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GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 88 Palestinians were killed in two Israeli airstrikes on residential areas in the northern Gaza Strip early Thursday, with ordinary citizens and hospital staff assisting in transporting the injured and the dead to hospitals after Israeli forces destroyed Palestinian Civil Defense’s emergency assistanc...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The US vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution on Wednesday that demanded an “immediate, unconditional, and permanent” cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. It also urged the prevention of starvation of Palestinians. The draft resolution, submitted by 10 elected members of the Council — Algeria, Ec...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday he picked former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to be the US ambassador to NATO. “Matt is a strong warrior and loyal Patriot, who will ensure the United States’ interests are advanced and defended,” Trump said in a statement. He said his...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Senate overwhelmingly rejected Wednesday evening a trio of resolutions that would have halted three offensive arms sales to Israel in response to ongoing “atrocities” being carried out in the besieged Gaza Strip. The measures, known formally as joint resolutions of disapproval, were introduced by Indepen...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Republican opposition led to the House Ethics Committee failing to release Wednesday the panel’s report on alleged sexual misconduct by former Representative Matt Gaetz, who has been chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Justice Department. The panel is comprised evenly of five Democrats and five Repu...
A Japanese team has begun the exhumation of the remains of 24 World War II soldiers from the Mainamati War Cemetery in Cumilla, Bangladesh. The effort is part of Japan’s first project to return fallen soldiers’ remains home, nearly 80 years after they were captured by British forces. This historic operation, which was initiated in […]...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has warned of a “confrontation” over a resolution submitted by three European powers against Tehran at the United Nations nuclear watchdog. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in a phone call with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot, said that a European resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IA...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Illegal Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, terrorized people and vandalized properties, witnesses said. “A group of settlers from Horsha settlement raided the town of Al-Mazra’a Al-Gharbiya northwest of Ramallah and set fire to three vehicles,” an eyewitness said. Video footage sh...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – More than a dozen soldiers have been killed in multiple attacks on a military base in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, said local and military sources. The terrorists attacked the base in the remote town of Kareto in the Mobbar Local Government Area with improvised explosives and shot at it from different […]...
17-year-old Nila Ibrahimi has won the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize for her advocacy of girls’ rights in Afghanistan. Awarded in Amsterdam on Nov. 19, Ibrahimi was praised for her courageous work in championing the rights of Afghan girls amid the Taliban’s oppressive rule. After the group’s return to power in 2021, Ibrahimi ...
