LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – Nearly 200 passengers reportedly went missing Friday after a boat capsized in Nigeria, officials and local residents said. The boat carrying women, traders, and farmers capsized along the Dambo-Ebuchi stretch of River Niger in north-central Niger State, local residents told Anadolu. Ibrahim Musa, a resident and trad...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A far-right Israeli Member of the Knesset (parliament) has called for part of the Gaza Strip to be seized and settled by Israeli citizens. “We must stay in Gaza, and what will keep the Israeli army there is settlement because the army follows settlement,” Avichai Boron told the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation. [&...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights office has urged all parties to respect the cease-fire reached between Israel and Lebanon while resolving differences related to implementation. Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence, during a UN press briefing in Geneva, underlined that the cease-fire in Lebanon is a “huge relief” for the millions who have...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Tanya Haj-Hassan, a medical practitioner, broke down in tears as she recounted her experiences in bombarded Gaza during a briefing at the UN. Speaking in connection with the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People commemorated annually on November 29, Haj-Hassan shared accounts of the suffering she wit...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called Israeli war on Gaza “heartbreaking,” according to local media. “It is heartbreaking that many times more bombs were dropped on Gaza than on Tokyo in massive US air raids during World War II,” NHK news quoted Ishiba as saying. Ishiba’s remarks came after receiving information [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – Nine Israelis have been injured in a shooting attack near the illegal Israeli settlement of Ariel in the northern West Bank, according to Israeli media. The incident occurred aboard a bus near the settlement, the daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported. Israeli Channel 12 reported that the perpetrator of the attack has been “neutra...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 19 Palestinians were killed in Israel’s attacks on Friday in the northern Gaza Strip. A medical source told Anadolu that 10 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a home in the Beit Lahia town. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that another airstrike hit a [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel has blocked all attempts to deliver humanitarian aid to the northern Gaza Strip, says the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). In a statement, UNRWA said it attempted 91 times to deliver life-saving humanitarian aid to Jabalia, Beit Lahia, and Beit Sahour in northern Gaza from October 6 to November 25. […]
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain on Thursday announced a €1.6 million ($1.7 million) funding boost for the International Criminal Court (ICC). “We want international law, not impunity, to prevail,” Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told the Spanish parliament, adding that Madrid is now among the court’s top 10 financial backers. Albares add...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army detained at least 18 Palestinians in raids in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to prisoners’ affairs groups. A young girl and two children were among the detainees in the raids that targeted East Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jenin, Qalqilya, Nablus and Tulkarem, the Comm...
