GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians have condemned a US decision to remove radical Jewish group Kach from the list of terror organizations. On Friday, the US Department of State removed five extremist groups from its list of foreign terrorist organizations, including Kach movement. In a statement, the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority ...
Maarab, Lebanon – Lebanon’s hijacked sovereignty must be restored after an election denied the powerful resistance movement Hezbollah a parliamentary majority, said Lebanese Christian leader Samir Geagea. “All strategic decision-making should return to the Lebanese state… security and military matters should be handled ...
Doha, Qatar While Qatar is known for its scorching heat, some fans will still take a sweater to World Cup stadiums because of the state-of-the-art air conditioning that its mastermind says will become the norm for mega sports events. Saud Abdulaziz Abdul Ghani, nicknamed “Dr Cool”, worked for 13 years on the solar-powered cooling s...
BERLIN – Qatar will play a “central role” in Germany’s new energy strategy, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. Speaking at a joint news conference in Berlin with Qatar’s emir, Scholz said the two countries will enhance their economic ties and energy cooperation. “Germany will further develop its energy infrastructure so that we will be abl...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Three Syrian soldiers were killed in an Israeli missile attack south of the capital Damascus, according to the state news agency SANA. SANA, citing a military source, said the Israeli army struck targets Friday night using surface-to-surface missiles from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights. The broadcaster said some mi...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A 17-year-old Palestinian was killed in an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Health Ministry said. Another young Palestinian was injured when Israeli forces pushed into the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank, the ministry said in a statement. Jani Abu Jokha, the director […]...
ANKARA (AA) – The United States has called on Lebanese politicians to form a government capable of restoring confidence in Lebanon. The US urges “the swift formation of a government capable of and committed to undertaking the hard work required to restore the confidence of the Lebanese people and the international community,” the US Department...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Saudi Arabia on Saturday called for international pressure on Houthi rebels to join efforts for establishment of peace in war-torn Yemen. In a Twitter post, Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman said he met with US special envoy Timothy Lenderking in Washington “to discuss the latest developments in Yemen.” “Altho...
RAMALLAH (AA) – Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday when the Israeli army dispersed anti-settlement activities in several locations of the occupied West Bank. The rallies, which took place in the Beita and Beit Dajan villages of Nablus, saw fierce attacks by the Israeli army to disperse the marchers. In a statement, the Palestinian [...
Chibayish, Iraq – AFP Iraq’s vast swamplands are drying out and becoming so clogged with waste their very existence is at risk, activists warn. The swamps, nestled between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, are one of the world’s largest inland deltas. The wetlands barely survived the wrath of dictator Saddam Hussein, who order...
