RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli authorities on Sunday ordered the demolition of three Palestinian-owned homes and a structure in the occupied West Bank, according to a local activist. Ibrahim Awad said Israeli forces raided Al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem city, and informed the owners of three under-construction homes and a barn about ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Ten Palestinians were injured Sunday when Israeli forces dispersed a rally in the occupied West Bank, according to a local official. Dozens of activists organized a rally in Lubban al-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus, to protest settler attacks against Palestinian students, Mayor Yaaqoub Eweis told Anadolu Agency. H...
ANKARA (AA) – Jordan and Algeria continued to evacuate their nationals stranded in Ukraine amid Russian military attack on the country. In a statement, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said 61 citizens had been evacuated from Ukraine through neighboring countries. It said efforts were underway to facilitate the evacuation of other nationals in U...
JERUSALEM – FEBRUARY 26: Russian-born Israeli man Leonid Teterin, owner of the famous entertainment venue “Putin” in West Jerusalem, removed his pub’s nameplate to protest Russian attacks on Ukraine. Located on Jaffa Street, the most popular spot in West Jerusalem, right across from the City Mansion, Putin is one of the city’s best...
BAGHDAD (AA) – The Iraqi army launched a military operation on Saturday against the ISIS in the northern province of Salahuddin, according to a local military source. The operation aims to hunt down ISIS fighters holed up in Dujail district, south of Salahuddin, the source said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized […]...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Saturday condemned remarks by French Prime Minister Jean Castex in which he declared Jerusalem “the eternal capital of the Jewish people.” “This is a brazen bias to the Zionist occupation and its racist agenda and colonial policy against the Palestinian people,” Hamas said in a ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Two Israelis died on Saturday when a light plane crashed in Jerusalem, according to local media. The aircraft lost contact with ground control after takeoff while flying over the Jerusalem Hills area, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported. A fire broke out in an open field in the area as a result of […]
EIRUT (AA) – Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said Saturday there are no safe paths out of Ukraine for Lebanese nationals stranded in the country. “The Lebanese who are currently present there are advised to stay in safe places until things clear up,” he said following his meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati. He […]...
Lebanon plans to purchase 50,000 tons of wheat amid concerns on wheat supply over the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Lebanon imports around 60% of its wheat needs from Ukraine and Russia. “We asked the government to buy quantities of imported wheat for the production of bread as part of efforts to protect the country’s [&helli...
Over 23,000 civilians have been displaced by the ongoing conflict in Yemen since the beginning of this year, the United Nations said. “We want to reiterate our concern about the grave situation in the country, including the impact of the ongoing conflict, which is causing civilian casualties on a daily basis,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric [&...
