARA (AA): The Turkish armed forces killed 11 PKK fighters in northern Syria who were preparing to attack areas cleared of “terrorists” following Turkiye’s military operations, the National Defense Ministry said on Saturday. “Our heroic Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) continue to destroy terror nests in northern Syria,” th...
Elad, Israel (AFP): Israel conducted a large-scale manhunt on Friday for a pair of Palestinians accused of killing three Israelis in an axe attack that came as the Jewish state marked its founding. The attack on the night of 5th May in Elad, a central city mainly populated by ultra-Orthodox Jews, was the sixth in […]
GENEVA (AA): Ukraine is facing “a child protection crisis of extraordinary proportions” which may not have been seen before, a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official has said. “Hundreds of children have been killed, and many more injured. Nearly 200 attacks have been reported against health care facilities, and schools co...
LONDON (AA): The Scottish National Party (SNP) remains the biggest party in Scotland as all votes have been counted in the local council elections which were held on Thursday May 5. Scottish Conservatives have lost their second place to Labour after losing big ground. The SNP won a total of 454 council seats, consolidating their […]
