Two major academic groups in the U.S. are taking the White House to court. The American Association of University Professors and the Middle East Studies Association filed a lawsuit in Boston. They accuse the former Biden administration of creating a climate of repression on university campuses. The groups say students and scholars who speak ou...
A Columbia University student is suing the Trump administration for trying to deport her. Twenty-one-year-old Yunseo Chung, a legal U.S. resident, joined protests in support of Palestine on campus. She says the U.S. government is revoking her status unfairly. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued an arrest warrant and has moved to deport...
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Newly elected African Union (AU) Chair Mohamud Ali Yusuf has vowed that the organization’s military assistance to Somalia will remain steadfast under his leadership, reports Somali Guardian. Yusuf, who assumed the AU’s top post recently, during a visit to Somalia lauded President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as a “visionary and ...
PORT SUDAN, Sudan (MNTV) – The number of internally displaced people within Sudan has fallen but it is still more than 9 million, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said, according to Sudan Tribune. The IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) update, seen by Sudan Tribune, reports a 2.4% decrease in the number of internall...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Arabia has condemned Israel’s announcement of establishing an agency aimed at displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the Saudi Foreign Ministry also denounced “the approval of the separation of 13 illegal settler neighborhoods in the West Bank, paving the way for their legitimization as colonia...
ANKARA /ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 36 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday, medical sources said. A medical source said four people lost their lives when Israeli warplanes struck a house in the southern city of Khan Younis. Six more people were killed and several others injured in […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan’s King Abdullah II has called for “immediate international action” to halt the ongoing genocidal war on Gaza, which Israel has been waging for the past 16 months. During a phone call with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, King Abdullah stressed the “urgent need for the international community t...
LONDON / ISTANBUL (AA) – France, Germany and the UK, collectively known as the E3, called for an immediate return to a cease-fire in Gaza, urging Israel to fully respect international law and allow immediate access to humanitarian aid. “The resumption of Israeli strikes in Gaza marks a dramatic step backward for the people of Gaza,...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 16 Palestinians, including six children, have been killed on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes on the northern and central Gaza Strip. Medical officials have confirmed that the children alongside three Palestinians lost their lives when Israeli forces bombed the Mashharawi family home in the Al-Tuffah ne...
President Donald Trump “fully supports Israel” as it renews attacks on Gaza, the White House said on Thursday. Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt blamed Hamas for Israel’s renewed violence and said Trump wants all Israeli prisoners returned. She said Trump backs Israel’s military and resumption of attacks which have killed more than 700 Pales...
