JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday decided to halt Israeli settler intrusions into Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem until the end of the month of Ramadan. Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, is expected to end later this month. A statement by Netanyahu’s office said the decision w...
Jerusalem, Undefined (AFP): Israeli forces killed two Palestinians near Elon Moreh, an illegal Jewish settlement near the West Bank city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday, Israel’s defence minister Yoav Gallant said on Twitter. A senior Palestinian official told AFP that he had been informed of the death of the two Palestin...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Dozens of Israeli settlers on Tuesday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Passover, according to eyewitnesses. The eyewitnesses said Israeli police escorted groups of settlers into the Al-Aqsa courtyard through the Mughrabi Gate in the western wall of ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Tuesday “vehemently” condemned India’s decision to hold the G20 Tourism Working Group meeting in disputed Jammu and Kashmir next month. “Pakistan expresses its strong indignation over India’s decision to hold the G-20 Tourism Working Group meeting in Srinagar on 22-24 May 2023,” said a For...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran will send a delegation to Saudi Arabia later this week to prepare for the reopening of its embassy in Riyadh, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry. “The Iranian delegation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is finalizing its preparations and taking its executive measures, and we expect it to go to […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards plan to hold large-scale maneuvers this week in the country’s northern and southern waters in a show of support to the Palestinians. The maritime parade will be held on Thursday in collaboration with several ports around the world, IRGC Navy commander Brig. Gen. Alireza Tangsiri...
ANKARA (AA) – Saudi Arabia and Houthi rebels are engaged in direct talks to revive a cease-fire deal in war-torn Yemen, according to the Yemeni foreign minister. “There are direct talks between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis related to reviving the cease-fire,” Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak told Egypt’s AlQahera News. Saudi and Omani offici...
BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah held talks on Sunday with Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh about the situation in occupied East Jerusalem. Violence rose across the Palestinian territories after Israeli forces last week forcibly removed worshippers from inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex. The Israeli raids on the m...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Authority (PA) warned Sunday that Israeli provocations will turn the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem into a “battlefield.” Violence escalated across the Palestinian territories after Israeli police last week forcibly removed worshippers from inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex. T...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – In a fresh incident of poisoning in Iran, more than a dozen schoolgirls were transferred to a hospital on the outskirts of Tehran on Saturday, according to reports. Local media cited officials in Pardis, a suburb located 17 kilometers (105 miles) northeast of Tehran, as saying that students at Khayyam Girls […]
