The detention of a 10-year-old boy by German police during a free-Palestine protest has sparked backlash on social media. Footage on X showed several German police officers first chasing a 10-year-old boy and then taking him to a police car after catching him. Many users mocked the Berlin police for chasing the boy.
ANKARA (AA) – Celtic football club fans have expressed solidarity with the people of Palestine facing Israel’s devastating attacks. Fans of the Scottish team displayed pro-Palestine banners during a Wednesday night UEFA Champions League match in Glasgow against Slovan Bratislava. “They can oppress you, they can imprison you, but th...
BERLIN (AA) – An apartment fire that claimed the lives of a Turkish Muslim mother and her 4-year-old son was deliberately set, German authorities say. “We do not believe that there was a technical defect, but rather that the fire was caused intentionally,” Ingo Kechichian, a spokesman for public prosecutors, told public broad...
MADRID (AA) – A large group of people staged a demonstration Sunday in support of Palestine in the Spanish capital Madrid. Responding to a call from civil society organizations, the crowd gathered at Sol Square, waving Palestinian flags and wearing Palestinian scarves. They protested Israel’s killing of over 40,000 people in Gaza in the ...
Washington, United States – AFP British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Joe Biden on Friday delayed a decision to let Ukraine fire long-range Western-supplied missiles into Russia, a plan that sparked dire threats from Moscow of a war with NATO. Starmer told reporters at the White House that he had a “wide-ranging disc...
ANKARA (AA) – The status of the Muslim majority region of Crimea occupied by Russia remains a point of contention between Moscow and Ankara. However, Russia is making every effort to persuade its Turkish counterparts of its position, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says. During a press conference in Moscow, asked to comment on recent statement...
LONDON (AA) – Palestine’s envoy to the UK urged the US and the international community to hold Israel accountable for the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist. Speaking to the media, Ambassador Husam Zomlot said that Israel has not only killed Palestinians but also citizens from other nations, including the US,...
LONDON (AA) – The UK government has unveiled a proposal to abolish the remaining hereditary peers’ right to sit and vote in the House of Lords, marking the most significant parliamentary reform in a quarter-century. Announced by ministers on Thursday, the bill seeks to remove the final 92 hereditary peers from the upper chamber, br...
Germany has deported 28 Afghan nationals back to Afghanistan. This is the country’s first deportation flight since the Taliban re-took control of the country in 2021. The deportees were previously convicted of crimes and residing illegally in Germany. They were sent home following a fatal knife attack in the city of Solingen on August ...
LONDON (AA) – Palestine supporters blockaded the London office of global advisory and advocacy company APCO Worldwide on Tuesday for lobbying Israel’s largest weapons firm, Elbit Systems. Members of Palestine Action arrived at APCO Worldwide’s office in central London at 7.45 a.m. local time and sprayed red paint on the premises by using...
