ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Arabia will not normalize relations with Israel unless the Palestinian issue is resolved, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud told US news outlet CNN in an interview that was broadcast on Sunday. Responding to a question about whether there could be no normal ties without a path to a credible […]
Tehran, Iran – AFP Hundreds of mourners gathered Monday in Tehran for the funerals of Revolutionary Guards killed in Syria, in what Iran called an Israeli strike. It was the latest incident adding to regional tensions and fears of wider conflagration during Israel’s war on Gaza. The strike in Damascus on Saturday killed five member...
Brussels, Belgium – AFP The EU’s foreign policy chief on Monday insisted on a two-state solution as he told Israel it couldn’t build peace “only by military means” ahead of talks with Israeli and Palestinian top diplomats. The bloc’s 27 foreign ministers were set to hold separate meetings with their counterp...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli said Sunday that the return of the Palestinian Authority to the Gaza Strip will be a “suicidal step.” “Gaza must be ruled by Israel or by an international force for a year or two,” Chikli told Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. He argued that the Ramallah-based Palestinian […...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – More than 13,000 people have been killed and 26,000 others injured in the ongoing conflict in Sudan, the United Nations humanitarian office said Sunday. Sudan has been mired by fighting between the army, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the country’s ruling Sovereign Council, and the Rapid Support Forces [&hel...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 178 Palestinians were killed and 293 injured in 24 hours as Israeli forces continued their onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Sunday. “The Israeli occupation committed 15 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 178 martyrs and 293 injured during the past 24 [...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – President of UN General Assembly Dennis Francis renewed his call for a cease-fire in Gaza, where Israeli bombardment since October 7 has killed more than 24,000 people, left the territory in ruins, and caused a humanitarian catastrophe. Addressing the 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Kampala, the capital o...
MADRID (AA) – Spaniards in more than 90 provinces and regions responded to the protest call of the Solidarity Network against the Occupation of Palestine (RESCOP), an umbrella group of over 100 civil society organizations in the European country. The protesters demanded the establishment of an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip while denou...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US on Saturday destroyed a Houthi anti-ship missile that was aimed at the Gulf of Aden, according to the American military. “U.S. CENTCOM Destroys Houthi Terrorists’ Anti-Ship Missile as part of ongoing efforts to protect freedom of navigation and prevent attacks on maritime vessels, on Jan. 20 at approximatel...
BEIRUT (AA) – At least two people were killed on Saturday as an Israeli drone targeted a car in southern Lebanon, Lebanese media reported. An Israeli drone targeted a vehicle near Tyre City on a road between Bazouriye and Borj el-Shamali towns, resulting in two deaths, the Lebanese National News Agency reported. Another attack targeted [&helli...
