WASHINGTON (AA) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has urged President-elect Donald Trump to prioritize fulfilling his campaign pledge to pursue peace abroad, including ending Israel’s war on Gaza. The American Muslim group also implored Democrat officials to learn lessons from Vice President Harris’ loss of support...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas says that it will decide its position on the new US administration considering “its practical behavior towards the Palestinian people.” Republican Donald Trump claimed victory in the November 5 elections after projections that he had defeated Democrat Kamala Harris to become the 47th president of t...
BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem has vowed to force Israel to halt its air and ground attacks on Lebanon. “There is no place within Israel that is off-limits to missiles and drones launched from Lebanon,” Qassem said in a recorded speech. He emphasized that the basis for any cease-fire negotiations “is the complete [...
SRINAGAR, Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – The newly elected government in the Indian-occupied Muslim majority territory of Kashmir has passed a resolution asking India to restore the disputed region’s special autonomous status that was scrapped in 2019 by the ruling Hindu nationalist government. More than 50 members of the 90-member le...
BEIRUT (AA) – At least 25 people were killed and 14 others injured in overnight Israeli airstrikes in central and southern Lebanon, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. A ministry statement said Israeli warplanes struck a building in Barja town in central Lebanon, killing 20 people and injuring 14 others. The ministry said the death [&hellip...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ousted Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said his firing was due to disagreements with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the conscription of Haredi Jews into the military, emphasizing his opposition to “passing a discriminatory and corrupt law.” Gallant also noted in a video message that another contributing...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Tuesday that rocket and drone attacks on its areas were launched from Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. A military statement said warplanes intercepted a drone and two rockets fired from Lebanese territory, which triggered sirens in Metula and Kfar Giladi settlements in northern Israel. The army said a combat dron...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Iran has said that it will “certainly” respond to Israel’s latest attack in a “well-measured” and “well-calculated” manner. “Iran will certainly respond to the October 26 Israeli attack in appropriate time and manner, and in a well-measured and well-calculated way,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said dur...
ANKARA (AA) – An activist in France affiliated with the global Palestinian solidarity movement has been sentenced to three years in prison for “glorifying terrorism” on social media, broadcaster France 3 reported. Amira Zaiter, an activist from the southern city of Nice, was placed into custody on September 19 for the “...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli Knesset (parliament) has passed a law allowing the sacking of Arab teachers who “show support for attacks against Israelis.” The bill was approved in the second and third reading by 55-45 votes in the parliament dominated by Zionist hardliners. The law authorizes the Education Ministry to fire teachers ...
