JERUSALEM (AA) – Far-right extremist Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called a US-backed cease-fire with Hezbollah a “grave mistake.” In a post on his X account, Ben-Gvir said accepting the US cease-fire proposal would mean missing out on an “historic” opportunity to ‘destroy Hezbollah.’ The hardline fan...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, says that his country is preparing for a “proper response” to the recent Israeli attack, the Tasnim news agency reported. On October 26, Israeli fighter jets launched strikes on Iran, weeks after Tehran fired ballistic missiles at Israel in respon...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant plans to travel to Washington despite an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over war crimes in Gaza, according to Israeli media. Israel’s Army Radio said Gallant will hold talks with US security officials during his visit. No date was gi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah is expected to be announced within two days, according to Israeli media. The public broadcaster KAN, citing an Israeli source, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been consistently obstructing a cease-fire with Hamas, has in this...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has categorically denied its involvement in the killing of an Israeli rabbi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Israel said on Sunday that Rabbi Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan dual national, was found dead, days after he went missing in the Gulf country with Israeli media claiming that Tehran was behind […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – After two weeks of tense negotiations, COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital, concluded with an agreement on a new climate finance target: $300 billion annually by 2035. Despite the agreement, many developing nations, including Cuba and India, slammed the $300 billion annual pledge, calling it “too little, too late.” ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced Sunday that it clashed with Israeli soldiers, many of whom were killed or injured, in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Fighters “engaged” with an infantry Zionist force of 10 soldiers from point-blank range in the Al-Janina neighborhood, th...
ANKARA (AA) – At least three Jordanian officers were injured early on Sunday, when a gunman opened fire near the Israeli Embassy in the capital Amman. Jordan’s news agency Petra reported that the suspect targeted a police patrol in the Rabiah neighborhood before attempting to flee. Security forces returned fire, killing the suspect...
ANKARA (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Pam Bondi for the position of attorney general has raised concerns among legal experts and Justice Department officials on potential shifts in the agency’s priorities under her leadership, according to news reports Sunday. Broadcaster NBC News suggested that the career traj...
ISTANBUL (AA) – John Bolton, who served as national security advisor during Donald Trump’s first term as president, has criticized the president-elect’s decision to pick Sebastian Gorka to lead counterterrorism efforts. Bolton’s remarks to CNN followed Trump’s announcement that Gorka, who briefly served as a deputy advisor during Trump’s...
