ADEN, Yemen (AA) – Yemen’s newly formed presidential council was sworn in Tuesday before parliament in the southern Aden city. Chairman of the council, Rashad al-Alimi, and seven other members took the oath before the House of Representatives in the temporary capital, Aden, a government source told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity beca...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi discussed recent violence in Israel and occupied West Bank, Palestine, the State Department said Tuesday. The diplomats had a telephone call Monday, said spokesman Ned Price. “The Secretary and Foreign Minister discussed the importanc...
DOHA, Qatar – Qatar’s Shura Council has condemned Israeli attacks on worshippers inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem. We express our “condemnation of the Israeli practices of storming the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and attacking Palestinian worshipers,” the advisory council stated. It called for swift “internat...
SANAA, Yemen – UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg arrived in the country’s interim capital Aden for talks with government officials. The UN envoy was accompanied by Yemeni Defense Minister Mohammad Ali Al-Maqdashi and Faraj Al-Bahsani, a member of the newly formed Presidential Council. On April 17, Grundberg held talks in the Saudi capital, Riya...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Nine Palestinians were injured Monday in fresh Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. Medics treated six Palestinians for injuries in the towns of al-Yamun and Kafr Dan in Jenin in the northern West Bank, it said in a statement. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli [...
On Friday, over 700 Jewish settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under heavy protection from Israeli police, Haaretz newspaper reports. Israeli police also restricted the entry of Muslim worshippers for the dawn prayers at Islam’s third holiest site. Jews call the site the “Temple Mount,” claiming two Jewish temples stood there in anc...
BRUSSELS (AA) – European Council chief Charles Michel held discussions on Monday with Jordan’s King Abdullah II about the deteriorating security situation in the occupied West Bank. The two spoke about “the importance of preserving (the) status quo of holy sites in Jerusalem,” Michel said on Twitter. The leaders agreed that the “deterio...
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry summoned Sweden’s charge d’affaires over an incident involving the burning of a copy of the Quran by far-right extremists last week. On Thursday, Rasmus Paludan, the Danish leader of the Stram Kurs Party, burned a copy of the holy book in the city of Linkoping, according to media reports. Swedish Prime Minis...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday, according to a Palestinian agency. In a statement, the Department of Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem said 561 settlers stormed the flashpoint site under heavy police protection. The settlers toured the complex fo...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday threatened to strike “at the heart” of Israel if Tel Aviv makes the “slightest move” against Tehran. Speaking at a military parade marking the National Army Day, Raisi said if Iran’s security was threatened by Israel, its armed forces would retaliate st...
