NEW DELHI (AA) – The death toll in the violence over the demolition drive of “illegal structures” in a town of northern Indian state of Uttarakhand rose to five despite strict restrictions on a third consecutive day, officials said on Saturday. Authorities had imposed a curfew and shut down the internet in the Banbhoolpura area […...
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – At least three police officers were killed during a protest against alleged rigging in Feb. 8 Pakistan polls in North Waziristan tribal district on Saturday, state media reported, while the candidate’s party claimed that the fire was opened by security forces. The state-run Pakistan TV reported th...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has warned that it will halt its operations within weeks if international funding remains suspended. “Our operations are likely to come to an end in the next few weeks if funding remains suspended,” UNRWA spokesperson Juliette Touma told Al-Jazeera television. Several countries have ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A paramedic was killed and two others were injured in an Israeli airstrike as they were evacuating injured Palestinians in Gaza City, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRSC) said. “Israeli forces deliberately targeted the Red Crescent team as they were carrying out a coordinated humanitarian mission to evacuate ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine has welcomed Saudi Arabia’s rejection of a normalization deal with Israel without recognition of a Palestinian state on lands it had in 1967. “We thank the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its firm position, and efforts to stand alongside the Palestinian people and their just cause,” said...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces raided a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank city of Tulkarm on Wednesday, according to eyewitnesses. “Israeli snipers were deployed on rooftops of residential buildings in the Nour Shams refugee camp amid clashes with Palestinian fighters,” an eyewitness told Anadolu. No information was yet avai...
ANKARA (AA) — Israel committed at least 135 crimes against Palestinian journalists across Palestine last month, according to a local press group. In its report published and cited by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate documented the Israeli crimes, including the killing of 14 Palestinian jou...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has launched an investigation into the killing of 12 Israelis in Gaza by an IDF tank fire near the border with the Gaza Strip. At least 12 detainees held by Hamas fighters were killed when an Israeli tank fired two shells at a house at Be’eri settlement on October […]
GENEVA (AA) – “Everything possible” must be done to avoid intensified hostilities in the Rafah city in southern Gaza, which may lead to a “large scale” loss of civilian lives, the UN humanitarian office warned on Tuesday. “We can warn what might unfold with the ground invasion and we can make clear what the ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Tuesday destroyed two buildings of Al-Aqsa University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the Gaza Strip, according to witnesses. “Israeli army forces moved into the west of Gaza City and shelled and destroyed two buildings on the university campus,” an eyewitness told Anadolu. Accordin...
