TEHRAN (AA) – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday the biggest concern of the Islamic world at the moment is “crimes against Palestinians.” Leading a high-level delegation, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani arrived in Tehran on an unannounced visit in the wee hours of Monday morning. The visit came a day after Sudani ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s escalating invasion of the besieged Gaza Strip has been nothing short of “horrific,” says a Jewish-American activist who was detained last week following a protest on the Capitol Hill. “It is absolutely unbearable to watch the way our government ha...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Hundreds of people took to a Cleveland City Council meeting to accuse the Ohio city’s mayor of supporting what they said is “genocide” in Gaza. “We charge you with genocide. Mayor Bibb, you can’t hide,” the protesters chanted in the council chambers, according to video of the Monday night meeting that ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar, human rights defenders have renewed the call for granting full rights to the persecuted community. “Rohingya are citizens of the country and should be seen by our fellow citizens as valued members of the pro-democratic revolution,” said Zaw Win, […]...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The European Union foreign policy chief warned Serbia against genocide denial on Tuesday after a meeting of the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Council (SA Council). Josep Borrell said such denial is not compatible with European values. “There is no place in Europe for genocide denial. There is no pl...
