GENEVA (AA): The number of violent incidents involving Israeli settlers in the occupied Palestinian territory stood at 591 in the first six months of 2023, the UN has reported. “That’s an average of 99 incidents every month and a 39% increase compared with the monthly average of the whole of 2022,” Jens Laerke, spokesperson for [&h...
BEIRUT (AA): Lebanon marked the third grim anniversary of the deadly Beirut port explosion on Friday, with the justice minister pledging that the judiciary will hold those responsible accountable. On August 4, 2020, the explosion claimed 215 people’s lives and injured nearly 6,500 others, and wreaked havoc on thousands of homes, with material ...
JERUSALEM (AA): Israel has granted visa-free entrance to nearly 6,800 Palestinian Americans in the last two weeks, the state-run Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBA) has said. Since July 20, a day after signing a reciprocal agreement with the US, Israeli authorities have permitted 6,794 Palestinian Americans visa-free entrance through Ben Guri...
Tulkarm, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Hundreds of mourners gathered on Friday for the funeral of a Palestinian teenager killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank earlier in the day. In a statement, the Palestinian health ministry said 18-year-old Mahmoud Abu Saan was “killed this morning by live bullets from the occupation (Is...
ISTANBUL (AA): The Red Cross on Thursday called for urgent support to meet the needs of the people affected by the Feb. 6 twin earthquakes, epicentered in Türkiye’s southern Kahramanmaras province. In a statement, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said: “Six months after the devastating earthquakes in ...
RAMALLAH (AA): As the Biden administration has been a disappointment, Palestine is “increasingly turning to China,” said the Palestinian foreign minister on Thursday. “Three years have passed since President [Joe] Biden’s promises, but we have seen nothing other than financial support to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched naval drills on Wednesday near strategic Gulf islands controlled by Iran but claimed by the United Arab Emirates, state media said. The manoeuvres, which were being held mainly near Abu Musa island but also around Greater and Lesser Tunb, came two weeks after the United States boos...
ISTANBUL (AA): The interim Taliban administration in Afghanistan said Wednesday that it held talks with several countries, including the US and the UK, on a range of subjects in Qatar. Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi is leading a delegation in the Gulf nation’s capital Doha, meeting with representatives from the US, the...
SIDON, Lebanon (AA) – Despite a cease-fire agreement, violent clashes resumed in Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Tuesday. The largest of 12 Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, the Ain al-Helweh camp located near Sidon city, has been witnessing clashes since Saturday. The clashes between Islamic groups and Palest...
ISTANBUL (AA): Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it will provide $1.2 billion to Yemen to cover its budget deficit. The primary aims of this fresh economic assistance were to assist Yemen in addressing its budget deficit, and strengthen the existing bonds between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. Yemen has been [&hellip...