TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Two Iranian soldiers were killed in Israel’s overnight attack on the country, the Iranian military announced in a statement Saturday. The statement said the soldiers lost their lives while “defending Iran’s security and preventing harm to the Iranian people and interests, in response to projectiles launched by t...
Israel—which is already waging war on Gaza and Lebanon—said its military struck targets in and near Iran’s capital Tehran early Saturday, while explosions believed to be Israeli attacks were also reported in Syria and Iraq. Numerous explosions were reported in and near the Iranian capital, including at the Imam Khomeini International Air...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Stressing that there should be “no more suffering and destruction in Palestine and Lebanon,” China’s President Xi Jinping has called on the BRICS member states to “uphold peace and strive for common security.” “We should come forward together to form a stabilizing force for peace and explore soluti...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed concern over the current escalation of tensions in the Middle East, calling Israel’s war on Palestine “one of the bloodiest in a long series of clashes” and emphasizing the need to correct historical injustices against the Palestinian people. Speaking at a meeting i...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Vice President Kamala Harris sidestepped a question Wednesday on preventing further Palestinian deaths from US-funded bombs in Gaza, instead emphasizing the need for a two-state solution. “I will say and I think this is to your point: far too many innocent Palestinian civilians have been killed,” the Democra...
A UN report reveals Israel’s ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip has obliterated nearly seven decades of human development in just over a year. The UN Development Programme estimates poverty in Gaza will soar to 74.3%, affecting more than 2.6 million people. The region’s Human Development Index has plummeted to levels not seen since 1955. [...
LONDON (AA) – The Nordic countries have expressed “deep concern” over the recent introduction of draft legal bills in Israel’s parliament, fearing that if passed, Tel Aviv would prevent the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from continuing its operations in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza. The Nordi...
BRUSSELS (AA) – Jewish historian Ilan Pappe has warned that Israel may extend its genocidal actions from Gaza to the West Bank unless Western powers reconsider their pro-Zionist policies. “What Israel commits in the Gaza Strip is genocide by all legal definitions,” said Pappe, director of the European Centre for Palestine Stu...
ROME (AA) – The University of Milan has suspended an agreement with Israel’s Reichman University on an exchange of students and researchers after its rector, Marina Brambilla, met with a delegation of Palestinian students who had been pressing for a boycott of relations with Israeli universities. The university’s administration cited the...
Gaza City, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian women displaced by the Israeli army’s attacks on northern Gaza since October 6 have shared their harrowing experiences with journalists. Malak Elyan and Aya Al-Tanani arrived in Gaza City from Beit Lahiya, visibly exhausted from the bombardments, hunger, and the toll of forced migration. They recounted a...
