Tel Aviv, Israel (AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mobilised police and army reserves late Friday after one man was killed and five people were wounded in a car-ramming attack in central Tel Aviv. The Magen David Adom emergency service said in a statement a man aged about 30 had been declared dead and five […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli settlers on Friday vandalized Palestinian properties and closed the entrance to Ramallah city in the occupied West Bank. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that settlers living in the settlement of Bet El closed the entrance leading to Ramallah and Al-Bireh cities using rocks and garbage containers, and prevente...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Pro-democracy activists in Sudan marched against the army and paramilitaries Thursday as the civilian opposition marked a key anniversary in the decades-old struggle against military rule with new protests. April 6 is a symbolic date for Sudan’s civilian opposition — the anniversary of uprisings in 1985 and 2...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday rejected “foreign diktats” from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is in stalled talks with the heavily indebted country over a bailout package. “Regarding the IMF, foreign diktats that will lead to more poverty are unacceptable,” Saied told repor...
Jerusalem, Undefined (AFP): Two Israeli sisters were killed and their mother seriously wounded in a shooting in the occupied West Bank on Friday, hours after Israel bombarded Gaza and Lebanon. The broadening of the conflict since Israeli police stormed into Al-Aqsa Mosque drew appeals for restraint from the international community but Israel s...
Jerusalem, Undefined (AFP): Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip and Lebanon before dawn on Friday, saying it was in retaliation for several dozen rockets fired at Israel from both territories. It was the biggest salvo fired from Lebanon since Israel fought a devastating 34-day war with Iran-backed group Hezbollah in 2006 and the first time Israel ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that NATO is building up its forces and means along the member countries’ borders with Moscow and Minsk. “NATO forces and assets are being built up near the borders of Belarus and the Russian Federation, they are especially concerned about the Kaliningrad region,” L...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – As Pakistan grapples with one of the worst economic crises, tens of millions struggle to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan amid skyrocketing inflation. Decades-high inflation and a massive devaluation of the local currency have drastically reduced the already dwindling buying power of millions of Pakistanis, making i...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Kremlin has said that Russia would respond “appropriately” to the deployment of American nuclear weapons in military bases in Europe. Speaking to reporters in Moscow following a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “In general, the i...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh has strongly condemned Israeli forces for a raid on unarmed Muslim worshippers at the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque in the holy month of Ramadan in occupied East Jerusalem. The Foreign Ministry in a statement condemned the attack, saying Israeli forces on Wednesday morning used violence against worshippers and civilia...
