GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 10 Palestinians were killed and 15 others injured Monday as Israeli forces shelled a UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) school sheltering hundreds of displaced people in the Al-Rimal neighborhood west of Gaza City. Palestinian medical sources at Al-Shifa Medical Complex reported that ...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran has dismissed allegations of its involvement in the killing of three US soldiers in the border region between Syria and Jordan on Sunday, saying it “does not interfere” in the decisions of regional groups. In a statement Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said “resistance groups” in the West Asian region...
DAMASCUS (AA) – Several Iranian military advisers were killed in an Israeli attack south of the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday, according to Syria’s state-run news agency SANA. SANA, citing a military source, said the Israeli attack targeted a number of sites south of Damascus. Several Syrian civilians were also killed in the attack, ...
RAMALLAH – AFP Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh says that Israel’s war on UNRWA is “not new” and that it aims to “disrupt the decision of the ICJ”. “Israel’s war on UNRWA is not new, and it is working to liquidate the agency’s role because of its connection to the refugee issue ...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 165 Palestinians were killed and 290 others injured in 24 hours as Israel continued its onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Sunday. “The Israeli occupation committed 19 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 165 martyrs and 290 injured during the past 24 [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – Over a dozen Rohingya Muslims were killed in Myanmar army’s artillery attacks in the country’s western Rakhine state, said a human rights activist on Saturday. Ro Nay San Lwin, co-founder of Free Rohingya Coalition, an umbrella network of Rohingya refugees, said the Myanmar military targeted the community in Hpo...
TEHRAN (AA) – At least nine foreign nationals were killed by unidentified assailants in southeastern Iran, according to an Iranian media report. The semi-official Mehr News Agency on Saturday reported that “unidentified” armed men killed nine non-Iranians in the city of Saravan in the Sistan-Baluchestan province. “Accor...
GENEVA (AA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ordered Israel to take “all measures within its power” to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, but fell short of ordering a cease-fire. South Africa brought a genocide case against Israel to the ICJ earlier this month and asked it to grant emergency measures [&hell...
Mumbai, India-AFP Authorities in India’s financial capital Mumbai have torn down several Muslim-owned makeshift shopfronts after religious clashes sparked by a divisive Hindu temple that was opened this week by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Minor clashes broke out Sunday in parts of Mumbai, including one incident where Hindus chanting re...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatar told Israel that Palestinian group Hamas has suspended talks for a prisoner swap deal, according to Israeli media on Thursday. “Hamas told Qatari mediators that it demands a full Israeli troop withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and an end to the war on the first stage of any prisoner swap deal,” […]
