Netanyahu rejects 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire
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SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemen’s government asked the US on Wednesday to pressure the Houthi rebel group to break its seven-year siege on the southwestern Taiz province. The request was conveyed during a meeting between Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington DC, according to...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish forces killed 19 PKK fighters in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The PKK men attempted to attack the Operation Peace Spring, Olive Branch and Euphrates Shield zones, the ministry said on Twitter. Since 2016, Turkiye has launched a trio of operations across its border in northern Syria: [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A cargo ship came under attack in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen’s Al-Hudaydah port, a monitoring group run by the British navy said on Thursday. In a statement, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations group (UKMTO) said the attack on the vessel happened 34 nautical miles off the coast […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and Turkiye are “committed to working closely together to face current geopolitical challenges,” the nations said Wednesday. A joint statement issued after a meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the top diplomats “intend to deepen b...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Two prominent Sudanese opposition leaders were arrested Wednesday in South Sudan’s capital Juba. Sudanese Communist Party Secretary General Mohammed al-Khatib and leading party member Saleh Mahmud were on a political mission to meet with rebels who are non-signatories to the Juba peace agreement, party spokesman Fa...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Head of Libya’s High Council of State, Khalid al-Mishri, on Wednesday called on parliament-appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashaga to resign. His call came one day after Bashagha arrived in the capital Tripoli to take control of the government from Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, who has refused to hand over power. [&h...
PARIS (AA) – A Paris court on Wednesday indicted the French company Lafarge for their “complicity in crimes against humanity” in Syria, local media reported. According to French news outlet France24, the Court of Cassation – France’s highest court – had overturned in September 2021 a decision by a lower court to dismiss charges against [&helli...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The US dollar hit an all-time high against Pakistani rupee on Wednesday, rising past 200 in the open market. The greenback that began its streak against the Pakistani rupee last month — amid a political crisis, which also saw the ouster of former premier Imran Khan through a no-trust motion — [&hellip...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday warned Israel that it would have to face devastating consequences if it resumed its policy of assassinating Palestinians. His media adviser Taher al-Nunu said the Hamas leader sent messages to several foreign leaders warning against any resumption of the assass...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army detained seven Palestinian students Tuesday who are studying at Birzeit University in the central occupied West Bank. The Asra Media Office, a Palestinian NGO that documents Israeli arrests, said the students are activists and heads of the Islamic Bloc, the Hamas group’s students’ w...
