ANKARA (AA) – At least 50 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, pushing the death toll since October last year to 43,972, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Tuesday. A ministry statement added that some 104,008 others were injured in the ongoing assault. “The Israeli occupation has committed […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A four-day multi-national arms exhibition kicked off Tuesday in Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi, with Türkiye being the biggest participant. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated the International Defense Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS 2024), a mega event biennially organized in Pakistan, amid heig...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least seven Pakistani policemen have been abducted while eight suspected militants and a soldier have been killed in hours-long clashes in the country’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Suspected militants kidnapped seven policemen in Bannu district, near the restive North Waziristan tribal region tha...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Six Israelis have been lightly injured as a barrage of rockets was fired from southern Lebanon in response to Israel’s attacks. An Israeli military statement said 15 rockets were fired from Lebanon, triggering air-raid sirens in northern and central Israel. The army said some of the rockets were intercepted, while ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he will support measures blocking certain offensive arms sales to Israel amid its ongoing wars on Gaza and Lebanon. Van Hollen said he has chosen to support the joint resolutions of disapproval because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly violated US laws governi...
London-based Kashmiri author Mirza Waheed has boycotted the screening of the film adaptation of his novel, “The Collaborator,” in an Israeli settlement. Waheed criticized the Tamuz Shomron Film Festival’s ties to Israeli cultural institutions, accusing them of complicity in Palestinian oppression. In an article for online outlet “Literary Hub,...
Pope Francis has called for a genocide investigation into Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. In a book released this week, the pontiff has expressed deep concern for Palestinians suffering from famine and a lack of aid, noting the tragedy unfolding in Gaza. He said, “What is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of […]
Family members of an Al Jazeera cameraman have started a hunger strike until he is allowed to leave the Gaza Strip to get medical treatment. Fadi al-Wahidi was wounded severely on Oct. 9 in a direct Israeli attack and has been denied treatment for more than a month. His mother Hibe al-Wahidi, spoke to Anadolu […]
Amnesty International has accused U.S. allies, particularly the UAE, of supplying weapons to the RSF, including French-made military technology. The human rights watchdog’s recent report highlights violations of the UN arms embargo, with evidence of UAE’s armored vehicles being used in Sudan’s war-torn regions. Amnesty warns these weapon...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US announced new sanctions on Monday against illegal Israeli settlers and entities over extremist settler violence in the occupied West Bank. The Treasury Department designated three individuals and three entities involved in settlement-related activities in the West Bank, according to a statement. The sanctions tar...
