The U.S. has rejected Amnesty International’s report issued this week which accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said the U.S. views these allegations as unfounded, despite acknowledging the significance of NGOs in monitoring human rights. Patel emphasized U.S. concerns about the impac...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US on Thursday urged a return to a UN-facilitated political process in Syria, saying that Bashar al-Assad’s refusal to engage led to recent developments. “We, with our partners, are urging allies to protect its civilians, including members of minority groups,” State Department deputy spokesman Veda...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Lebanese civil defense teams came under fire while looking for people trapped under rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel, local media said. Lebanon’s official National News Agency said Israeli artillery shelling targeted civil defense teams in Naqoura while searching the rubble of destroyed buildings in the area. The teams w...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A key Republican ally of President-elect Donald Trump introduced legislation Thursday in the Senate that, if enacted, would prohibit the federal government from using “West Bank” to refer to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory. Sen. Tom Cotton’s legislation would mandate the federal government r...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Egypt has proposed a cessation of fighting in Gaza for 45 to 60 days and opening the Rafah border crossing, Israeli media reported. The proposal also includes a gradual release of Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and an increase in the number of aid trucks into Gaza to some [&hellip...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The bodies of 16 people have been recovered from under the rubble of destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon, local media said. Nine bodies were retrieved by Civil Defense teams in the town of Chamaa, six in Bayyada, and one in Naqoura, the state news agency NNA reported. The broadcaster said that efforts […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has verbally attacked a report by human rights group Amnesty International accusing Tel Aviv of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The UK-based organization said that it has found “sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least nine Palestinians have been killed and eight others injured in Israeli airstrikes in the northern and southern Gaza Strip, a medical source said. Israeli fighter jets hit a house next to Kamal Adwan Hospital in the town of Beit Lahia, leaving seven people dead and five others injured, […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director Kash Patel was targeted in a potential Iran-backed cyberattack. CBS News, citing two sources familiar with the matter, reported that hackers targeted Patel’s communications, but what is being evaluated is if they succeeded and how much access they had to the dat...
GENEVA (AA) — Qatar’s prime minister said Wednesday that US President-elect Donald Trump wants a cease-fire in Gaza before his inauguration on Jan. 20. In an interview with Sky News, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani confirmed that Trump had clearly stated his intention to see Israel’s war on Gaza resolved before his swe...
