As the world commemorates Labor Day, a deeper, lesser-known chapter of labor history surfaces, overshadowed by the iconic 1886 protests in Chicago’s Haymarket Square. Over two decades earlier, on April 29, 1865, a significant but overlooked labor uprising occurred in Srinagar, capital of Indian held Jammu and Kashmir, marking perhaps the...
ANKARA (AA) – A French publisher has said many people are trying to muzzle voices critical of Israel in France and announced the re-release of the book “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.” La Fabrique told the media that the book by renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe, which discusses the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people [&he...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – Israeli warplanes targeted the surroundings of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza with airstrikes overnight, causing casualties among displaced people and medical teams, an official said early Friday. Ashraf Al-Qudra, the Health Ministry spokesman in Gaza, said similar strikes were conducted on hospitals in the central and ...
Located in the occupied West Bank, the site is the earliest example of permanent human settlement JERUSALEM, Palestine – Tell es-Sultan in the ancient Palestinian city of Jericho has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is the oldest known agrarian city in the world, dating back to 10,000 BC. Located in the […]
Tell al-Sultan in Jericho is prehistoric archeological site that houses oldest continuously inhabited settlement in world JERUSALEM, Palestine – The site of Tell al-Sultan in Jericho, Palestine, has been inscribed on the World Heritage List UNESCO. The site is a prehistoric archeological site that houses the oldest continuously inhabited...
Jericho, Palestinian Territories – AFP UNESCO inscribed the prehistoric site of Tell al-Sultan, near the Palestinian city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, on its World Heritage List Sunday, in a move criticised by Israel. Tell al-Sultan, which predates Egypt’s pyramids, is an oval-shaped tell, or mound, in the Jordan Valley, a...
Tunis, Tunisia – AFP Tunisia’s renowned Bardo museum reopened to the public on Thursday, AFP journalists reported, after over two years of closure coinciding with a power grab by President Kais Saied. The largest museum in Tunisia, with collections of rare mosaics and other artefacts housed in a 19th century Ottoman governor’...
Haaland, the first Native American minister, says history of residential schools and missing Indigenous women and girls is painful OTTAWA, Canada – U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has sought a joint healing process between Canada and the U.S. to overcome the painful legacy of Indigenous peoples. Haaland, the first Native American mem...
New Delhi, India – AFP India was buzzing with speculation Tuesday over rumoured plans to scrap official usage of the country’s English name, after a state-issued invite sent to world leaders referred to it as “Bharat”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has worked to remove lingering symbols of British rule...
– Bosnians must insist on coexistence, mutual respect and tolerance, says Sarajevo Canton Parliament Speaker Elvedin Okeric BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnians gathered on Monday to commemorate the 28th anniversary of a 1995 massacre that took the lives of 43 people and injured nearly 84. The Markale marketplace shelling was one of th...
