JERUSALEM – Israeli authorities have barred Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, the preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, from travelling for four months. In a statement, Sheikh Sabri’s office said he was handed an order from the Israeli Intelligence Service of being banned from travel for a 4-month period. The order cited a “real thre...
JERUSALEM – The French Hospital in occupied East Jerusalem has accused Israeli police of assaulting the funeral procession of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. On Friday May 13, Israeli police surrounded mourners and used stun grenades as well as batons to assault pallbearers carrying Abu Akleh’s casket as it was being carried out of [&...
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish president will pay a condolences visit on Tuesday to Abu Dhabi following the death of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, said an official announcement. According to a Monday statement from the Turkish Communications Directorate, during his Tuesday visit Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...
The Catholic archbishop in Jerusalem on Monday strongly criticised Israel’s “police invasion” last week of a Christian hospital ahead of the funeral of slain Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. The veteran journalist was shot dead during an Israeli army raid in the West Bank. Palestinians and the TV network said Israeli tr...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved the country’s parliament on Monday, accusing lawmakers of corruption. According to a presidential decree, the decision was made considering the “existence of persistent and insurmountable differences between the National People’s Assembly and other...
ISTANBUL (AA/AFP) – Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz left the hospital one week after completing his treatment plan, a Saudi Royal Court statement said on Sunday. The king, 86, was “discharged today … from King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah after having successfully conducted medical tests and completed the prescribed treatment pla...
SANAA, Yemen (AA/AFP) – The first commercial flight in six years left Houthi-held Sanaa Airport on Monday to the Jordanian capital, Amman. An airport source said 130 passengers were aboard the plane of flag carrier Yemenia, mostly patients seeking treatment in Jordan. “This is the first commercial flight to take off from Sanaa Airport in [&hel...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP: The results of Lebanon’s first elections since multiple crises ravaged the country were expected Monday, with opposition groups hoping for modest gains. According to provisional turnout figures, 41 percent of Lebanon’s 3.9 million registered voters cast a ballot Sunday in 12 hours of polling that saw se...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian group Hamas has called for “resisting” Israeli plans to build more than 4,000 settlement units in the occupied West Bank. Last week, Israeli authorities approved the construction of more than 4,000 settlement units, in a move that drew wide condemnations from several countries around the world. In a stat...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has condemned an Israeli court decision to approve a cable car project in the occupied East Jerusalem. A ministry statement termed the cable car project as “an integral part of Israel’s Judaization campaign in Jerusalem with a view to eroding its Palestinian, Islamic and Christian ide...
