JERUSALEM: Dozens of Palestinians performed Friday prayers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem to express their rejection of Israel’s plan to evict Palestinian families from their homes in favor of settlers. Palestinians say more than 200 Palestinians participated in Friday prayers, which were held on a street ne...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu discussed the Ukraine conflict with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Friday. The two military chiefs discussed “the pressing issues of international security,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. Austin called for de-escalation of tension around Ukraine...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkiye killed six PKK members in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Friday. The “terrorists” were preparing for an attack on the Operation Olive Branch area, the ministry said on Twitter. Since 2016, Ankara has launched a trio of anti-terror operations across its border in northern Syria to preve...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Friday it had failed to intercept a drone fired from Lebanon and breached the country’s airspace. “It is clear from the preliminary investigation that earlier today, a small wireless drone was spotted inside Lebanon, flying towards Israeli territory,” army spokesman Avichay Adraee tweeted. ...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s Justice Minister Marco Buschmann on Friday acknowledged the country’s failures to address problems of racism and discrimination. “We have not been able to protect our fellow citizens from the murderous hate and madness that has grown in our society,” he said in a statement, marking the second anniversary of the ra...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – A Tunisian politician has called for forming a “national salvation front” to pull the North African country out of its political crisis. The call was made by Ahmed Najib Chebbi, a leading member of Al-Amal Party during a gathering of political and parliamentary figures, organized on Thursday in the capital Tunis […...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Niger on Friday confirmed that it has agreed to allow French and European special forces withdrawing from Mali to be deployed on its territory. The announcement came from President Mohamed Bazoum a day after European leaders said forces stationed in Mali for counterterrorism missions will be pulled out due to “multiple [&...
Two years after a far-right terror attack in the German town of Hanau, migrant communities are still living in fear and anxiety, eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency. On the night of Feb. 19, 2020, Ozkan Rutbil saw extremist Tobias Rathjen shooting at people he targeted as foreign-looking. The 43-year-old assailant attacked two cafes in Hanau, kil...
Turkey has become an attractive destination for Muslims fleeing France due to Islamophobia. That’s according to a report by French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche on Wednesday. Many young French Muslims are also settling in Gulf countries or applying for Canadian citizenship. French authorities have long been accused of discriminating against...
A special court in Gujarat, India, sentenced 38 Muslims to death today for a series of bombings that shook the city of Ahmedabad in 2008. It was the first time that so many accused have received death sentences in a single case in India. The Indian Mujahideen, an unknown organization, had claimed that the bombings […]
