LONDON (AA) – The EU has given €60 million (some $62 million) assistance package for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) through the European Peace Facility (EPF). “This assistance measure will contribute to strengthening the capacities of the LAF to enable them – in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1701 – to redepl...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticized tech billionaire Elon Musk for supporting the far-right political parties and movements in Europe. “We have the freedom of speech in Europe and in Germany, everyone can say what he wants,” Scholz told an international audience at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. “What we ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China wants a “consistent” approach to climate change as the US pulled out of the Paris agreement. The world “must follow a consistent approach in addressing climate change and improve the consistency of environmental and climate policies,” Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “C...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Indonesia has emphasized that the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza should lead to a two-state solution. “Indonesia’s stance remains unequivocal; any attempts to displace or remove Gaza’s residents are entirely unacceptable,” its Foreign Ministry said on X. The ministry warned that any efforts to relocate ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian women released as part of a prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas have revealed severe mistreatment by Israeli authorities during their detention. The accounts shed light on the struggles faced by detainees in Israeli prisons and the abuse they endured before their release. Raghad Amro, 23,...
ANKARA (AA) – Egypt has called on the European Union to provide humanitarian relief assistance and launch early recovery projects in Gaza after a cease-fire agreement that suspended Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinian enclave. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met Sunday evening in Brussels with President of the European Council A...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has said that the main priorities in Gaza is “stabilizing the ceasefire” and stepping up much-needed humanitarian aid in the war-ravaged enclave. “Our entire commitment is now aimed at helping to stabilize this ceasefire – we can help ensure that more humanitarian aid comes into Gaza and that we can help […]...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The Sudanese army has accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group of striking a power station in northern Sudan, causing a power outage in Dongola city. A military statement said the RSF attacked the Dongola power station with multiple drones which were intercepted by the army’s air defenses. The Suda...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan has opened its largest airport, in Gwadar, southwestern Balochistan province. The first commercial flight of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) landed at the Gwadar International Airport which was welcomed by Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, Balochistan Governor Jafar Khan Mandokhel and Chief Minister Sarfaraz A...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas has said that the health condition of freed Palestinian prisoners reflected Israel’s “barbarity and fascism.” The Israeli authorities released 90 Palestinian prisoners, including women and children, on Sunday night from Ofer Prison, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, under the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and ...
