RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A general strike paralyzed the West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday amid Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian property. All shops closed doors on Sunday in response to a call by the Palestinian Fatah group to stage a strike in the city, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter. Manal Daana, an […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Saturday rejected critical comments by German officials about Qatar’s human rights record. On Thursday, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said Qatar hosting the World Cup 2022 was “very tricky” for Germany, alleging human rights abuses by Doha. Qatar summoned the...
U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday called for a moratorium on forced returns of refugees and migrants to Burma. His comments follow news that Malaysia deported two Burmese nationals who sought protection through the U.N. refugee agency on Oct. 6. More than 100 other nationals from Burma, some of whom had serious protection [&hel...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army arrested 30 Palestinians on Thursday during raids in several cities and towns in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners Club, a non-governmental organization, stated that the Israeli army “carried out a campaign of arrests that targeted 30 Palestinians from several governorates...
Global journalists’ associations have condemned the murder of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif on Sunday in Kenya. The groups have called for immediate and speedy investigations into the case. Sharif was shot by Kenyan police officers at a roadblock in Kajiado County, about an hour’s drive from the capital Nairobi. Kenyan police have said t...
Heavy shelling from Burma along the Bandarban border district of Bangladesh has forced hundreds of families to flee for safety. Bullets from Burma again landed inside Bangladesh’s Lemuchhari and Bahirmath areas Saturday violating the border, according to fleeing locals. The shelling occurred in a roughly 12-mile area near the border in Burmese...
On Sunday, thousands of Palestinians bid farewell to two men killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank. Mourners participated in the funeral procession for 32-year-old Rabi Arafah Rabi in the city of Qalqilya, Anadolu Agency reports. Rabi died Saturday from wounds sustained from an Israeli bullet to the head at a military checkpoint, [&...
PARIS (AA) – Tears of the Seine, an animated short film, has received attention in France and globally. The film has won a bronze medal at the Student Oscars in Los Angeles. It sheds light on the bloody police crackdown on the demonstration by Algerians in Paris on Oct. 17, 1961, in which hundreds of […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ukraine’s president urged the European Union on Thursday to speed up shipments of air defense systems, noting that nearly a third of the country’s power stations have been destroyed in Russian attacks. In a video address to an EU leaders meeting in Brussels, Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed the latest developments regar...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh on Thursday said Myanmar has agreed to take back the Rohingya refugees under a bilateral agreement signed in November 2017. “The good news is that the current Myanmar government has agreed to take back Rohingya citizens, and is developing facilities in the Rakhine State,” Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said...
