ISTANBUL (AA) – The Taliban-led interim administration in Afghanistan has slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rejected any plans to displace Palestinians from their homeland. The interim Afghan Foreign Ministry said it “unequivocally condemns the Israeli occupying leader’s statement” that suggested the establishment of ...
CAIRO/ANKARA (AA) – Egypt wants Palestinians to remain in Gaza during the reconstruction of the enclave. Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty stated this during a phone call with his Portuguese counterpart, Paulo Rangel. Abdelatty acknowledged Portugal’s support for Egypt and expressed hope for continued backing for a strategic partnership between ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 70 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in the occupied West Bank since the start of this year, the Palestinian Health Ministry has stated. The victims included 10 children, one woman and two elderly people, the ministry added in a statement. The ministry said that 38 people were […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 46,960 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, according to local authorities. “Around 30,000 women and children were among the victims,” Gaza’s government media office said in a statement. It added that over 14,200 people have been missing since [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas has said that the health condition of freed Palestinian prisoners reflected Israel’s “barbarity and fascism.” The Israeli authorities released 90 Palestinian prisoners, including women and children, on Sunday night from Ofer Prison, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, under the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) — Hamas has urged the Fatah movement to respond positively to the efforts aimed at establishing a “Community Support Committee” to manage the Gaza Strip. In a statement, Hamas said it had recently received and considered “numerous national initiatives and proposals within the framework of efforts to ...
President Joe Biden recently signed the 2025 defense spending bill, endorsing $895 billion in funding and extending the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act for another five years. Key measures in the act include monitoring human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang and imposing sanctions on Chinese officials linked to “genocide” against Uy...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – An official from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has termed the death of seven newborns and infants from cold in Gaza as “tragic and unacceptable.” “It’s tragic and unacceptable that since 23 December, 7 newborns and infants have reportedly died from the cold and a lack of adequate shelter ...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The Yemeni Houthi resistance group has claimed to have shot down a US drone in central Yemen. Military spokesman Yahya Saree said a US MQ-9 drone was intercepted “while carrying out hostile missions” over Marib province. He said the drone was shot down by “a domestically made surface-to-air missile.” The spokesman [&h...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Gaza’s population has declined by 6% as a result of Israel’s genocidal war, official figures have shown. Ola Awad, head of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), said the territory’s population dropped to 2.1 million, down by 160,000 people since 2023. Awad said nearly 45,500 people have been dire...
