ISTANBUL (AA) – The Iraqi government has condemned the US targeting of its military sites, labelling it a “clear hostile act.” In a statement, the media office of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani said the US act “runs counter to the pursuit of enduring mutual interest in establishing security and stability,”...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The United Nations has warned that Israel’s war on Gaza is pushing the people of the enclave towards famine. The entire population of Gaza faces “an imminent risk of famine”, according to a UN-backed global hunger monitoring system on Thursday, with more than half a million people facing &#...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said Israel’s war on Gaza “needs to move“ and “will move to a lower intensity phase.” “We expect to see, and want to see, a shift to more targeted operations, with a smaller number of forces that are really focused on dealing with the […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has detained 880 Palestinian children since the start of this year, a local nongovernmental organization says. “More than 200 children are still in custody, including 26 held under Israel’s policy of administrative detention” without charge or trial, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Tourism in Israel fell by 76% annually in October because of the war on Palestine and the cancellation of the majority of flights to and from Tel Aviv, according to a report by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics. The report noted that 89,700 tourists visited Israel in October, with the majority […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s foreign reserves have dropped by $7.3 billion in October amid the Israeli war on the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip. In a statement, the Bank of Israel said the country’s foreign reserves reached $191.2 billion in October, down from $198.55 billion in September. Israel’s reserves are now at their lowest le...