ANKARA (AA) – UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed paid an official visit to Qatar to strengthen bilateral relations between the two Gulf nations which have not been on very amicable terms. According to the UAE state agency WAM, the visit followed an invitation from Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. It is the [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed to stand against Israeli settlements or annexation in the occupied West Bank with former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to return to power. “We will also continue to unequivocally oppose any acts that undermine the prospects of a two-state solution, including, but not ...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini following her arrest for allegedly violating the country’s strict female dress code, an official said Sunday. Women-led protests, labelled “riots” by the authorities, have swept Iran since the...
GENEVA (AA) – Israel’s decision to deport French-Palestinian human rights defender and lawyer Salah Hammouri to France against his will may constitute a war crime under the Geneva Convention, UN experts said Friday. Israel reaffirmed the revocation of Hammouri’s permanent residency in Jerusalem on Nov. 30. Authorities said Hammouri would...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – Even after centuries, traces remain in Africa of the slave trade maintained by Westerners up until the 1800s. While West Africa was used for years as the main slave hub, many countries expanded their colonies and transported slaves to the New World from ports in the eastern and southern parts of […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s deputy minister for industry, mine and trade was attacked by unidentified assailants while heading toward home on Thursday, according to local media reports. Mohammad Mahdi Baradaran came under attack near his residence in Tehran, Eghtesad Online news agency said, adding that he was “hit with a hard...
TEHRAN (AA) – Mehran Samak, a 27-year-old man, was killed in Iran’s northern Gilan province on Tuesday, shortly after the country’s football team was knocked out of the FIFA World Cup following a 2-0 defeat against the US. The incident occurred in the port city of Anzali, situated along the Caspian Sea, when Samak and [&helli...
ISTANBUL (AA) – As Qatar makes history as the first Muslim country to host the FIFA World Cup, the language of Western media outlets about the tournament is being criticized as racist, Islamophobic, and orientalist. Western criticisms of Qatar are “not about human rights, and the inconsistency is very clear. It is the old orientali...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A former ISIS leader was killed in Syria’s Daraa province in October, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Wednesday. Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed in mid-October during a Free Syrian Army operation, the command said, noting “ISIS remains a threat to the region.” “CENTCOM and ou...
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian was killed on Wednesday by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement said the fatality occurred in the town of Ya’bad in the northern West Bank when a Palestinian succumbed to critical injuries he sustained from Israeli fire. Israeli forces [&hellip...
