JERUSALEM (AA) – The US has frozen the delivery of 130 bulldozers to Israel amid home demolitions in the Gaza Strip, Israeli reported said on Sunday. According to Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, the Israeli Defense Ministry signed a major contract to purchase around 130 D9 bulldozers from US machinery maker Caterpillar. The newspaper, citing I...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Kuwait’s Red Crescent Society has sent its third relief plane carrying 40 tons of humanitarian aid to Lebanon. In a statement to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), the chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society, Khaled Al-Maghames, said: “The situation in Lebanon faces significant challenges that require increased support an...
CAIRO (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Emirati counterpart Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed increasing efforts to establish a cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon in a phone call on Saturday. Al Nahyan and Blinken exchanged views on the recent developments in the Middle East, particularly the humanitarian situation in Gaz...
Lebanon’s labor minister announced on Wednesday that the country has filed a complaint with the International Labor Organization (ILO) over deadly pager explosions in Lebanon in September. Moustafa Bayram described the attacks as an “egregious war against humanity, against technology, against work,”. In a press briefing in G...
BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem has vowed to force Israel to halt its air and ground attacks on Lebanon. “There is no place within Israel that is off-limits to missiles and drones launched from Lebanon,” Qassem said in a recorded speech. He emphasized that the basis for any cease-fire negotiations “is the complete [...
BEIRUT (AA) – At least 25 people were killed and 14 others injured in overnight Israeli airstrikes in central and southern Lebanon, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. A ministry statement said Israeli warplanes struck a building in Barja town in central Lebanon, killing 20 people and injuring 14 others. The ministry said the death [&hellip...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Tuesday that rocket and drone attacks on its areas were launched from Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. A military statement said warplanes intercepted a drone and two rockets fired from Lebanese territory, which triggered sirens in Metula and Kfar Giladi settlements in northern Israel. The army said a combat dron...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Iran has said that it will “certainly” respond to Israel’s latest attack in a “well-measured” and “well-calculated” manner. “Iran will certainly respond to the October 26 Israeli attack in appropriate time and manner, and in a well-measured and well-calculated way,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said dur...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) sent out 600,000 text messages across key swing states to engage Muslim voters. Executive Director Nihad Awad noted that while CAIR does not endorse candidates, it stresses the importance of voter turnout. Awad emphasizes that participating in elections is crucial for ensuring that elected offi...
Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib did not ask for support for Democratic presidential candidate vice president Kamala Harris during a recent campaign event. According to Politico, the Palestinian-American representative spoke on Friday at a United Auto Workers rally in Detroit. Tlaib encouraged union members to vote, but sought support for...
