A U.S. judge has stopped the arrest of Columbia University student Yunseo Chung, who is facing deportation over her role in protests for Palestine. A federal court in New York issued a temporary restraining order, blocking officials from detaining her. Chung is a permanent U.S. resident from South Korea, who was targeted by immigration authori...
A group of House Democrats is demanding the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib led the charge at a Capitol Hill press conference, calling Khalil’s detention and possible deportation “illegal.” Khalil is a Columbia University graduate and legal permanent resident in the U.S. He was arrested by Immigrati...
National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has taken “full responsibility” for mistakenly adding a journalist to a private Signal group discussing a planned U.S. military strike in Yemen. Speaking on Fox News, Waltz called it “embarrassing” and vowed to “get to the bottom of it.” The chat group, named “Houth...
Two major academic groups in the U.S. are taking the White House to court. The American Association of University Professors and the Middle East Studies Association filed a lawsuit in Boston. They accuse the former Biden administration of creating a climate of repression on university campuses. The groups say students and scholars who speak ou...
The U.S. is facing criticism for refusing to condemn Israel over the deaths of two Palestinian journalists in Gaza. At a press briefing, the State Department’s Tammy Bruce deflected questions on whether the killings could be considered war crimes. Instead, she blamed Hamas, saying every tragedy in Gaza stems from the group’s actions. Bruce str...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Arabia has condemned Israel’s announcement of establishing an agency aimed at displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the Saudi Foreign Ministry also denounced “the approval of the separation of 13 illegal settler neighborhoods in the West Bank, paving the way for their legitimization as colonia...
ANKARA /ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 36 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday, medical sources said. A medical source said four people lost their lives when Israeli warplanes struck a house in the southern city of Khan Younis. Six more people were killed and several others injured in […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan’s King Abdullah II has called for “immediate international action” to halt the ongoing genocidal war on Gaza, which Israel has been waging for the past 16 months. During a phone call with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, King Abdullah stressed the “urgent need for the international community t...
LONDON / ISTANBUL (AA) – France, Germany and the UK, collectively known as the E3, called for an immediate return to a cease-fire in Gaza, urging Israel to fully respect international law and allow immediate access to humanitarian aid. “The resumption of Israeli strikes in Gaza marks a dramatic step backward for the people of Gaza,...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 16 Palestinians, including six children, have been killed on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes on the northern and central Gaza Strip. Medical officials have confirmed that the children alongside three Palestinians lost their lives when Israeli forces bombed the Mashharawi family home in the Al-Tuffah ne...
