ANKARA (AA) – The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has voiced deep concern over a report by UN experts that brought to light the possibility that the Israeli army committed serious violations against Palestinian women and girls, including crimes of sexual assault. “UN experts appalled by reported human rights v...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar on Monday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of prolonging the war in the Gaza Strip. Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said Netanyahu’s statements in which he called on Doha to pressure Hamas to release Israeli hostages were “nothing but a new attempt to stall and prolong the war for […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The ongoing war on Gaza caused the Israeli economy to contract 19.4% in the last quarter of 2023, reported the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday. “The contraction of the economy in the fourth quarter of 2023 was directly affected by the outbreak of the Iron Swords War on October 7,” […]...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – AFP Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused Israel Sunday of committing “genocide” against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and compared its actions to Adolf Hitler’s campaign to exterminate Jews. In response, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the 78-yea...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemen’s Houthis claimed Monday to have targeted a British vessel in the Gulf of Aden and downed a US military drone in Hodeidah in the western part of the country. “Yemeni Naval Forces targeted the British vessel RUBYMAR in the Gulf of Aden, using a number of appropriate naval missiles,” Houthi-run [...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 150 patients are crammed in rooms and corridors of the Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli occupation forces arrested 70 medical staff and refused to evacuate the patients for treatment in other hospitals, the Gaza Health Ministry said […]
ANKARA (AA) – Seeking to counter a series of attacks on sea lanes by Yemen’s Houthi group, the European Union on Monday launched a new naval escort and protection operation in the Red Sea, according to a statement. “Operation ASPIDES will ensure an EU naval presence in the area where numerous Houthi attacks have targeted [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The number of Palestinians who have died in Israel’s war on Gaza has jumped to 29,092, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian enclave said on Monday. In a statement, the ministry said that 69,028 others were also injured in the ongoing onslaught. It added that in the past 24 hours, Israeli […]
The Hague, Netherlands – AFP Palestinian foreign minister Riyad Al-Maliki told the UN’s top court Monday his people were suffering “colonialism and apartheid” under the Israelis, urging judges to order an immediate and unconditional end to the occupation. “The Palestinians have endured colonialism and apartheid...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz threatened Sunday to invade Rafah city during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan if “hostages” held by Hamas were not released. “I say this very clearly: Hamas has a choice. They can surrender, release the hostages, and this way, the citizens of Gaza can celebrate the [&he...
