Guwahati, India – (AFP) At least 26 more people have died in monsoon flooding and lightning strikes in India, as millions remained marooned in the country and neighbouring Bangladesh, authorities said Monday. Floods are a regular menace in India and Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency, ferocity and un...
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories – (AFP) The Palestinian Authority on Sunday called on Israel to hand over the gun that allegedly fired the shot which killed Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. Abu Akleh was shot and killed on May 11 while covering an Israeli army operation in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has hailed South Africa and Spain’s Catalonia region over their criticism of Israeli “crimes” against Palestinians. In a statement, Hamas said it appreciates the South African call for the international community “to hold Israel accountable for its crimes and violations against the...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan is facing new inflows of asylum seekers from neighboring Afghanistan, following the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, according to the UN refugee agency. Speaking on the eve of the World Refugees Day, observed June 20 every year, Qaiser Khan Afridi, a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refuge...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have begun an arduous journey to cross the Indian-Bangladeshi border for safe shelter on the southeast coast of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh where more than 1 million Rohingya have been provided shelter. There are about 40,000 Rohingya in India with 20,000 registered with the UN refugee...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has called for enacting a law to ban insults against religions and sanctities. In a statement, the Doha-based group said it will dispatch a delegation of Muslim scholars to Islamic countries for talks on the increasing verbal attacks against Islam. IUMS said it will ask [&helli...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Thousands of Rohingya at refugee camps in Bangladesh’s southeast coast of Cox’s Bazar held large rallies on Sunday, calling on the international community to make arrangements for their safe return to Myanmar, along with being granted citizenship rights. Ignoring the rain, Rohingya refugees gathered in the ...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish forces “neutralized” four YPG/PKK fighters in northern Syria, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Sunday. The fighters were plotting an attack in the area of Operation Peace Spring, the ministry said in a statement. Turkish authorities use the term “neutralized” to imply the terrorists in question su...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian worker was shot dead by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement said the worker was shot while trying to cross through an Israeli separation barrier to reach his workplace inside Israel. The victim’s body is still withheld […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli president has thanked his Turkish counterpart for Ankara’s efforts in combating terrorism in a phone call. Details of the conversation were released by Türkiye’s Communications Directorate said on Sunday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog discussed Türkiye-Israel relations and...
