GAZA, Palestine (AA) — Egyptian ambulances started entering the Gaza Strip on Wednesday via the Rafah border crossing in preparation to transport critically injured Palestinian patients for treatment in Egyptian hospitals. Private broadcaster Al Qahera News reported Wednesday that 40 ambulances have passed through the crossing from Egypt. The ...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa has called on the United Nations to deploy a rapid protection force to protect the civilian population in Gaza. “All countries genuinely committed to a rules-based system underpinned by international law must act immediately,” South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation or foreign...
BERLIN (AA) – Three mosques in Germany have received packages and letters in recent days that contained racist threats against Muslims, officials have revealed. The Turkish-Muslim group DITIB, which runs the three mosques in northwestern Germany, condemned the racist incident and called on authorities to take...
ANKARA (AA) – Egypt has warned of the humanitarian and security repercussions of the Israeli ground operation in the Gaza Strip, and held Tel Aviv responsible for violating the UN resolution which called for a humanitarian cease-fire. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said the ground invasion would increase the number of casualties, a...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least six people were wounded when a drone crashed in the Egyptian resort town of Taba near the Israeli border early on Friday, the Egyptian army said. The drone crashed near a building next to Taba Hospital, leaving six people slightly injured, the army said. Egyptian authorities have launched an investigation [&helli...
Abuja, Nigeria — AFP Nigeria’s Supreme Court has rejected the opposition’s challenges to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s election victory, validating his mandate after the final legal appeal. A seven-judge panel ruled as without merit the opposition appeals over claims of fraud, electoral law violations and Tinubu’s...
–Rwanda (AA) – The military administration in Niger has claimed to have foiled an attempt by deposed President Mohamed Bazoum to flee the country this week. Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane, the government spokesperson, said Bazoum tried to escape in the wee hours of Thursday together with his family, two cooks, and two security personnel. “Th...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across Egypt in support of war-torn Gaza on Friday, with large crowds flooding into Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square, an AFP correspondent and Egyptian media said. The correspondent said several thousand packed into Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the 2011 uprising that toppled...
Tunis, Tunisia — AFP Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied in Tunisia on Wednesday outside the French embassy, condemning Western support for Israel for a deadly strike on a Gaza hospital. Some protesters were waving Palestinian flags while others demanded the ambassador be expelled, accusing France of being among the Western &...
AFP President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday Egypt did not close the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, which is the only one not under Israel’s control. In a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, he added, “the repeated bombings by Israel of the Palestinian side of the crossing have prevented operations.” Sisi al...
