LONDON (AA) – Britain is preparing to launch a wave of air strikes against Houthis in Yemen who have been targeting Israel-bound vessels in the Red Sea, according to a media report. Under the plans, the UK would join with the US and possibly another European country to unleash a salvo of missiles against preplanned […]
LONDON (AA) – British Foreign Secretary David Cameron held a phone call on Sunday with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to discuss the attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on vessels in the Red Sea. Cameron told Amir-Abdollahian that the attacks “threaten innocent lives and the global economy.” “I made clear that Iran ...
PARIS (AA) – While most of Paris is busy with preparations to celebrate New Year’s Eve, locals in the suburbs of the French capital came together with members of the Palestinian diaspora in Europe in solidarity with each other and people in the Gaza Strip, devastated over the past 12 weeks by relentless Israeli attacks. […]
ANKARA (AA) – French police will deploy 90,000 police officers on New Year’s Eve because of a “high level of terror threat,” the nation’s interior minister said on Friday. Gerald Darmanin visited the Paris police department to inspect the preparations for Sunday, according to local broadcaster BFMTV. He thanked the nati...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel has given preliminary approval to Cyprus for a maritime humanitarian corridor to ship aid to Gaza, the Israeli foreign ministry said Thursday. The proposal would allow badly needed international aid to be checked “with Israeli supervision” in Cyprus before delivery, it said. Last week the UN ...
ATHENS (AA) – A left-wing French parliamentarian slammed the speaker for ignoring lawmaker Meyer Habib’s defence of Israel’s war crimes. “Unconditional supporters of Israeli war criminals protect each other. A French MP can therefore calmly apologize for war crimes. What a shame!” Thomas Portes, a lawmaker from the France Unb...
LONDON (AA) – Human rights groups and independent bodies in the UK have condemned London, accusing it of being complicit in Israel’s alleged war crimes by continuing arms sales. They argue that failure to cease weapon exports to Israel, deemed in violation of international humanitarian law, warrants scrutiny and criticism. The Glob...
The Hague, Netherlands – AFP A group of Dutch civil servants staged an unusual protest in front of the country’s Foreign Affairs Ministry on Thursday to call for a cease-fire in war-torn Gaza. Around 150 ministerial workers held up placards and unfurled a banner reading “Civil Servants Demand Cease-fire” over lunchtime,...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said that “the time has come for Europeans to speak clearly and with one voice” on Israel’s brutal attacks on the Gaza Strip. “Not because the world is watching or because history will judge us … but because human beings are suffering; little children are […]
ANKARA (AA) – The French foreign minister expressed wish on Tuesday for “another immediate lasting truce” in Gaza. Catherine Colonna, in a joint news conference with her British counterpart David Cameron in Paris, said: “I believe our efforts converge to … wish for another immediate lasting truce.” “For our ...
