JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli forces killed a Palestinian at the entrance of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem late Friday, according to security sources. Israeli police claimed in a statement that the Palestinian attempted to take the weapon of an Israeli policeman at the Bab al-Silsila (Chain Gate) — one of Al-Aqsa Mosque̵...
COPENHAGEN (AA) – Divisions have appeared within the Denmark’s ruling coalition over the issue of the repatriation of Danish women and children from the Roj detention camp in northeastern Syria. A junior coalition partner, the Moderate party, wants Danish children to be repatriated even if it requires their mothers to be alongside them. ...
GENEVA (AA) – The international community must take firm action to protect the human rights and dignity of Palestinians, a UN expert has said. Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, highlighted the urgency of action saying that this happens to be “at a moment of ...
TEHRAN (AA) – On June 2 last year, after reporting zero deaths from COVID-19 following two years of multiple devastating waves, Iran’s Health Minister Bahram Einollahi congratulated the nation. Ten months on, the Middle East’s worst-hit country is grappling with the eighth wave of the coronavirus pandemic — an alarming surge in new...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has strongly condemned the Israeli foreign minister’s recent remarks about “forming a united front” with Azerbaijan against Tehran, saying it will “not remain indifferent” to the “conspiracy”. In a statement, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said the remarks show...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Defying restrictions imposed by Israel, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank marched to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the second Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “About 250,000 worshipers offered Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque,” Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, head of the Islamic Endowm...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus early on Friday. The slain officer was identified as Milad Heydari, an IRGC “military adviser” who the IRGC public relations division said was killed in a ̶...
The Hague, Netherlands (AFP): The International Court of Justice on Thursday rejected Iran’s bid to unblock nearly $2 billion in central bank assets frozen by the US, but ruled Washington had illegally seized some other funds. The UN’s top court said Washington’s freezing of funds belonging to several Iranian individuals and ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki has welcomed Azerbaijan’s decision to open a diplomatic office in Ramallah soon. This came during a meeting at the headquarters of the Palestinian Foreign Ministry in Ramallah on Thursday with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov, according to a statemen...
NEW YORK (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed recent efforts to deescalate tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in a phone call Thursday with his Israeli counterpart. Blinken and Eli Cohen discussed matters relating to Iran, efforts to advance mutual interests and Israel’s further regional integration, according to ...
