JENIN CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man and injured 16 more people in a massive military raid in the northern occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the deceased as Mohammad Musa Saabaneh, 29, according to the official Wafa news agency. The Israeli military [&hell...
NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire on Thursday in the occupied West Bank, authorities said. “Two young men were killed. Samer Khaled, 25, was killed by a bullet in the neck, and Yazan Afana, 26, was shot in the heart,” the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement. It […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnians gathered Sunday to commemorate the 27th anniversary of a massacre that claimed 43 lives and injured nearly 84 in Sarajevo. The 1995 Markale marketplace shelling was one of the biggest massacres committed during the siege of Sarajevo from April 1992 to December 1995. It was the second mortar attack that [&hellip...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has voiced concern about Israel’s closure of several Palestinian non-governmental organizations in the occupied West Bank. “We are concerned about the Israeli security forces’ closure of the six offices of the Palestinian NGOs in and around Ramallah today,” State Department spokesman Ned P...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – The government of Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir has sacked two university professors and two officials, accusing them of their involvement in “secessionist” activities against the Indian occupation. A government statement said activities of the sacked persons “had come to the adver...
ANKARA (AA) – The US National Security Adviser has said that the attack on author Salman Rushdie is “appalling”. “We’re all praying for his speedy recovery,” Jake Sullivan wrote on Twitter. “And we’re thankful to good citizens and first responders for helping him so swiftly.” Rushdie’s agent told the N...
Erie, United States (AFP): The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie at a literary event pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges on Saturday, as the severely injured author appeared to show signs of improvement in hospital. Hadi Matar, 24, was arraigned in court in New York state, with prosecutors outlining how Rushdie had been [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – Author Salman Rushdie, popular in the West but hated in the Muslim world, is on ventilator after being attacked Friday on stage in the state of New York. The author’s agent, Andrew Wylie, said in an email update to the New York Times that Rushdie is on a ventilator and cannot speak, […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union welcomed on Monday the truce between Israel and the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad following three days of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. “The European Union welcomes the announced cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which should bring an end to the violence in and around Gaza,” t...
ANKARA (AA) – President Joe Biden has condemned the killing of four Muslim men in the southern state of New Mexico. “I am angered and saddened by the horrific killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque,” Biden tweeted. Noting that a full investigation on the matter is underway, he underlined that his administration strongly s...
