RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Three Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Sunday. The injuries occurred in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces during a raid in the town of Tubas in the northern West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. The injured were rushed to the [&hel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Friday hailed “successes” achieved during the visit of US President Joe Biden to the country. Biden’s visit “has attained successes to be discussed years from now,” Lapid said, without providing further details. Biden left Israel earlier on Friday for Saudi Arabia, ...
BETHLEHEM CITY, Palestine (AA) – US President Joe Biden on Friday voiced pessimism about the two-state solution to the conflict between Palestinians and Israel. “I know the goal of the two states seems so far away while indignities like restrictions on movement and travel or the daily worry of your children’s safety are real and [&hellip...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US House of Representatives approved on Thursday an amendment to the annual defense spending bill that restricts the sale of F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits to Türkiye. The amendment put forward by New Jersey lawmaker Frank Pallone passed 244-179 with strong Democratic support and 60 votes of approval comin...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Gaza Strip is facing the fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Palestinian Health Ministry has announced. A ministry statement said the seaside territory has seen a rise in virus infections in recent days. The ministry said the new COVID-19 wave is caused by the BA5 omicron subvariant. The […]
Banjul, Gambia – (AFP) A Gambian court on Wednesday sentenced five former members of the intelligence service to death for the murder of a political activist during the rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. High Court Justice Kumba Sillah-Camara pronounced the sentence against the former head of the National Intelligence Agency, Yankuba Badj...
JERUSALEM (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, responding to an earlier request, has finally invited the family of slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to a meeting in Washington. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Wednesday told reporters aboard US President Joe Biden’s plane flying to Israel that Blinken had spok...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the international community’s special political mission in Yemen. The authorization was set to expire July 15 but the vote extends the UN Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) for one year. The vote was conducted in an exceptionally rare fashion w...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) on Wednesday lifted force majeure on the terminals of Zueitina and Brega after almost four months of closure. In a statement, NOC said a tanker was allowed to carry condensate for use in power generation in Libya’s eastern region. Outgoing NOC chairman Mustafa Sanalla said negotiatio...
LONDON (AA) – More than 50 detainees and unarmed men were killed by British troops in Afghanistan, according to newly obtained military reports and an investigation by the BBC. BBC Panorama program on Tuesday night looked into documents of operations by the Special Air Service (SAS) – a British elite unit used in special operations […]...
