ISTANBUL (AA) – As the 2024 US presidential election approaches, the consequences of the Biden administration’s Gaza policy are becoming evident. President Joe Biden made his first campaign stop this year in the state of Michigan earlier this month, meeting with members of the United Auto Workers union and patronizing a Black-owned...
Jenin, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli troops killed three Palestinians during an overnight raid in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the military said on Wednesday. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed at least one death in the Israeli operation, the latest in a months-long military crackdown across the occupied West Bank...
Damascus, Syria – AFP An Israeli strike Wednesday on a residential area of Damascus killed at least two people, Syrian official media reported, the latest fatalities as hostilities increase during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. “At least two killed”, Syria’s state TV said, in what it earlier described an “Israeli a...
Beijing, China – AFP China warned Wednesday that a US decision to veto a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza pushed the conflict into an “even more dangerous” situation. Washington on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution drafted by Algeria, which demanded an immediate humanita...
ANKARA (AA) – The number of Palestinian deaths in Israel’s war on Gaza since Oct. 7 has risen to 29,313, the Health Ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday. The Gaza-based ministry made the statement as the Israeli onslaught against Gaza entered its 138th day. It also said that 69,333 other people have also been injured […]
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization has said that it led two life-saving missions to transfer 32 critical patients, including two children, from Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza on February 18-19. “The high-risk missions were conducted in close partnership with the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the United Natio...
ATHENS (AA) – The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday announced that it had halted food distribution in northern Gaza until safety conditions there improve. “The decision to pause deliveries to the north of the Gaza Strip has not been taken lightly, as we know it means the situation there will deteriorate further and […]
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that Article 370, which granted the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region a special status in the Constitution, was like a wall that had blocked progress for decades and was dismantled for good by his party. “Because Article 370 is gone, I […]
LONDON (AA) – Britain’s Prince of Wales William has expressed “deep concern” over the “terrible human cost” of Israel’s war on Gaza. “Too many have been killed. I, like so many others, want to see an end to the fighting as soon as possible,” William said in a statement issued by Kensington ...
ANKARA (AA) – Saudi Arabia on Tuesday called for ending the decades-long Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands, deeming it “illegal.” “Israel’s actions indicate that it has no intention of making peace,” Saudi Ambassador Ziad Al-Atiyah told a hearing at The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ). He said Israel has made it im...
