GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel will close the Erez (Beit Hanoun) crossing to Palestinian workers in the Gaza Strip as of Sunday, the military announced on Saturday. A statement said the closure will remain in place until further notice in the wake of rocket fire from the Palestinian territory. “Following the firing of rockets [&helli...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – A fifth round of tension-easing talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia has resumed in Baghdad after more than six weeks of pause, a news agency affiliated with Iran’s top security body said Saturday. The marathon talks between the two estranged Middle East neighbors, underway since April last year, were “temporarily suspended”...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Thousands of Bangladeshis held demonstrations in the capital city of Dhaka on Friday to protest the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden and Israeli aggression against Palestinian Muslims. Demonstrators marched under the banner of Islami Andolan Bangladesh. They carried colorful banners and festoons, calling on al...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process discussed the latest developments in the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip with Hamas’s political chief during a telephone call Friday. Hamas said Tor Wennesland informed Ismail Haniyeh about meetings he held with regional and internationa...
BERLIN – NATO must avoid open military conflict with Russia that could increase the risk of nuclear war, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a recent interview. “I have said very early on that we must do everything possible to avoid a direct military confrontation between NATO and a highly armed superpower like Russia, a […]
BRUSSELS – The European Union will host the 6th Brussels conference on Syria next month, the European Commission has announced. The European Union does not forget about the suffering and “continued tragedy of the people of Syria” despite the war in Ukraine and “this is why we will host the Brussels conference on supporting the […]...
JERUSAELM – On the third Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, roughly 150,000 Palestinians flocked to the al-Aqsa Mosque. At the entrance of Ramallah’s Qalandia military checkpoint, tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered in a bid to reach the mosque, which sees the tension in the latest weeks. The Israeli authorities al...
On Thursday, at least 16 people were killed in two Afghan cities by bomb blasts claimed by ISIS. Twelve worshippers were killed at a Shia mosque in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, said Ahmad Zia Zindani, provincial health department spokesman. He added, 58 people were wounded, including 32 in serious condition. ISIS also claimed responsib...
On Tuesday, Malaysian artists distributed hot meals to orphans in northern Syria as part of a charity campaign during Ramadan. Launched by charity groups from the Southeast Asian nation, the campaign distributed aid in the regions along the border between Turkey and Syria. Malaysian singer-songwriter and musician Noh Salleh, singer-songwriter ...
AL-BAB/AZAZ, Syria (AA) – A civilian was killed and five were wounded in two separate terrorist attacks in northern Syria on Friday. A car bomb went off in Al-Bab city’s Zamzam neighborhood, killing one civilian, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent. Firefighters rushed to the site to put out the fire caused by the explosion [&he...
