ISTANBUL (AA) – A wave of violence erupted in Amsterdam when supporters of Israeli soccer club Maccabi Tel Aviv allegedly stormed through the city, tearing down Palestinian flags on private property and chanting incendiary slogans, according to reports. The incidents, which took place before and after Maccabi’s match against Ajax, sparke...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – At least seven loggers were killed and five others injured in Nigeria’s volatile northeast Borno State when their vehicle hit a landmine, a local official said. Bakura Abba, head of the local volunteer guard or the Civilian Joint Task Force, told he media that the incident occurred in a remote area […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Several people are feared dead or injured after a powerful explosion shook Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to local reports. A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the media that the blast is believed to be a suicide bombing targeting a busy restaurant near the National Theat...
LONDON (AA) – London Mayor Sadiq Khan has reaffirmed the city’s commitment to standing united in the fight against racism, Islamophobia, and antisemitism, announcing enhanced support for security training at mosques across the UK capital. This initiative comes in response to recent nationwide violence and disorder that have left many mem...
ANKARA (AA) – A drone attack that killed over 200 fleeing Rohingya Muslims near the Bangladesh border on Monday has forced hundreds to return to their hometowns, while thousands are still taking shelter in paddy fields awaiting to cross into neighboring Bangladesh, according to a rights group. Risking their lives, a few hundred have move...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany, a staunch Israel supporter, has come round to strongly condemn the rising violence perpetrated by illegal Israeli settlers against Palestinians, urging the Israeli government to take the necessary measures to stop such attacks. “We condemn the violence of extremist settlers who attacked and set fire to a Palestinia...
Berlin, Germany — AFP German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that serious criminals should be deported, even if they come from Syria or Afghanistan, after an Afghan asylum seeker allegedly stabbed a police officer to death. He also said that glorifying or celebrating acts of violence was “against all our values”, and could in...
ANKARA (AA) – New Zealand has joined the US and the UK in enforcing sanctions against illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank amid escalating violence against Palestinians. In a statement, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced travel bans on a number of Israeli settlers who have committ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least four police officers have been killed by ISIS in West Africa Province (ISWAP) in northeastern Nigeria in an attack on a police station, according to media reports. Members of the militant group attacked the station in the Nganzai region in the Borno state where in addition to the slain […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has defended the violence by illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Violence by illegal Jewish settlers “is a marginal phenomenon and there is a sharp decrease in the actions of Jews against Arabs,” Ben-Gvir said during a situation assessment meeting cited by Israeli publ...
