GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) — Another Palestinian journalist has been killed in an Israeli attack in the central Gaza Strip, the Gaza government media office said. In a statement, the media office said Palestinian photojournalist Omar Salah Al-Derawi was killed in an Israeli bombing targeting his home in the Al-Zawaida area, central Gaza, killin...
TEHRAN (AA) — Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in Tehran in order to protest the execution of six Iranian nationals convicted of drug trafficking in the kingdom. Iran delivered a formal protest note to the Saudi ambassador to Tehran, Abdullah bin Saud Al-Anzi, expressing its strong opposition to the execut...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Researchers have discovered that a low-cost blood pressure medication may effectively treat a noncancerous but invasive brain tumor. Craniopharyngioma is a rare, noncancerous brain tumor near the pituitary gland and hypothalamus. Because it affects important brain areas, it can cause hormone problems, vision issues, and c...
ROME (AA) – Italy’s foreign ministry has said that it has summoned Iran’s ambassador in Rome and requested the immediate release of journalist Cecilia Sala. Sala was arrested on December 19, while in Tehran for carrying out reporting under a regular press visa, according to the ministry. Her arrest was unveiled more than a week […...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) — Tunisian authorities retrieved the bodies of 27 irregular migrants after their boat capsized off the country’s eastern coast, a health official says. Hatem Al-Sharif, regional health director of Sfax province, said 25 other migrants were rescued after their boat sank off the coast of Kerkennah Islands on Wednesday. He sai...
In Russia’s remote Magadan region, Tajik migrants have reported being forced to work under slave-like conditions on a cattle farm. A group of 10, tricked by a promise of well-paid jobs, now find themselves without pay and stripped of their passports by their employer, who allegedly refuses to return them. These migrants, including two with [&h...
President Joe Biden recently signed the 2025 defense spending bill, endorsing $895 billion in funding and extending the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act for another five years. Key measures in the act include monitoring human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang and imposing sanctions on Chinese officials linked to “genocide” against Uy...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Gaza police chief and his deputy have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern city of Khan Younis, the Interior Ministry said. A ministry statement said Mahmoud Salah and his deputy Hussam Shahwan were killed in a dawn strike by the Israeli army. Several people were reportedly […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – US President-elect Donald Trump is set to hold a rally on January 19 in Washington D.C., just ahead of his inauguration, according to a report. The “Make America Great Again Victory Rally” will take place a day before his inauguration at Capital One Arena, which can hold approximately 20,000 attendees, CBS New...
As the GOP-controlled House of Representatives gears up for its 119th session, a significant controversy has emerged within its ranks. Thomas Massie publicly criticized a component of the proposed rules package designed to protect Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecution. This reaction follo...
