ISTANBUL (AA) – US officials have warned of Russian disinformation efforts aimed at undermining trust in the Nov. 5 presidential election. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the FBI, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency made the warning on Friday in a joint statement. The statement highlighted...
WASHINGON (AA) – A group of Muslim leaders joined Donald Trump on stage at a rally in Michigan to announce their support for the Republican candidate in the Nov. 5 presidential election. The leaders cited the former president’s commitment to ending conflicts. “We, as Muslims, stand with President Trump because he promises peace, no...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has voiced “deep concern” over Israel’s strikes on Iran, saying the escalation between the two states threatens the stability and security of the entire region. “We are deeply concerned about the ongoing explosive escalation between Israel and the Islamic Republic, as it poses real threats to ...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on Iran to exercise restraint after Israel’s attack to avoid further escalation in the region. In a statement posted on social media, Scholz said the Israeli government has informed Berlin that it carried out “precise and targeted” strikes on Iran’s military facilities. “They have tr...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN’s top humanitarian aid official has warned that “the entire population of North Gaza is at risk of dying” amid a fierce, weeks-long Israeli army push. “Hospitals have been hit and health workers have been detained. Shelters have been emptied and burned down,” said Joyce Msuya, acting under-secretary-general for humanitaria...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – More than 820 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli military’s 22-day “campaign of genocide and ethnic cleansing,” in northern Gaza, the Gaza Government Media Office said. “The Israeli army has killed over 820 Palestinians within the span of just over three weeks in northern Gaza,” Ismail ...
ANKARA (AA) – The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is worsening, leaving millions in urgent need of aid, the UN has said, warning that 3.7 million children are at risk of acute malnutrition. “There are 3.7 million children under five projected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition this year alone who are in urgent need of […]
ANKARA (AA) – Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Qatar have condemned Saturday’s Israeli airstrikes on Iranian territory. In a statement, Oman’s Foreign Ministry expressed “strong condemnation and denunciation” of the strikes, calling them a “blatant violation of (Iran’s) sovereignty” and “a clear breach of interna...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Gaza Health Ministry has announced that the Israeli army detained medical staff, as well as injured patients, at the Kamal Adwan Hospital, which was stormed by Israeli forces on Friday amid an ongoing 22-day offensive. In a statement, the ministry said: “The Israeli occupation forces have detained all male...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Microsoft has fired two employees for holding an “unauthorized” vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza at the company’s campus in Redmond, Washington, according to the Seattle Times. The two employees were fired over the phone late Thursday as they were both reportedly members of a coalition of employees called “No ...
