BERLIN (AA) – A 6-member German family was killed in the Israeli bombing of Gaza, German media reported. According to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, Yousuf Abujadallah, who worked as a doctor in Germany, his wife Ayah, and their children Salahuddin (10), Mohammed (9), Abdulrahman (3) and Omar, an infant, were killed in Gaza as [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that he will seek reelection in March 2024, a move that could win him an unprecedented fifth term in office. “I won’t hide how at different times I had different thoughts. But now is the time when you need to make a decision. I will run […]
DUBAI – AFP German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said her country expected Israel to adapt its military action in order to alleviate civilian suffering and to allow more humanitarian aid. “Things cannot go on as they are now” and “no one can remain indifferent when thousands of children are killed,” she s...
GENEVA (AA) – Austria has announced that it is restoring aid funds for Palestine and releasing €17.5 million (approximately $18.8 million) for nine projects that had been frozen by Vienna after the events of October 7. The funds will be used for nine projects totaling €17.5 million (approximately $18.8 million), the Foreign Ministry said...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The EU and China have responsibilities to work for peace and security, and find solutions to global challenges including in the Middle East, an EU leader said on Thursday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Beijing and the European bloc need “to do everything possible to work for a two-state [&h...
BERLIN (AA) — Germany on Wednesday said that the EU member states will discuss possible sanctions on Israeli settlers. The German Foreign Ministry spokesman told a news conference in Berlin that the issue will be discussed during an EU foreign ministers meeting next week. “We welcome that the US has adopted a clear stance, as […]
LONDON (AA) – The British government was urged Monday to act to end Israel’s war against Palestinians in Gaza, which since Oct. 7 has killed nearly 15,900 people. The call to act came at an urgent question session in the House of Commons as the “humanitarian pause” in Gaza ended last Friday with Israel resuming […]
LONDON (AA) – What is happening in Gaza is simply about “Israeli expansion at the expense of the Palestinian people,” according to Jeremy Corbyn, the former head of the UK’s main opposition Labour Party. Speaking to the media, Corbyn defined the resumption of Israeli attacks as “abominable and appalling.” “The bombing has started again. ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has warned of war expansion in the region if Israeli forces continue to commit war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian spoke by phone with European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell about the latest developments on Israel’s a...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s chancellor has called on newly industrialized countries like China and India to support a newly founded climate fund for the world’s most vulnerable countries. Addressing the UN climate summit in Dubai, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said climate change remains the world’s biggest challenge, and countries should step up t...
