JERUSALEM (AA) –An Israeli government committee has approved in principle a fresh plan to construct settlement units in the southern part of occupied East Jerusalem, an Israeli NGO said on Tuesday. The plan includes the construction of 1,446 settlement homes in the Lower Aqueduct settlement in the Palestinian town of Sur Baher, and between the...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh has welcomed a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that rejected preliminary objections of Myanmar and cleared the way for a Rohingya genocide case filed by The Gambia to proceed. The ruling rejected the four preliminary objections on legal and procedural grounds, according to a statemen...
NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – Israeli army killed two Palestinians in northern West Bank on Sunday, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said. In a statement, the humanitarian organization said “two Palestinians were killed by Israeli army’s bullets during an operation at dawn on Sunday, in the old city of Nablus.” The two mar...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in the Gaza Strip held protest demonstrations on Sunday against the administrative detention policy of Israel. The protest was organized on Sunday by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in front of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City. Protest...
GENEVA (AA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has rejected Myanmar’s preliminary objections in a Rohingya genocide case brought by Gambia. In its judgment, which is final and without appeal, the ICJ unanimously rejected the first, second, and third preliminary objections raised and the fourth objection with one dissenting ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The chief of India’s Border Security Force claimed on Thursday that Bangladeshis killed along the border were criminals, ignoring his government’s commitment not to use lethal weapons during cross-border movements. Pankaj Kumar Singh, the force’s director general, made the remarks at a press conferenc...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Muslim women in Uganda have complained in the parliament that they are being forced to remove their veils before getting any services. The women said that apart from being forced to remove veils before being photographed at passport offices, some schools force female students to remove their veils. Female MP for [&...
ANKARA (AA) – The French president on Wednesday called for a direct dialogue between Israel and Palestine. “In the short term, we know, this first requires the end of unilateral measures on the ground,” Emmanuel Macron said in a joint news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at Elysee Palace in Paris. “I am thinking [&hel...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Fakhri al-Barghouthi spent 33 years in Israeli prisons for his role in the struggle against the Israeli occupation. Inspired by freedom movements all over the world and believing in the ability to liberate Palestine from Israeli rule, he along with many other Palestinians joined the resistance more than 40 year...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have staged rallies to demand legal protection to detainees held by Israel. “Freedom to Detainees” and “No to Administrative Detention” were among banners waved by protesters during the rally held outside the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City. “The [&h...
