ANKARA (AA) – Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton’s call to block fleeing Gazans from entering the country has triggered backlash from the government and civil society organizations. Calling for a stop to migration from the besieged Palestinian coast enclave, Dutton had said the arrival of people from a war zone to Australia ...
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused the US of orchestrating her removal from power earlier this month. She alleges that it was linked to her refusal to cede control of Saint Martin Island, the southernmost part of Bangladesh, to the U.S. According to a recent report, Hasina claimed the U.S. wanted her to […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The storming of the al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem by hundreds of radical Israelis is “unacceptable,” the US Statement Department said Tuesday. “Let me just say clearly that the United States stands firmly for preservation of the historic status quo with respect to the holy sites of ...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States said Monday it would resume sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, several years after they were suspended over human rights concerns in Yemen. Since the freeze, and with a truce holding in Yemen, Saudi Arabia has “met their end of the deal, and we are prepared […]
Washington, United States – AFP The United States warned Iran on Monday of consequences for arming Russia, saying it has seen accounts Tehran will provide Moscow with hundreds of ballistic missiles. “We are prepared to deliver a swift and severe response if Iran were to move forward with the transfer of ballistic missiles, which wo...
The US is set to release $3.5 billion to Israel for the purchase of American weapons. The funds are from a $14.1 billion supplemental bill passed in April. The State Department notified Congress of the decision on Aug. 8. The funding comes as Israel faces potential backlash from Iran and Hezbollah following its recent military […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden again warned Iran on Saturday about a possible retaliatory attack against Israel amid rising tensions in the Middle East. “Don’t,” Biden responded to reporters before entering his vehicle, when he was asked: “What’s your message to Iran?” Biden issued the same warning in April...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian presidency has held the US government responsible for Israel’s attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza. In a statement, Nabih Abu Rudeineh, the spokesperson for the Palestinian Presidency, condemned the attack and held the US administration “responsible for the massacre due to it...
Tokyo, Japan — AFP The US ambassador to Japan skipped a ceremony on Friday marking the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in protest at Israel not being invited. Rahm Emanuel instead attended a prayer meeting at a Tokyo temple with Israeli ambassador Gilad Cohen and Britain’s Julia Longbottom, who also boycotted the...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Thursday American presidents should “have a say” in monetary policy decisions of the Federal Reserve. “I feel the president should have at least (a) say in there,” he told a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence in the state of Florida. &...
