COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – Greenland’s prime minister stated Monday that the Arctic territory “will never be for sale” following comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump expressing interest in owning the island. “Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and we will never be for sale,” Mute Egede told Danish newswire Ritzau. Trump said on [&...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel confirmed Monday that it assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and warned the leadership of Yemen’s Houthi group of similar action. Defense Minister Israel Katz’s comments, aired on Israel’s public broadcaster, followed a ballistic missile strike two days earlier by the Houthis which Israel’s air defense system...
BALIKESIR, Türkiye (AA) – A blast at an explosives production facility in Türkiye’s western Balikesir province Tuesday left 12 people dead and several others injured, according to authorities. According to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, 12 were killed and 4 others injured in the explosion in Karesi district. Earlier, Balikesir Governor...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A UK-based Syrian rights group has said that it has compiled a list of around 16,200 members of the ousted Assad regime accused of crimes against civilians. “The ousted Assad regime committed serious violations that affected millions of Syrians,” the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said in a statement. The ri...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Two former Israeli intelligence officers say that Mossad controlled “every aspect” of the attacks on Lebanon and Syria in September. Planning for the two-day act of terror, which killed 30 and injured over 3,000 on September 17 and 18, began a decade ago by weaponizing walkie-talkies, according to former Mossad offi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatar will have an active and purposeful role in Syria’s reconstruction and development process, said Ahmed al-Sharaa, head of Syria’s new administration. He was speaking at a press conference after meeting in Damascus with Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Al-Khulaifi, the first official Qatari...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights office has underscored its commitment and that of other international mechanisms to ensure accountability for human rights violations in Syria. “The High Commissioner (Volker Turk) has stated our Office and other international mechanisms – including the Independent International Commission of Inqui...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AA) – Following the collapse of the Assad regime, soldiers and security personnel are surrendering their weapons and registering at reconciliation centers established by the new interim government. In the wake of the regime’s collapse on December 8, a former military conscription office in Mezze in the capital Damascus now fun...
Ontario MP Chandra Arya, a long time ally of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is calling for his resignation. Arya told CBC News that a leadership change is vital. It is being reported that over 50 MPs in the Ontario Liberal caucus are reaching a consensus that Trudeau must step aside. Quebec MP […]
Amazon workers, led by the Teamsters union, have expanded their strike to seven delivery hubs across the U.S. They are demanding higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions. Around 200 union members demonstrated at an Amazon center in Queens last Friday. The Staten Island JFK8 warehouse joined the strike, marking the [&h...
