DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh transitional government chief Muhammad Yunus has proposed creating a UN-guaranteed “safe zone” in Burma’s Rakhine state to aid displaced people and address the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Yunus made the suggestion during a meeting with Thomas Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on hum...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Democratic nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris called Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “unstable and unhinged” for wanting “unchecked power.” Harris addressed a rally in Pennsylvania’s Erie County on Monday, using a big screen to show clips of Trump’s calls to outlaw dissen...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US lawmakers on Monday voiced concern over the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, and called on the Biden administration to stop military aid to Israel. “(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu is committing human rights abuses over and over again – bombing hospitals, burning Palestinians alive, blocking food aid,...
WASHINGTON (AA) – For years the US has been “closely” tracking Iranian threats against former President Donald Trump, the White House said on Monday, warning of “severe consequences” if Tehran were to attack any US citizen. “We consider this a national and homeland security matter of the highest priority, an...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday criticized the Biden administration over the “horrors” seen in Gaza due to the actions of an “unrestrained” Israel. “The horrors unfolding in northern Gaza are the result of a completely unrestrained Netanyahu gov, fully armed by the Biden admin while...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden marked on Monday one-year anniversary of what he called a “heinous” fatal assault on a Palestinian-American mother and son that left the 6-year-old dead. Biden said he and first lady Jill Biden “continue to think” about Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, and his mother, Hanaan Shahin, sayin...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The father of a Palestinian-American child who was brutally murdered in his Midwestern home continues to dream about his son, one year after his death. Oday Al-Fayoume, the father of Wadea Al-Fayoume, recalls how everything about his child, from the way he slept to the way he laughed, would remind him of […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Japanese-American film director Neo Sora has said that the world of cinema has failed to adequately respond to the genocide in Gaza, stressing the need for a stronger reaction during his appearance at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival. US-born Sora, who posed with a Palestinian keffiyeh and a flag reading “Free ...
ANKARA (AA) – India has revoked direct rule in occupied Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the formation of a new elected government in the region. According to a notification signed by President Droupadi Murmu, the order dated October 31, 2019 in relation to the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall stand revoked immediately before [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – The Scottish National Party (SNP) has expelled a member of the Scottish Parliament following comments the lawmaker made on social media about Israel’s war on Gaza, according to press reports. John Mason, MP for Glasgow Shettleston since 2011, wrote in an August post, “If Israel wanted to commit genocide, they wo...