GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Gaza’s Health Ministry warned Sunday of a severe oxygen shortage in hospitals across the enclave after the destruction of 10 power plants by Israel’s genocidal war. “Many hospitals are unable to meet their oxygen needs,” the ministry said in a statement. The ministry warned that Israel’s refusal to allow access [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Canada on Saturday rejected President Donald Trump’s proposal to reinstate Russia in the G7. “I’m telling the position of Canada, no way this will happen,” Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said, following a G7 meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany. Her remarks came amid ongoi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Trump administration proposed that the US receive a 50% ownership stake in Ukraine’s rare earth minerals as compensation for the military and financial aid provided to Kyiv to fight Russia, NBC News reported, citing multiple US officials familiar with the matter. Under the proposal, Ukraine would transfer partial cont...
The Trump administration has begun firing thousands of federal workers as part of its plan to cut government spending. Several federal agencies have terminated probationary employees, including the Departments of Education, Energy, and Veterans Affairs. The Office of Personnel Management confirmed the move, saying probationary periods are not ...
In a sweeping move, the Trump administration has halted more than 10,000 civil rights investigations in schools and colleges. These involve critical issues such as disability access, sexual harassment, and racial discrimination. Since President Donald Trump’s return to office, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has ini...
The suspect in a Munich car-ramming attack had terror motives but no links to extremist networks, German authorities said. The 24-year-old Afghan, who arrived in Germany as an asylum-seeker in 2016, drove his Mini Cooper into a labour union protest on Thursday, injuring 36 people. Two victims remain in critical condition. Police arrested him a...
A Bangladeshi political party has filed a case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, accusing her of being responsible for 848 deaths during last year’s anti-government protests. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, filed the case with the International Crimes Tribunal. Hasina fled to India on Aug....
Police in the capital of Indian-occupied Kashmir, Srinagar, have seized 668 books linked to Jamaat-e-Islami. The Islamist organization was banned by India in the region five years ago. The books, written by or about thinker Abul Ala Maududi, the group’s founder, were confiscated in a raid on major bookstores. Authorities said legal actio...
A new study reveals that hate speech on X surged by 50% in the months following Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform. Research published in PLOS One, a peer-reviewed open-access mega journal by the Public Library of Science, contradicts X’s claims that exposure to hate speech had decreased. The study tracked posts from […]...
The White House is facing criticism for allegedly retaliating against America’s leading news agency, the Associated Press or AP over its reporting. AP claims its reporters were barred from events after refusing to use President Donald Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico — the “Gulf of America.” The agency’s Executive Editor Julie Pac...
