WASHINGTON (AA) – The US continues to “work tirelessly” to conclude a Gaza cease-fire and prisoner exchange deal after Israel and Hezbollah exchanged intense cross-border fire overnight, an official said Sunday. “A cease-fire in Gaza could also help to reduce tensions along the Blue Line (that marks the frontier between...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden is “closely monitoring events in Israel and Lebanon,” the White House said Saturday night after Israel launched a massive series of airstrikes in Lebanon in response to what it said were Hezbollah’s preparations for a large-scale assault. Biden “has been engaged with his natio...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to President Joe Biden to withdraw the army one kilometer from the 14-kilometer-long Philadelphi Corridor, which runs along the Gaza-Egypt border while leaving a minimal number of military sites in the area, according to Israeli media. The pledge comes as part of ongoing discu...
The Philippines has agreed to temporarily host a select group of about 300 Afghans awaiting resettlement in the United States. Under this agreement, the US government will provide essential services, including food, housing, medical care, and security for these refugees as their visas are processed. The move marks a continuation of Operation A...
Amnesty International has issued a stark warning at the Geneva Arms Trade Treaty conference. It is accusing the US, China, and others of “brazenly flouting” the treaty’s regulations. Signed a decade ago, the agreement aims to control the trade of conventional weapons and prevent their use in human rights abuses. Despite more than ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has called US President Joe Biden’s allegation that the Palestinian group had backed away from a Gaza cease-fire deal “misleading.” “Biden and (US Secretary of State Antony) Blinken’s statements are misleading and don’t reflect the true position of the movement, which is keen...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Mediators in the Gaza cease-fire talks announced on Friday that they proposed a new plan to bridge gaps between Israel and Hamas. “Over the last 48 hours in Doha, senior officials from our governments have engaged in intensive talks as mediators aiming to conclude the agreement for a cease-fire and release […]
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 ...
