London, United Kingdom – AFP British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Sunday that the world needed “calm heads to prevail” after Iran launched its first-ever direct attack on Israeli territory. “We’ll be working with our allies to de-escalate the situation,” Sunak told reporters in Downing Street. Sunak said ...
LONDON (AA) – UK-based charity Oxfam has reiterated its call on the British government to stop arms shipments to Israel, warning that continued refusal to suspend it could make it “complicit in war crimes.” “It is against international law to intentionally or recklessly attack civilians and civilian infrastructure – and Briti...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Civilians were killed in US-UK airstrikes in Yemen early Sunday, according to the Houthi group. The Houthi-run Human Rights Ministry said that more than 15 strikes targeted several provinces, including the capital Sanaa. A number of civilians were killed and injured in the attacks, the ministry said, without giving an exact...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The US and the UK conducted four airstrikes against the Al Hudaydah International Airport in western Yemen, the Houthi group said on Wednesday. “The US-UK aggression resumes targeting Al Hudaydah International Airport with a fourth airstrike,” the Al-Masirah channel, affiliated with the Houthis, said on Telegram. It d...
LONDON (AA) – For the Muslim community in London, the holy month of Ramadan has started this year with a sense of trepidation. A spike in Islamophobia spurred by Israel’s war on Gaza and recent break-ins at mosques have heightened fears and sparked calls for increased security measures. Since mid-February, there have been a series […]...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemen’s Houthi group is insisting on bringing relief aid into the Gaza Strip in exchange for allowing the sunken British ship Rubymar in the Gulf of Aden to be salvaged. “We confirm again that the offer is valid to tow the ship (Rubymar) in exchange for bringing relief trucks into Gaza,” […]
London, United Kingdom – AFP Following weeks of simmering tension in the UK over the Gaza conflict, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Friday said that the “time has come” to battle extremist forces as he warned “democracy itself is a target”. In an unusual address from outside his Downing Street home, Sunak said that ...
ROCHDALE – AFP “Keir Starmer, this is for Gaza,” said George Galloway from the Workers Party of Britain after winning the Rochdale by-election, beating the Conservative and Labour parties with 12,335 votes. The left-wing leader was elected to the UK parliament after tapping into anger over Israel’s war on Gaza. “K...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The US and the UK carried out 22 airstrikes targeting three Yemeni governorates, including the capital Sanaa, the Yemen-based Houthi group said on Sunday. The US and British “aggression” targeted the city of Sanaa and its countryside with 17 airstrikes, the Houthi-affiliated Saba news agency reported. “The US-British ...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – A group of British parliamentarians from the International Development Committee (IDC) have visited the Egyptian city Al-Arish in the Sinai desert to observe humanitarian efforts. Upon the return of the group back to the UK, the committee chair, Sarah Champion, said: “Nothing that has been reported braces you f...
