ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – Iranian forces targeted areas near the northern Iraqi city of Erbil in artillery strikes on Wednesday, an Iraqi official said. Iranian strikes hit rural areas north of Erbil near the Iraqi-Iranian border, said Ihsan Chalabi, a senior official in the region’s Sidekan area. No loss of life has so far been […]
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli forces launched a rocket attack on Syria’s southern province of Quneitra, Syrian media reported on Wednesday. Israeli forces targeted the Hader town with rockets, according to the official SANA news agency. The attack caused only material damage, it added. Israeli officials generally avoid making statements about at...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has arrested two European nationals for allegedly “fomenting chaos and social disorder,” without revealing their nationalities. In a statement on Wednesday, the Intelligence Ministry said the detainees had been sent by “foreign conspirators” to carry out destabilizing activities in the country. The two arre...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least three people were killed and several others wounded when a bomb blast targeted a security checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, an official said. Somali police spokesman Abdifatah Adan Hassan told Anadolu Agency that two security personnel were among the dead in the attack on the secu...
ANKARA (AA) – A Palestinian official on Wednesday denied reports about receiving an Israeli request to launch a joint investigation into the death of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Abu Akleh, 51, was shot dead when she was covering an Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin Wednesday morning. Another […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Health Ministry on Wednesday said the Israeli forces shot dead Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh when she was covering an Israeli raid in the northern Jenin city of the occupied West Bank. Another journalist, Ali Al-Samoudi, was shot in the back, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry....
The American Library Association, the American Federation of Teachers, and more than two dozen other organizations on Tuesday formed a coalition to fight the far-right’s record-breaking censorship barrage—wherein nearly 1,600 books were targeted for removal from public shelves and schools across the United States in 2021. The goal of Uni...
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a measure recognizing congressional workers’ right to form a union. House Resolution 915 was adopted after a 217-202 vote along party lines, with no Republicans voting in favor. The resolution was introduced in February by Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.), a former union organizer, who welcome...
ANKARA (AA) – Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. “I’m experiencing mild symptoms and am following the experts’ advice by isolating until I’m healthy again. I’m fortunate to be vaccinated and boosted and have access to t...
GENEVA (AA) – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that a visit to Ukraine made him aware of a convergence of global crises like the war there, the coronavirus pandemic, a worldwide food and energy crisis and migration and climate issues that need solving with “real global leadership.” WHO Director-General T...
