GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least seven Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes on homes across the war-torn Gaza Strip on Thursday, the Civil Defense Service said. The agency said five people, including two children, lost their lives and several others were injured in a strike on a house east of […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US, the European Union and nine other nations urged Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday to agree to a temporary cease-fire. In a joint statement, the US, Australia, Canada, the EU, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar described the situation between the two nations as “in...
BEIRUT (AA) — Despite international calls for a temporary cease-fire, Israeli warplanes continued to hit Lebanon Thursday, with an entire family among the victims. The official Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported that an entire family perished in a strike on their home in the town of Chaat. The agency did not specify the number [&hell...
ATHENS (AA) – Greece’s New Left party placed a banner in the yard of the parliament building in solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon. “Peace Now! Solidarity with Lebanon, Freedom for Palestine,” read the banner that was held by five lawmakers. “The far-right government of Israel pursues genocide in Gaza with the terrorist attacks and de...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Kremlin has urged Russians in Lebanon to leave the country for security reasons. The Russian embassy and other diplomatic missions in Lebanon are working to inform some 3,000 Russian citizens staying in Lebanon about the existing warnings and recommendations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a press briefing in M...
ANKARA (AA) — Pope Francis has called on the international community to “make every effort to stop this terrible escalation” after days of intense Israeli airstrikes killed hundreds in Lebanon. “I am saddened by the news coming out of Lebanon,” the pope said at his weekly general audience at the Vatican, voicing hope &#...
A Palestinian student in Sweden is being denied citizenship due to her pro-Palestine activism at Chalmers University of Technology. Following the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, Isra Barham helped launch a campaign to support Palestinian rights. This included protests and a petition with nearly 150 signatures urging the university to cu...
Israel and the US faced the ire of world leaders during a heated UN General Assembly session, the first major gathering since Israel began its war on Gaza nearly a year ago. Many leaders criticized Israel’s retaliatory measures since October 7. They say its war on Gaza has exceeded the bounds of self-defense. Brazilian President […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 19 people were killed and dozens injured in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon on Wednesday, according to Lebanese authorities and media. The Health Ministry said four people were killed and 38 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on the Baalbek-Hermel province in eastern Lebanon. Five more people were killed and 27 others ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of 103 US lawmakers has called on the Biden administration to conduct an independent investigation into the killing of Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank earlier this month. In a letter sent on Tuesday to President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, [&hel...
