LONDON (AA) – UK forces have been involved in supporting Israel following a missile attack launched by Iran, according to the British media. The attack came in retaliation for recent strikes that killed key figures from Hezbollah, Hamas, and a senior Iranian commander. Prime Minister Keir Starmer reaffirmed the UK’s stance, declari...
WASHINGTON (AA) – As the one-year mark of Israel’s war on Gaza approaches, a new poll reveals stark partisan differences in Americans’ views of Israel and its role in the ongoing conflagration in the Middle East. This highlights the gravity of the differences between the Republican Party of former President Donald Trump and t...
YEMEN (AA) – The Yemeni Houthi group has claimed attacking Israeli “military targets” with cruise missiles amid ongoing regional tensions as Israel escalates its attacks on Gaza and Lebanon. In a statement, the group’s military spokesman Yahya Saree announced attacking military targets “in the depth of the Zionist...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel has killed another Palestinian journalist in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip, taking the death toll since last October 7 to 174. The government media office in a statement identified the new victim as Wafa Aludaini, without giving any details about the circumstances of her death. It said Aludaini [&helli...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Yemeni Houthi group has claimed to have attacked three US warships in the Red Sea as they were reportedly sailing to support Israel. In a statement, the Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group had fired “23 ballistic and winged missiles and a drone” at “three US destroyers” in the ...
MADRID (AA) – More than 200 trade unions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Spain observed a 24-hour general strike titled “Against the genocide and occupation in Palestine.” As part of the nationwide strike, demonstrations took place in the capital Madrid and other major cities such as Barcelona and Bilbao, with university stu...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon has said that the death toll from Israeli assaults across the country has hit 1,540 since last October. The Disaster Risk Management Unit said in a report the number injured stands at 5,410 and “the number of displaced individuals registered in approved shelters had risen to 77,100 by Wednesday afternoon.” The [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for Israel’s suspension from the UN General Assembly. “I call for suspending Israel’s membership in the General Assembly until it fulfills its obligations and the conditions for accepting its membership and implements all the resolutions of the UN and its bodies,” he said in ...
ATHENS (AA) – Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) staged protests in 10 countries across the world to pay homage to the journalists killed in Gaza. The non-profit in a statement said the Israeli army, since last October, has killed over 130 journalists in the Palestinian enclave. The protests were organized in Germany, Brazil, Spain...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Far-right radical Zionist Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has threatened to withdraw from the ruling coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to a cease-fire with Hezbollah. The US, the EU, and nine other nations called on Israel and Hezbollah to agree to a 21-day cease-fire amid an escalation in their cross-bord...