ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he plans to appoint Kash Patel as new FBI director to replace Chris Wray. Trump described Patel on his Truth Social platform as a “dedicated lawyer and investigator” who prioritizes America’s interests and has focused on exposing corruption and ensuring just...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US is closely monitoring the situation in Syria, National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett said on Saturday. He criticized the Assad regime for its refusal to engage in the political process outlined by UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2254. “The United States has nothing to do with this offensive, w...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has called for the formation of an international committee to investigate Israel’s use of banned weapons in northern Gaza. In a statement on Telegram, Hamas said: “The horrific testimonies provided by citizens and doctors in northern Gaza following the airstrikes and mass...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has said that Israel is carrying out “ethnic cleansing” in northern Gaza, accusing Premier Benjamin Netanyahu of leading the country to “ruin.” Speaking in an interview with the Israeli channel Democratv, Ya’alon criticized the policies of Netanyahu’s right-wing governm...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine has slammed the US silence about the creation of buffer zones aimed at forcing the population to flee from their homes and lands in northern Gaza. “The silence of the US administration regarding Israeli policy and its provision of financial and military support are what encouraged the Israeli oc...
THE HAGUE (AA) – The chief prosecutor of the Dutch Supreme Court has requested approval of a Court of Appeals decision to stop exporting F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel, according to an official statement. Citing international agreements to which the Netherlands is a party, Attorney General Paul Vlas argued that the export of military [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The French Council of State upheld a decision to cancel a lecture at a university in Paris by Rima Hassan, a Palestinian-origin member of the European Parliament from the far-left Unyielding France (LFI) party. A statement by the Council said it considered an appeal against a lower court’s decision to overturn the [...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian group Hamas says that the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip face the risk of death from hunger because of Israeli genocidal war on Gaza. “Over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza face the risk of death from hunger and thirst due to the Israeli occupation’s denial of aid delivery and […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – World Central Kitchen suspended Saturday its operations in Gaza following an Israeli airstrike that struck a vehicle carrying its staff members. “We are heartbroken to share that a vehicle carrying World Central Kitchen colleagues was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza,” the organization said in a statement o...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Indonesian fishermen rescued 116 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, on Saturday after their boat sank off the coast of Aceh province, according to a local daily. Jakarta Globe reported that the group had fled Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, hoping to reach Indonesia or Malaysia. “They look very wea...
