ISTANBUL (AA) – The European Commission has proposed to strengthen the rules that prevent and combat human trafficking. Every year over 7,000 people become victims of human trafficking in the EU, a commission statement said, adding that the figure can be higher due to many undetected cases. The majority of victims are women and girls [&h...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Scores of Israeli settlers on Monday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, according to a Palestinian official. The official with the Jordan-run Jerusalem Endowment Department said 192 settlers entered the flashpoint site in groups through the ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Monday that his country is ready to resume relations with Saudi Arabia “when Riyadh is willing to.” “Tehran is ready to resume diplomatic ties with Riyadh, reopen embassies,” Amir-Abdollahian told the Tehran Dialogue Forum. The top Iranian diplomat ...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN Human Rights Office on Monday condemned Israel’s deportation of Palestinian-French human rights defender Salah Hammouri to France. “We are deeply concerned by the chilling message this sends to those working on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory,” UN Human Rights spokesperson Jeremy ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday called for the deployment of UN monitors in the occupied West Bank. The call came after two Palestinians were killed on Saturday when an Israeli settler rammed his car into them in the city of Nablus. “We call on the United Nations teams stationed […]
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia plunged into political uncertainty Sunday as its main opposition alliance called on President Kais Saied to “leave immediately”, a day after voters overwhelming snubbed elections for a neutered parliament. That comes with Saied’s government negotiating a nearly $2-billion package to bail out the ...
PARIS (AA) – Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris on Sunday on the occasion of International Migrants Day to protest against a new immigration draft law. After gathering at the Porte de la Chapelle metro station, they started walking towards the city center. The demonstrators held banners saying “France, illegal” and &#...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – A Danish television station apologized on Twitter over the weekend for airing derogatory comments comparing players on Morocco’s national football team and their families to a family of monkeys. TV 2 NEWS host Christian Høgh Andersen attempted to transition from a story featuring images of Moroccan players hugg...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Power outages continued in Ukraine’s capital Sunday after Russian missile attacks damaged energy infrastructure. Problems with water supply and heating which Kyiv suffered for two days following the latest wave of attacks have been largely resolved. Residents of Kyiv, where temperatures were below freezing throughout...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Suspected militants have killed at least one security official after they took over a portion of a police station in northwest Pakistan, demanding a “safe passage” in exchange for the release of several personnel, officials and local media reported on Monday. A group of suspected militants detained at a cou...
