WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden said Monday that Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip “should end” as the Palestinian death toll in the coastal enclave has topped 43,000. “We need a cease-fire. This war should end,” the president said in brief remarks before reporters after he cast his early ballot ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that his country does not seek war but will defend its people and respond in a “proportionate” manner to the latest Israeli attack. “We do not seek war, but we will defend our country and the rights of our people. We will give a […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Five more Palestinian journalists were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, taking their number since last year to 182, the government media office said. “The number of journalist martyrs has risen to 182 since the beginning of the genocide in Gaza, following the killing of journalists [&hell...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – More than 820 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli military’s 22-day “campaign of genocide and ethnic cleansing,” in northern Gaza, the Gaza Government Media Office said. “The Israeli army has killed over 820 Palestinians within the span of just over three weeks in northern Gaza,” Ismail ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Microsoft has fired two employees for holding an “unauthorized” vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza at the company’s campus in Redmond, Washington, according to the Seattle Times. The two employees were fired over the phone late Thursday as they were both reportedly members of a coalition of employees called “No ...
LONDON (AA) – A Norwegian humanitarian aid organization says Israel is waging “a war of aggression” against Lebanon’s entire population, not just Hezbollah, local media reported. “It is high time that the world dares to call a spade a spade. We are witnessing a war of aggression,” local news agency NTB quoted Norwegian People’s Aid...
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...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has started to increase its military exports to Israel, official figures reveal. The German Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the government has approved exports of military equipment and weapons worth €94 million ($101.5 million) to Israel in the last three months. The figures were released in response to a parli...
BERLIN (AA) – If Donald Trump is re-elected, his four-year term could cost Germany up to €180 billion (approximately $194.2 billion) in a “trade war,” German Economic Institute (IW) said in a report released on Thursday. According to the report, Trump’s pledge to increase tariffs to reduce the US trade deficit could cause sig...
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...
