JERUSALEM (AA) – A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah brokered with US and French diplomatic efforts came into effect Wednesday at 4 a.m. local time (0200GMT). Under the agreement, the Lebanese Armed Forces will be deployed in southern Lebanon within 60 days, during which time Israel will gradually withd...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US State Department has urged Pakistani authorities to “respect human rights” and has called on protestors to “demonstrate peacefully” as opposition protestors took to the streets. During a press briefing, Spokesman Matthew Miller said the US supports freedom of expression, peaceful assembly ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US announced Monday that it is close to brokering a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Lebanese group Hezbollah but emphasized that a deal has not yet been finalized. “We don’t believe we have an agreement yet. We believe we’re close to an agreement,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told r...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Far-right extremist Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called a US-backed cease-fire with Hezbollah a “grave mistake.” In a post on his X account, Ben-Gvir said accepting the US cease-fire proposal would mean missing out on an “historic” opportunity to ‘destroy Hezbollah.’ The hardline fan...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant plans to travel to Washington despite an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over war crimes in Gaza, according to Israeli media. Israel’s Army Radio said Gallant will hold talks with US security officials during his visit. No date was gi...
TEXAS, United States (AA) – The Texas Board of Education has approved a new curriculum that allows public schools in the state to give Bible-based lessons, according to media reports. The curriculum gives schools the green light to teach about the Bible to students from Kindergarten through Grade 5. The syllabus includes Biblical and Chr...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UK, France, Germany and the US welcomed Saturday the adoption of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors resolution on Iran’s Safeguards Agreements. “The resolution responds to Iran’s continued failure to provide the IAEA the information and cooperation needed to clarify long outsta...
LONDON (AA) – UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will keep following the US in terms of polices on Gaza, but could take a different approach when it comes to the occupied West Bank, says veteran British journalist Peter Oborne. In an interview with Anadolu, Oborne emphasized that Israel’s genocide in Gaza, now in its second […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – Republican lawmakers have denounced the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming National Security Advisor pledged a strong response in January. Rep. Mike Waltz, the incoming nation...
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, a close ally of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been charged with orchestrating a $250 million bribery scheme in the United States. Charges were filed in New York. Adani and his senior executives are accused of paying bribes to Indian officials to secure lucrative contracts for his renewable energy fi...
