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ANKARA (AA): Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza on Saturday agreed to an Egyptian-mediated cease-fire. Egyptian media including Al-Qahera News TV quoted Egyptian sources as confirming both sides’ commitment to the cease-fire proposal. “In light of the agreement of both sides, Egypt announces a cease-fire between the Palestinian and th...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israeli air strikes battered Gaza on Saturday as deadly fighting resumed after a night of relative calm, despite efforts to secure a truce. A new ceasefire proposal was circulated late Friday by Egypt, which has been mediating between the two sides, after a previous bid fell through, a Palestinian sour...
NABLUS, Palestine (AA): Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire during a military raid on Saturday in the West Bank city of Nablus, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement identified the two as Saed Jihad Masheh, 32, and Adnan Wasim Araj, 19 during the raid in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus. […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Israel’s fresh airstrikes on Friday killed two more Palestinians in the blockaded Gaza Strip, pushing the total death toll in four days to 33. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, an Israeli air strike which hit a residence in al-Nasr neighborhood of Gaza, killed two Palestinians and injured five. As Israeli...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Islamabad High Court on Friday granted bail to Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a corruption case, local media reported. Khan filed a bail petition after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Pakistan’s anti-corruption watchdog, had filed a corruption case against the popular opposition leader. The court g...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israel and fighters in Gaza traded heavy fire Friday as hopes faded of securing a truce to end days of fighting that have killed dozens, all but one of them Palestinian. The violence has been met with international calls for de-escalation, with the European Union pushing Thursday for an “immediat...
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday declared former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest in a corruption case illegal, ordering his immediate release. A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, hearing a petition seeking the ex-premier’s release asked Khan to approach the Isl...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israel continued its attacks on Gaza Thursday, the third day of the worst escalation of violence in months that has killed 25 people in the blockaded Palestinian enclave. Air strikes by the Israeli army since Tuesday have killed fighters as well as civilians, including several children, said officials ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) — A Pakistani anti-graft court sent former Prime Minister Imran Khan to police custody for eight days in a corruption case, a court record showed on Wednesday. The court, which was temporarily relocated to a police guest house in the capital Islamabad, remanded Khan to the country’s anti-corruption agency, the National Acc...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israel and fighters in Gaza traded cross-border fire Wednesday, renewing deadly violence a day after Israeli strikes killed 15 people in the Palestinian territory. Smoke billowed from the densely-populated Palestinian territory after Israel announced it was targeting rocket launching infrastructure hel...
