ANKARA (AA) – UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has strongly criticized an Israeli draft bill aimed at recruiting volunteers as prison guards, warning that it could lead to increased abuses against Palestinian detainees. In a post on X, Albanese called the proposal “so sickening,” saying “Israel MUST BE STOPPED: starti...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen has threatened to assassinate Yemen’s Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi as regional tension continues to escalate over Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. “I’m sending a message to the Houthi leader that if he continues with his actions, he will end up exactly like (Hamas leader ...
ANKARA (AA) – World Health Organization (WHO) director-general has called on Israel to stop attacks on hospitals in the Gaza Strip. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X that “Hospitals in #Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat.” He stressed that the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza w...
ANKARA (AA) – World leaders paid tribute to former US President Jimmy Carter, highlighting his lifelong dedication to peace, democracy and humanitarian causes. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban highlighted Carter’s contribution to Hungary during a challenging time. “By returning the Holy Crown to the people of Hungary at the en...
ISTANBUL (AA) — Asma Assad, the British-born wife of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, has been effectively barred from returning to the UK after her British passport expired, according to local media. Without a valid passport, Asma Assad cannot return to her hometown London, according to the Sunday Times. Moscow confirmed earlier this mon...
ABU DHABI (AA) — Two people were killed on Sunday when a light aircraft crashed into the sea in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The crash took place off the coast of Ras al-Khaimah emirate, killing its pilot and co-pilot, the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said in a statement cited by the state news […]
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US President, has died at the age of 100. He was President from 1977 to 1981. Carter was the oldest living former president. It was during his presidency that former USSR invaded Afghanistan. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his post-presidency humanitarian work. Carter spent his last […]
ANKARA (AA) – South Korean authorities declared 177 passengers and crew dead, two missing, and two rescued after a plane crashed at Muan International Airport on Sunday. Earlier, officials of the Jeolla Fire Department, while briefing passengers’ families at the airport, said that “out of the 181 passengers, most are presumed dead,...
DAMASCUS / BEIRUT (AA) — At least 70 officers of Syria’s deposed Assad regime who had fled to Lebanon have reportedly been handed over to Syria’s new administration. “The army on Saturday handed over to the Syrian Military Operations Directorate approximately 70 Syrian nationals, including officers of various ranks from the f...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A private Israeli broadcaster, in an investigative report aired late Saturday, said a bomb was planted in Ismail Haniyeh’s room in his Tehran residence. Haniyeh was killed inside his residence during a visit to Tehran on July 31. The assassination was carried out with a “precision bomb” placed inside Haniyeh&...
