ISTANBUL (AA) – Iraq has said that any attempt to turn the country into a battleground for warring states to settle scores would not be allowed. This came during a phone call between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein to discuss Washington’s latest attacks on military and civilian sites [&he...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least 25 people were killed and dozens of others injured in two separate “terrorist attacks” in Pakistan on Wednesday ahead of a high-stake national vote, officials said. The first blast, the latest in a string of poll-related violence, took place in the Pishin district of southwestern Balochistan province onl...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has launched an investigation into the killing of 12 Israelis in Gaza by an IDF tank fire near the border with the Gaza Strip. At least 12 detainees held by Hamas fighters were killed when an Israeli tank fired two shells at a house at Be’eri settlement on October […]
KHAN YOUNIS – AFP Around 8,000 displaced people have been evacuated from Al Amal hospital in Gaza’s main southern city of Khan Younis where they had sought refuge, according to the Red Cross. “The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is beyond catastrophic (…)The situation is simply deteriorating every other minute,...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP The last time six-year-old Hind Rajab was heard from, she was surrounded by dead relatives and trapped in the family’s car after it came under Israeli fire in war-ravaged Gaza City. “She was scared, freaking out, and was wounded in her back, her hand and her foot,” said her grandfath...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – AFP Yemen’s Houthi group said Tuesday it struck US and British ships in two separate attacks in the Red Sea, one of which was confirmed by a security firm. In a statement, Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said the “the first attack targeted the American ship Star Nasia, while the other […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Egypt on Tuesday as part of his latest Middle East crisis tour, seeking a new cease-fire and “an enduring end” to Israel’s war on Gaza. Heavy strikes and fighting in Gaza killed at least 99 people overnight, mostly women and children, said the he...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has said that Palestine rejects any Israeli attempt to transfer or replace the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. “Israel is trying to relocate the crossing to another location. We affirm this is a pure Egyptian-Palestinian matter,” S...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian child was shot dead by Israeli police in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday, according to the official news agency Wafa. Wafa, citing eyewitnesses, said Wadee’ Oweisat, 14, was killed at an Israeli military checkpoint near the town of Al-Eizariya. Palestinians shared a video on social media s...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A food convoy came under Israeli artillery fire in the Gaza Strip on Monday, the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said. “This morning, a food convoy waiting to move into Northern Gaza was hit by Israeli naval gunfire,” UNRWA’s Gaza chief Thomas White said on X. No one was injured […]