BERLIN (AA) – A peaceful demonstration by students at Berlin’s Free University to draw attention to Israeli attacks in Gaza took a dramatic turn as police took action against the protesters in response to a request from the school administration. In the auditorium of the Rostlaube building, a significant number of students gathered to ex...
ANKARA (AA) – The wife of a Harvard University professor was caught on camera harassing a Harvard graduate student for wearing a keffiyeh. In the footage, Eve Gerber follows the student wearing the keffiyeh and says, “Thank you for walking through neighborhoods and making families feel unsafe with your terrorist scarf”. The f...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 3,714 Palestinian students have been killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank since October 7, the Ministry of Education has said. The ministry said 3,679 students were killed and 5,429 others injured in Israel in the Gaza Strip, while 35 students lost their lives […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has admitted that it targeted the Buraq School in the blockaded Gaza Strip where dozens of civilians were killed. Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a statement that the military killed Hamas members who “held about a thousand residents of the Gaza Strip hostage in the Rantisi hospital [&hellip...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has detained and suspended a high school teacher for speaking out against Israeli forces’ raping Palestinian women. “A high school teacher was detained and suspended from his job on the grounds that he accused Israeli soldiers of raping Palestinian women and legitimized the attacks of Hamas on October 7,” th...
CALIFORNIA (AA) – A group of students at California’s Stanford University has staged a 19-day sit-in protest, calling on the university to condemn Israel’s siege of Gaza and vowing to continue until their demands are met. “For our Palestinian brothers and sisters, we want to keep the conversation going in regards to the...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army on Wednesday said it struck the Islamic University of Gaza, claiming it is an “important Hamas operational, political and military center.” “Hamas transformed a university into a training camp for weapons development and military intelligence,” it said. The Islamic University of Gaza wa...
Funds had been frozen in December 2022 due to the interim Taliban administration’s ban on women working in non-governmental organizations BRUSSELS, Belgium – The EU has announced to release €140 million (nearly $150 million) in aid for education, healthcare, agriculture, and women’s economic advancement in Afghanistan. The fu...
They stress urgency because loan repayments, paused for three years because of pandemic, are scheduled to resume Oct. 1 WASHINGTON – Leaders of 20 cities and counties have called on President Joe Biden to expedite promised student debt relief. They represent more than 1.2 million borrowers with about $50 billion in student loan Although ...
Asni, Morocco — AFP In the earthquake-hit mountains of Morocco, 13-year-old Abdessamad El Berd gets up before dawn to make the long trek to the tent city that is his new school, walking by torchlight and careful to avoid roaming dogs. His father accompanies him on the 14-kilometre walk from their remote village of Tinghar to […]
