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...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The US administration plans to present a draft resolution to the UN Security Council to oppose Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank, Israeli media reported. Israel Hayom newspaper, citing a US source close to the Biden administration, said the draft will state that Israel’s presence in the occupied West Ban...
The U.S. has imposed new sanctions targeting Israeli settlers and organizations linked to extremist violence in the occupied West Bank. The sanctions come amid rising settler attacks on Palestinians, with reports indicating nearly 1,500 incidents last month alone. Data from Peace Now, an anti-settlement Israeli organization, indicates more tha...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US announced new sanctions on Monday against illegal Israeli settlers and entities over extremist settler violence in the occupied West Bank. The Treasury Department designated three individuals and three entities involved in settlement-related activities in the West Bank, according to a statement. The sanctions tar...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that US President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to “work very hard” to settle the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine deserves attention, but Moscow will wait for concrete proposals. “We will wait for their proposals. When we are asked about this, we always emphasize...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has named Karoline Leavitt to be his White House press secretary when he takes office in January. Trump praised Leavitt for doing a “phenomenal job” as press secretary during his presidential campaign. “Karoline is smart, tough, and has proven to be a highly effective commu...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who is an adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, met earlier this week with Iran’s envoy to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, to discuss potential ways to reduce tensions between the US and Iran, The New York Times reported Thursday. Iranian officials familiar with the meeting said [&hel...