OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has said that there is a clear and growing risk of the ongoing war in Gaza spilling over into the Middle East, which he said would be “an authentic catastrophe.” He said he has been lobbying his counterparts for an immediate cease-fire that gives way […]
ROME (AA) – Italy is ready to send peacekeepers to the Gaza Strip if needed, the nation’s foreign minister has said. Over a thousand Italian military staff are already taking part in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told Radio24. “Should a peace mission be needed in...
Beijing, China – AFP China has called for an end to “harassment” of civilian vessels in the Red Sea after attacks on ships by Houthis in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Houthi attacks on vessels in and around the Red Sea have led to retaliatory strikes in Yemen by US and British forces. Some shipping […]
Sanaa, Yemen – AFP Houthis claimed another attack on a US ship early Friday, after the United States launched fresh strikes in Yemen. While the Houthis said they had struck the commercial vessel in the Gulf of Aden, the US military later said the group’s missiles had missed their mark. The Houthis said in a […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – At least 19 Israeli soldiers were wounded in 24 hours, including 13 in ground battles in the Gaza Strip, the army said on Friday. Figures released by the army showed that 194 soldiers have been killed and 1,191 others have been injured since Israel expanded its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip […]
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 has climbed to 24,762, the Health Ministry in the territory said Friday. In a statement, the ministry added that 62,108 other people had been injured in the offensive. “The Israeli occupation committed 12 massacres of families in […]
TEL AVIV – AFP Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rebuffed American calls for the creation of an independent Palestinian state, putting the US-Israeli divide on the matter on sharp display. Netanyahu’s insistence that Israel must retain “security control over all the territory west of the Jordan River”...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Another Palestinian journalist was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, taking their number to 119 since October 7, the government media office said. A statement by the media office said Wael Abu Fannouna was killed in Gaza City, but did not provide any further details. […]
ANKARA (AA) – Videos of world-renowned actors reading aloud the accusations against Israel regarding the genocide in Gaza, during the initial hearing of the case filed by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), have garnered thousands of views on social media platforms. Actors of the TV series “Crown,” Khali...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli mother has accused the army of intentionally killing her son during an operation in the Gaza Strip in November. Sergeant Ron Sherman,19, was captured by Hamas on October 7. In mid-December, the Israeli army said that it had recovered the body of Sherman from a Hamas tunnel in Jabalia in […]
