GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian resistance group Hamas, has reported that it had killed and injured Israeli soldiers, targeting Israeli military vehicles in besieged northern Gaza. In a statement, Al-Qassam reported hitting an Israeli D9 bulldozer with a Yassin 105 shell and targeting ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Residents of Palestinian refugee camps in the occupied West Bank say Israel’s move to terminate the activities of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is intended to end their right to return to their lands. The Israeli Knesset passed a bill on Monday banning UNRWA from operating, which would eventual...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a stern warning to the US and Israel, pledging a “crushing response” for actions against his country. “The enemies – whether the Zionist entity or the United States – should know that they will certainly face a crushing response for their actions agai...
HOUSTON, United States (AA) – The US Muslim vote could play a major factor in the 2024 presidential election, according to a poll released Friday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization. Topping the list of candidates in the new CAIR poll is not Vice Presiden...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 25 Palestinians were killed and several others injured in Israeli attacks targeting northern and central Gaza Strip on Saturday. A medical source at the Al-Shifa Hospital told Anadolu that the hospital received the bodies of 10 Palestinians and several injured individuals after Israeli forces targeted homes in Nuse...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the deployment of additional military assets to the Middle East, the Pentagon said Friday. “In keeping with our commitments to the protection of U.S. citizens and forces in the Middle East, the defense of Israel, and de-escalation through deterrence and diplomacy, the S...
Hunger is projected to worsen in 16 “hotspots” across the globe, including Sudan, where conflict has left millions at risk of starving. That’s according to a report released Thursday by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme. It said acute food insecurity threatens 22 countries. Th...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The emergency polio vaccination campaign in Gaza entered its second phase on Saturday, though areas in northern Gaza, under Israel’s attacks, were excluded from the campaign. A Gaza-based doctor involved in the vaccination campaign told Anadolu that the initial phase began two months ago, with plans to l...
ANKARA (AA) – Abdullah H. Hammoud, the Muslim mayor of the US city of Dearborn in Michigan state, has publicly declined requests to meet with Donald Trump. “The architect of the Muslim Ban is making a campaign stop in Dearborn,” he said on X, explaining his reasons for the refusal. “People in this community know […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – Former US President Donald Trump claimed at a rally in Michigan on Friday that jobs traditionally held by Blacks were being increasingly taken by newly arrived migrants, attributing it to the Biden administration’s immigration policies. “It’s all gone to the migrants,” Trump told supporters, claiming that th...
