GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 88 Palestinians were killed in two Israeli airstrikes on residential areas in the northern Gaza Strip early Thursday, with ordinary citizens and hospital staff assisting in transporting the injured and the dead to hospitals after Israeli forces destroyed Palestinian Civil Defense’s emergency assistanc...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The US vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution on Wednesday that demanded an “immediate, unconditional, and permanent” cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. It also urged the prevention of starvation of Palestinians. The draft resolution, submitted by 10 elected members of the Council — Algeria, Ec...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Senate overwhelmingly rejected Wednesday evening a trio of resolutions that would have halted three offensive arms sales to Israel in response to ongoing “atrocities” being carried out in the besieged Gaza Strip. The measures, known formally as joint resolutions of disapproval, were introduced by Indepen...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has warned of a “confrontation” over a resolution submitted by three European powers against Tehran at the United Nations nuclear watchdog. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in a phone call with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot, said that a European resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IA...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Illegal Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, terrorized people and vandalized properties, witnesses said. “A group of settlers from Horsha settlement raided the town of Al-Mazra’a Al-Gharbiya northwest of Ramallah and set fire to three vehicles,” an eyewitness said. Video footage sh...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – More than a dozen soldiers have been killed in multiple attacks on a military base in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, said local and military sources. The terrorists attacked the base in the remote town of Kareto in the Mobbar Local Government Area with improvised explosives and shot at it from different […]...
17-year-old Nila Ibrahimi has won the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize for her advocacy of girls’ rights in Afghanistan. Awarded in Amsterdam on Nov. 19, Ibrahimi was praised for her courageous work in championing the rights of Afghan girls amid the Taliban’s oppressive rule. After the group’s return to power in 2021, Ibrahimi ...
U.S. Capitol Police arrested at least 50 demonstrators during a “Free Palestine” protest inside the Hart Senate Building in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. Protesters called for a cease-fire in Gaza, as well as an end to U.S. arms sales to Israel. Israel has launched a large-scale ground operation in northern Gaza to allegedly prevent...
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI (AA) – At least 12 security personnel and six militants were killed in a suicide bombing and ensuing clashes in northwestern Pakistan, the army said on Wednesday. A suicide bomber blew himself up near a security check post in the Mali Khan area of the Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province before […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli warplanes struck two homes in the Gaza Strip killing at least 16 Palestinians on Wednesday, said medical sources and witnesses. One source said Israeli jets hit a house in the northern town of Jabalia, leaving 12 people dead and several others injured. “At least 10 people are still missing […]