MOSCOW (AA) – A survivor of Wednesday’s Azerbaijan Airlines crash claims that the plane’s pilots tried to land in Grozny, Chechnya, three times, followed by an explosion outside the plane, according to an audio recording shared by Russian TV channel RT. Subkhankul Rahimov said that something exploded on the third landing attempt and that...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir once again forced his way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem. Ben-Gvir entered the site under heavy police protection and toured the mosque’s courtyard, said an official with the Jordan-run Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem. This was his fifth...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli army forces staged an incursion into a strategic area in southern Lebanon, in the latest violation of a cease-fire agreement, Lebanese media said. Israeli forces moved into the Wadi al-Hujeir area, firing heavy-caliber machine guns during their advance in the region, the state news agency NNA reported. The Lebanese army...
Iran has lifted access restrictions on WhatsApp and Google Play, marking a significant step in easing internet controls. The decision was made during a meeting of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace. It was attended by top officials, Cabinet ministers, and council members, according to state news agency IRNA. The session emphasized t...
Libyan authorities have deported 400 irregular migrants to Niger by land, marking the first such operation in 12 years. The deportation, conducted Wednesday, is part of intensified efforts to curb illegal migration. Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Buredia, deputy head of security at the Anti-Illegal Migration Unit, said the agency has ramped up op...
Four Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, raising the death toll from an ongoing military operation in the area to eight, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. A ministry statement said seven more people were injured, including two seriously, in the offensive. The Israeli army began a large-scale [&hel...
The Israeli military attacked a group of civilians protesting its occupation in Quneitra province, Syria. Residents of Suwayse, a village in the southwestern province of Quneitra, organized a demonstration against Israel’s territorial occupation. At least three people were reportedly injured in the Israeli army’s attack on demonstr...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Freezing temperatures have killed three Palestinian babies in the Gaza Strip amid an Israeli siege, according to officials and local media. A three-week-old baby girl lost her life in a tent encampment in al-Mawasi in the southern city of Khan Younis on Wednesday, Dr. Munir Al-Bursh, the director general of [&...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 38 more Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza, pushing up the death toll since October last year to 45,399, the Health Ministry in the enclave said. A ministry statement added that some 107,940 others have been injured. “Israeli forces killed 38 people and injured 137 others in […]
LATAKIA, Syria (AA) – At least 14 people have been killed and 10 injured in an ambush by remnants of Syria’s ousted Bashar Assad regime. Interior Minister Mohammed Abdel Rahman told state news agency SANA that forces aligned with the former Assad regime attacked security personnel in rural areas of Tartus province. He said “14 [&he...
