ISTANBUL (AA) — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, acknowledged paying a woman who accused him of sexual assault, while insisting that the encounter was consensual. His attorney Timothy Parlatore confirmed the payment in a statement and said Hegseth “maintains his innocence.” The revelati...
ANKARA (AA) – After a gruesome case of sexual assault by Israeli soldiers on a Palestinian detainee last month, rape threats against Palestinians by illegal Israeli settlers have become common. Illegal Israeli settlers continue to attack Palestinians and encroach on their properties with no accountability but protection by the Israeli ar...
ANKARA (AA) – The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has voiced deep concern over a report by UN experts that brought to light the possibility that the Israeli army committed serious violations against Palestinian women and girls, including crimes of sexual assault. “UN experts appalled by reported human rights v...
