ISTANBUL (AA) – Tanya Haj-Hassan, a medical practitioner, broke down in tears as she recounted her experiences in bombarded Gaza during a briefing at the UN. Speaking in connection with the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People commemorated annually on November 29, Haj-Hassan shared accounts of the suffering she wit...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called Israeli war on Gaza “heartbreaking,” according to local media. “It is heartbreaking that many times more bombs were dropped on Gaza than on Tokyo in massive US air raids during World War II,” NHK news quoted Ishiba as saying. Ishiba’s remarks came after receiving information [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – President Joe Biden described Russia’s overnight missile and drone assault on Ukraine as “outrageous,” highlighting the attack as a stark reminder of the importance of supporting Ukraine, the White House said on Thursday. “Overnight, Russia carried out a horrific aerial attack against Ukraine,” said the presidential m...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 19 Palestinians were killed in Israel’s attacks on Friday in the northern Gaza Strip. A medical source told Anadolu that 10 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a home in the Beit Lahia town. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that another airstrike hit a [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel has blocked all attempts to deliver humanitarian aid to the northern Gaza Strip, says the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). In a statement, UNRWA said it attempted 91 times to deliver life-saving humanitarian aid to Jabalia, Beit Lahia, and Beit Sahour in northern Gaza from October 6 to November 25. […]
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain on Thursday announced a €1.6 million ($1.7 million) funding boost for the International Criminal Court (ICC). “We want international law, not impunity, to prevail,” Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told the Spanish parliament, adding that Madrid is now among the court’s top 10 financial backers. Albares add...
BRUSSELS (AA) – All EU member states “are under an obligation to execute arrest warrants issued by the ICC,” EU spokesperson Peter Stano has said in a written statement, specifically noting the warrants issued for two top Israeli officials in the ongoing war on Gaza. The International Criminal Court (ICC), in a landmark move last [&helli...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Lebanese army says that it has begun assuming its missions in southern Lebanon, a day after a cease-fire deal with Israel. A military statement said that army units began to assume their missions in the south, the Bekaa region, and southern Beirut, including setting up checkpoints, opening roads, and detonation of [&hellip...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Biden administration has provisionally approved a $680 million weapons sale to Israel, including precision munitions like JDAM kits and small-diameter bombs, according to a report. US officials recently briefed Congress on the proposal, a customary step before a public announcement, the Financial Times reported, cit...
WASHINGTON (AA) – American activist Hazami Barmada entered the third day of her hunger strike near the US State Department and the White House on Wednesday, calling for an immediate end to Israel’s starvation of Palestinians in Gaza. Speaking to Anadolu, Barmada criticized the Biden administration, particularly Secretary of State A...
