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ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan and Afghanistan on Friday strongly condemned the Israeli army attack and killing of innocents in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. In a statement, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said Islamabad strongly condemns the Israeli brutal attack on the city and camp of Jenin in the state of Palestine, killin...
ANKARA (AA) – A week after a Quran burning in Stockholm, Israel’s envoy to Sweden said Tel Aviv and the local Jewish community had prevented a burning of the Torah, in coordination with Swedish officials. Ziv Nevo Kulman announced on Twitter that the Torah burning was planned to take place in front of Israeli Embassy […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – CIA chief William Burns has begun an unannounced visit to the Palestinian territories and Tel Aviv, coinciding with the escalation of tensions between the two sides. The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said on Friday that Burns arrived in Tel Aviv on Thursday and met with senior Israeli officials, including the head of ...
Lahore, Pakistan (AFP): Several thousand people rallied in Pakistan after Friday prayers to voice outrage over right-wing protests targeting the Quran in Sweden and the Netherlands. Blasphemy and insults to Islam are galvanising issues in Pakistan, where leaders have regularly voiced concerns about rising Islamophobia on the international stag...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – A far-right Danish politician torched copies of the Holy Quran near a mosque Friday and outside the premises of the Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen. Rasmus Paludan, known for his Islamophobic extremism, staged a similar stunt Jan. 21 and announced he would burn the holy book of the Muslims every Friday until [&he...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Families of the victims of the 2020 Beirut port explosion rallied Thursday to support the judge who has resumed work on the politically-charged case in a daring challenge to Lebanon’s entrenched ruling elite. Experts have warned that the battle between investigative judge Tarek Bitar and top prosecutor Ghassan Ouei...
Paris, France (AFP): France has declared that it will recall its ambassador from Burkina Faso, barely a day after agreeing to demands from the ruling junta to pull out troops from the former French colony in Africa’s Sahel region. “In the context of the latest developments in Burkina Faso, we have decided to recall our […]
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israel has launched air strikes on Gaza as part of the deadliest army raid on the occupied West Bank in years. Israel said it had carried out at least two rounds of strikes targeting the Hamas resistance movement. Israel alleged that the massive attack has been launched in response to […]
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories (AFP): The Palestinian Authority said Thursday it was suspending security coordination with Israel after a deadly army raid in the occupied West Bank, a move that could significantly impact Palestinian civilians. “Security coordination with the Israeli occupation government no longer exists as of now,...
Lafia, Nigeria (AFP): The death toll from a bomb blast that struck a group of herders in central Nigeria has risen to 40 from 27, the local government said Thursday. The explosion on Wednesday took place in Rukubi, a village on the border between Nasarawa and Benue states, a region known for ethnic and religious […]
