Paris, France (AFP): Iran’s security forces fired on a crowd in the Kurdish-populated west on Saturday, killing a 22-year-old, a rights group said, more than 100 days after the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini sparked nationwide protests. The Islamic republic has been rocked by demonstrations since Amini died in custody on September 16...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel detained 130 Palestinian journalists in 2022, with 20 reporters still in its custody, said a local NGO on Saturday. In a statement, the Prisoner Information Office said it documented 36 Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists in December. “More than 130 journalists were detained in 2022 in a brazen...
Naypyidaw, Myanmar (AFP): Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another seven years in jail as her long series of trials ended on Friday, with the Nobel laureate now facing more than three decades behind bars. A prisoner of the military since a coup last year, Suu Kyi, 77, has been convicted on […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s main opposition political party and some of its allies on Friday held simultaneous demonstrations in the capital Dhaka from different venues, to press home the 10-point demands, including the formation of an election-time neutral government and stepping down of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The main opposi...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Friday that asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. Eighty-seven member states voted in favor of the resolution, while 26 countries, including Israel and ...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – The Algerian president has said “France must get rid of its colonizer complex,” according to local media. “The relations between the two countries need — in order to cool down — France to liberate itself from its colonizer complex and Algeria from its colonized complex,” Abdelma...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden on Thursday welcomed Israeli parliament’s vote to ratify a new government under Prime Minister Netanyahu. “I look forward to working with Prime Minister Netanyahu, who has been my friend for decades, to jointly address the many challenges and opportunities facing Israel and the Middle East region,...
ANKARA (AA) – A total of 950 houses and facilities were demolished and more than 113,400 dunums of Palestinian lands were confiscated by Israel in 2022, a non-governmental organization has reported. The Land Research Center, operating in Palestine, issued a report on “Israeli Violations Against Palestinian Land and Housing Rights for 202...
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a January 6 defendant’s claim that then-President Donald Trump’s exhortation to march to the U.S. Capitol on the day of the deadly right-wing attack should shield the alleged insurrectionist from legal responsibility for his actions. Alex Sheppard, 22, of Ohio is charged with six federal offens...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Dozens of Israeli settlers on Wednesday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a Palestinian agency. In a statement, the Islamic Endowment Department in Jerusalem said the settlers entered the flashpoint site through Al-Mughrabi Gate, southwest of the mosque. It, how...
