RAMALLAH, Palestine – Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian teenager in occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Zaid Mohammad Ghuneim, 15, was shot in the back and neck in the village of Al-Khader, near the town of Bethlehem. He was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, but succumbed to […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Despite warnings of serious repercussions and violence, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday decided not to change the route of the controversial Israeli flag march that will pass through occupied East Jerusalem. A statement from Bennett’s office said the premier spoke over the phone with Public Security Mini...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have entered a new era in bilateral ties, the Turkish foreign minister said on Friday. Speaking at a joint news conference with Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Istanbul, Mevlut Cavusoglu said the two countries want to sign a comprehensive trade [&hel...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Essam al-Dalis, head of government administration in the Gaza Strip, on Friday headed to Cairo to discuss a range of issues with Egyptian officials. The visit will tackle the matters of Gaza reconstruction, trade and work on Rafah border crossing, the only crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, [&hel...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish security forces killed 16 PKK fighters in northern Iraq and seven in northern Syria, the country’s National Defense Ministry said Friday. The men in Iraq were killed in a raid under the Operation Claw-Lock and those in Syria were killed after they opened “harassment fire” in the areas of the Euphrates […]...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has seized two Greek oil tankers in the Persian Gulf for committing “violations.” According to reports, Greek oil tankers Prudent Warrior and Delta Poseidon have been moved to Iranian waters a few miles off the Persian Gulf coast. It came shortly after a […]...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel on Friday to conclude its inquiry into the murder of veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Blinken “underscored the importance of concluding the investigations into the death of Palestinian-American Shireen Abu Akleh” during a call with Israeli Foreign Minister ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The situation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is increasingly tenuous amid mounting settlement expansion, violence, Palestinian evictions and demolitions of Palestinian-owned properties, the UN warned on Thursday. “I’m extremely concerned that current dynamics, particularly in the occupied West Bank, could...
MARDIN, Turkiye (AA) – The EU will send an additional €530 million ($567 million) as educational assistance for Syrian children in Turkey, the bloc’s top diplomat said on Thursday. The bloc’s cooperation in the education of Syrian children in the Turkish Education System (PIKTES) will last until summer 2025, Nikolaus Meyer-La...
JERUSALEM/DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by an armor-piercing projectile fired directly at her head by an Israeli sniper, Palestinian attorney general Akram Al-Khatib has said. Al-Khatib shared the details based on the Public Prosecution’s report about the killing of the Al Jazeera journali...
