JENIN, Palestine (AA) – Fatima Amarneh, one of the prisoners released as part of the hostage swap between Hamas and Israel, has said that the sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque is the main pillar of the Palestinian cause and a source of honor for Muslims. “Israel imposed additional restrictions on female inmates after October 7,” Amarneh told [...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – The East African Community (EAC) officially embraced Somalia as its eighth member state during the 23rd ordinary summit of EAC heads of state. In a communique by the EAC Summit of Heads of State, the regional bloc said that the leaders from the region agreed to admit “the Federal Republic of […]
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – The UN Security Council is suffering from “almost complete paralysis” over the siege of Palestine and Palestinians’ ongoing suffering at the hands of Israel, Algeria’s president has said. “The Israeli settlement occupation is indifferent to the UN Security Council, does not pay any attention to what it says, does ...
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AA) – The Muslim community in the Netherlands is worried by the results of last Wednesday’s elections, in which Geert Wilders’ far-right Islamophobic Party for Freedom (PVV) emerged as the top party. Speaking to the media, Muhsin Koktas, head of the Contact Body for Muslims and Government, said that the vict...
Diamniadio, Senegal — AFP Senegalese President Macky Sall has inaugurated a United Nations regional headquarters near the capital Dakar to house all UN operations in the country, AFP journalists reported. The United Nations House sits on a 13-hectare (32-acre) site in the new town of Diamniadio, some 30 kilometres (18 miles) from Dakar, ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has said that it intercepted a surface-to-air missile fired from Lebanon that was headed for a military drone. A statement said the missile was shot down by air defenses before crossing into Israeli airspace. It said it attacked positions belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon in response to the [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – An Israeli-owned cargo ship was attacked on Friday by an Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean, Israeli media reported. Citing an unnamed US security source, Israeli Channel 12 reported on Saturday that a ship named the CMA CGM Symi, owned by an Israeli businessman, was “attacked by an Iranian drone in the […]
Lhokseumawe, Indonesia — AFP Indonesian police and fishermen say they have begun patrolling parts of the country’s westernmost province to prevent Rohingya refugees from landing on its shores, after nearly 1,100 members of the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority arrived this month. Thousands from what has been described by the UN a...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The Barcelona city council has approved a declaration suspending relations with Israel until there is a permanent cease-fire in Gaza and the country “respects the basic rights of the Palestinian people.” The declaration was put forward by far-left Barcelona en Comun party and backed by Socialist Party, as well ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army intends to imprison soldiers who deserted regular military service and reserves following the end of the war that Tel Aviv launched in the Gaza Strip on October 7. “After the war, the Israeli Military Prosecution intends to tighten the punishment for deserters from regular service and reserves,” Israeli Army [...
