ISTANBUL (AA) – Pro-Palestinian protesters on Friday interrupted former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech at the Columbia University, and called her a “war criminal.” “Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, you are a war criminal! The people of Libya, the people of Iraq, the people of Syria, the people of Yemen, the people of P...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered the army to submit a military plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah. “It is impossible to achieve the goal of the war of eliminating Hamas by leaving four Hamas battalions in Rafah,” stated Netanyahu’s office on X. “On the contrary, it is clear that […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hezbollah on Friday said it targeted an Israeli military base in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights with dozens of Katyusha rockets. The group said its fighters targeted the Israeli army’s Kela base, in support of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance against the I...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas armed wing Al-Qassam Brigades announced on Friday that it killed seven Israeli soldiers in eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. “Our fighters managed to detonate an anti-personnel mine among a group of occupation soldiers, killing 7 soldiers at point-blank range in Abasan Al-Kabira area in eastern Khan Younis,”...
– Main battle appears to be between PML-N of Nawaz Sharif and independent candidates backed by Imran Khan’s PTI party – 3-time Premier Sharif may renew ties with center-left PPP to lead a coalition – Legal expert sees ‘no problem’ with independent lawmakers forming a ‘unity government’ KARACHI, P...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel launched new air strikes Friday on the city of Rafah in Gaza’s far south, after US President Joe Biden said its response to Hamas’s October 7 attack has been “over the top”. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he has ordered Israeli forces to “prepare to operate...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has warned that it will halt its operations within weeks if international funding remains suspended. “Our operations are likely to come to an end in the next few weeks if funding remains suspended,” UNRWA spokesperson Juliette Touma told Al-Jazeera television. Several countries have ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Jordanian King Abdullah II will visit Washington next week for a meeting with US President Joe Biden, the White House has said. The February 12 meeting comes as regional efforts continue to broker an agreement to halt Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip. The White House said Abdullah and Biden will […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A paramedic was killed and two others were injured in an Israeli airstrike as they were evacuating injured Palestinians in Gaza City, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRSC) said. “Israeli forces deliberately targeted the Red Crescent team as they were carrying out a coordinated humanitarian mission to evacuate ...
Tel Aviv, Israel — AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Thursday discussed ways to secure the release of Gaza detainees with moderates in the Israeli war cabinet a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the offer for a conditional cease-fire by Hamas. Blinken met in Tel Aviv with Benny Gantz and Gabi Eisenkot, […...
