ISTANBUL (AA) – A group of US lawmakers has introduced legislation to prevent the Trump administration from proceeding with several major weapons sales to Israel, citing concerns over civilian casualties in Gaza and potential violations of international law. Democrats Pramila Jayapal and Rashida Tlaib – the first Palestinian American woman to ...
SRINAGAR, Indian-administered Kashmir (MNTV) – A political consensus is building in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in favor of banning alcohol, as public frustration mounts over the increasing presence of liquor outlets in the region. Lawmakers from across the political spectrum are pushing for prohibition in this Muslim-majority territ...
ANKARA (AA) – Thousands of Egyptians on Monday staged rallies in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza following the Eid al-Fitr prayer, stressing their rejection of any attempt to displace the Palestinian people from their land. According to the state-affiliated Al-Qahera News channel, thousands of Egyptians in several cities waved ...
RABAT, Morocco/ISTANBUL (AA) – Morocco’s King Mohammed VI granted clemency to 1,533 prisoners on the occasion of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday, the Justice Ministry said in a statement. In Morocco, the king can pardon prisoners convicted of various crimes on national or religious days in accordance with Article 58 of the Constitut...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday held phone calls with world leaders to discuss regional and global issues, as well as to extend Eid greetings. During a phone call with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Erdogan said that Ankara will continue to work with Algiers to halt the ongoing Israeli attacks i...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas issued a message on Eid al-Fitr, saying that this year’s festival came while Palestinians in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and Jerusalem endured “brutal Zionist aggression amid siege, starvation, killing, and destruction.” “On this blessed Eid, we remember the steadfastness of our great people and their valiant resistance...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel killed 41 people in airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday, the second day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, sources and officials said. In the latest strikes, three Palestinians were killed and others wounded in an Israeli attack that targeted the Hamadeh family’s home on Yafa Street in the […]
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – President Donald Trump on Monday said Yemen’s Houthis had been “decimated” by US strikes over the past two weeks, as he vowed to continue military action. “The Iran-backed Houthi Terrorists have been decimated by the relentless strikes over the past two weeks. Many of their Fighters and Lea...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, the imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, on Sunday called on the Muslim world to show solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle against Israeli crimes. A statement issued by Sabri’s office on Eid al-Fitr holiday highlighted “the ongoing genocide in Gaza and military aggression in the occupied ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians across the occupied West Bank performed Eid al-Fitr prayers on Sunday amid Israeli military aggression, particularly attacks on refugee camps in the northern region. Worshippers gathered in mosques and public squares across cities and towns in the occupied West Bank, which continues to face intensi...
