ISTANBUL (AA) – The EU and China have responsibilities to work for peace and security, and find solutions to global challenges including in the Middle East, an EU leader said on Thursday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Beijing and the European bloc need “to do everything possible to work for a two-state [&h...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – More than 12,000 people have been killed in war-torn Sudan since April, the UN humanitarian affairs office said on Thursday. The deaths include “1,300 people who were killed between 28 October and 24 November,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement. The conflict...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has mounted to 17,177 since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the enclave said Thursday. “Around 70% of the victims are children and women,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told a press conference. He said 46,000 other people were […]...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – All hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip are currently “out of service”, Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said on Thursday. He said medical teams are facing difficulties in work at the Al-Shifa Hospital. “Despite the difficulties, we will keep up attempts to run any hospital in the G...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Even discussing the claim that Israel would establish a buffer zone in Gaza is disrespectful to the Palestinians, the Turkish president has said. “Gaza belongs to the Palestinians. We do not recognize any decision-maker that ignores their decisions,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told journalists on his return flight from a two-day visi...
BETHLEHEM, Palestine (AA) – A church in the occupied West Bank’s historic city of Bethlehem has prepared a decoration for this year’s Christmas using debris instead of a Christmas tree in response to Israel’s attacks on Gaza. “While genocide is being committed against our people in Gaza, we cannot celebrate the birth of...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 60 Palestinians have been detained by Israeli forces in fresh military raids across the occupied West Bank, according to a local nongovernmental organization. The Palestinian Prisoner Society said the detainees included 30 Palestinians who were taken into custody in Jenin in northern West Bank. “The arrests ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has said that “major countries” must practice “fairness and justice” on the situation in the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Beijing conveyed the message to Washington during a phone call between top diplomats of China and the US. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed [&...
BERLIN (AA) — Germany on Wednesday said that the EU member states will discuss possible sanctions on Israeli settlers. The German Foreign Ministry spokesman told a news conference in Berlin that the issue will be discussed during an EU foreign ministers meeting next week. “We welcome that the US has adopted a clear stance, as […]
ANKARA (AA) – Indian Muslims vowed to continue their fight for legal rights in the country on the 31st anniversary of the Babri Masjid’s demolition on Wednesday. The 16th-century Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was demolished by Hindu hardliners in 1992, triggering violent clashes between Hindus and ...
