TEL AVIV – AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted he has been under “pressures to end the war” on Gaza. “Today I am pushed, together with my friends, to end the war before we achieve all its goals. These pressures are increasing,” he said in a statement on Thursday. He also warned the […...
NEW YORK (AA) – The US and Russian representatives to the UN exchanged heated words Tuesday during a Security Council session on Gaza. In his remarks at the session, titled “Protection of civilians in armed conflict,” Russian envoy Vassily Nebenzia accused his “Western colleagues” of allowing Israel to use hunger ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump easily won their parties’ primaries in the state of Michigan on Tuesday. Trump emerged as the winner in the Michigan Republican primary, defeating his main rival, Nikki Haley, according to US media projections. On the Democratic side, Biden has won despite facing ...
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 ...
Beijing, China – AFP China warned Wednesday that a US decision to veto a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza pushed the conflict into an “even more dangerous” situation. Washington on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution drafted by Algeria, which demanded an immediate humanita...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemeni Houthis on Wednesday said the US and the UK carried out six overnight airstrikes on several areas in the Al Hudaydah province in western Yemen. “The American-British aggression targeted the Al-Araj area in Al Hudaydah with four raids,” reported the Houthi-run Saba news agency. The Houthi Al-Masirah ...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Prospects for a cease-fire dimmed Sunday after the United States signalled it would veto the latest push for a UN Security Council resolution and mediator Qatar acknowledged that separate truce talks have hit an impasse. Efforts to pause the over four-month-old war languish as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The West’s support for and alliance with Israel has undergone a visible shift in recent weeks, with leaders pushing more for a cease-fire, addressing the humanitarian crisis and raising concerns over a potential ground assault in Rafah. The change in position comes as civilian casualties continue to mount in Gaza, where Israel’...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel faced renewed calls from key ally the United States on Friday against launching a large-scale attack on Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, where nearly 1.5 million Palestinians are trapped. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted he would push ahead with a “powerful” opera...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US Coast Guard seized advanced weapons from Iran, destined for Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen in the Red Sea on January 28, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) has claimed. “The U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast-response cutter USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr (WPC 1147), assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command...
