WASHINGTON (AA): The US on Thursday seized 13 web domains linked to the pro-Palestine resistance group Hezbollah and its affiliates, including websites linked to the group’s media wing. The websites, which include moqawama.org, almanarnews.org, manarnews.org, almanar-tv.org,manartv.net, manarnews.net, almanar-tv.com, almanar-tv.net, alid...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): The UN rights chief Thursday called on the international community to exert all possible pressure on the fighting sides in Sudan to resolve the conflict and end “the wanton violence”. The fighting has plunged “this much-suffering country into catastrophe”, United Nations High Commissioner for ...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): A “perfect storm” of overlapping crises forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, sending the number of internally displaced people to a record high. An unprecedented 71.1 million internally displaced people (IDPs) were registered in 2022 — up 20 percent from a year earlier...
Metema, Ethiopia (AFP): After a perilous three-day journey from conflict-torn Sudan, Muhamad Yusuf reached the Ethiopian border town of Metema. However, like so many who had fled the deadly chaos, his relief was clouded by anxiety. His immediate prospects were limited to a seemingly interminable wait in a makeshift camp in northwestern Ethiopi...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group demanded on Thursday that Israel end its assassination policy in order to establish a cease-fire. Speaking to Anadolu, the group’s spokesman Dawood Shihab said no progress has yet been achieved on a cease-fire between the Palestinian groups in Gaza and Israel. “The Egy...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Senior US and Israeli security advisors discussed “the ongoing conflict in Gaza” in a phone call Wednesday, said the White House. The call between US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi came a day after Israel launched airstrikes in Gaza. “Sulliv...
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday declared former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest in a corruption case illegal, ordering his immediate release. A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, hearing a petition seeking the ex-premier’s release asked Khan to approach the Isl...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s minister of finance and economic affairs arrived in Jeddah, a Saudi Arabian port city on the Red Sea, on Thursday in the first visit to the kingdom by a senior Iranian official since the restoration of diplomatic relations. Ehsan Khandouzi is leading a high-level economic delegation to Saudi Arabia, according [...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israel continued its attacks on Gaza Thursday, the third day of the worst escalation of violence in months that has killed 25 people in the blockaded Palestinian enclave. Air strikes by the Israeli army since Tuesday have killed fighters as well as civilians, including several children, said officials ...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Fighting continues in the Sudanese capital and a city to the south, residents say, pushing more people to undertake dangerous journeys to safety across the country’s borders. Those unable to escape grapple with shortages of food and other essentials, surviving only thanks to Sudanese charity networks among friends ...