JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army on Thursday said it detected a number of rockets fired from Gaza but that all failed to cross into Israel. In a statement, the Israeli army said a total of seven projectiles it detected were surface-to-air rockets, all of which exploded in the air, adding that two of them […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union is “deeply concerned” by the violence at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and calls on all parties to show restraint at a time of religious holidays, an EU official has said. Speaking at the European Commission’s daily news briefing, Peter Stano, lead spokesperson on foreign affairs, confirmed that the EU [&hellip...
GENEVA (AA) – A UN expert has expressed grave concern over interference in the probe into the deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion, including threats against the investigating judge. In a statement, Margaret Satterthwaite, UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, denounced the “undue delays that have prevented justic...
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP): Top UN officials warned Wednesday that a Taliban government order banning Afghan women from working for its mission in the country would violate the world body’s charter and demanded the ban be revoked. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres demanded the ban be “immediately revoked”. “This is a ...
Washington, United States (AFP): The White House said Wednesday it was “extremely concerned” after clashes inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound and urged restraint by both Israelis and Palestinians. “We remain extremely concerned by the continuing violence and we urge all sides to avoid further escalation,” ...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army on Thursday said that at least 30 rockets were fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel. In a statement, the Israeli army said its Iron Dome air defense system intercepted 15 of the rockets fired from Lebanon toward northern Israel. The army added that it has closed its airspace to civilian flights in nort...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli settlers on Thursday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. According to eyewitnesses, police were deployed in the courtyards of the compound to secure the settlers. Israeli authorities began restricting Palestinians under 40 years old from entering the site before the Musli...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Top diplomats of Saudi Arabia and Iran met in China on Thursday, their first meeting in over seven years, said an official statement. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud met his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in the capital Beijing on Thursday, a joint statement released by the two sides [&hell...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran is probing reports about an overnight attack on a defense facility in the central city of Isfahan that was reportedly thwarted. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a weekly cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said he could not confirm the attack and that it […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye has announced that its airspace was closed to flights to and from Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah airport from April 3 because of “PKK’s hostile activities in the region.” Turkish airspace has been closed to the use of aircraft using Sulaymaniyah International Airport for landing and take-off as of Apr...
