DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s main opposition political party and some of its allies on Friday held simultaneous demonstrations in the capital Dhaka from different venues, to press home the 10-point demands, including the formation of an election-time neutral government and stepping down of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The main opposi...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Friday that asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. Eighty-seven member states voted in favor of the resolution, while 26 countries, including Israel and ...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – The Algerian president has said “France must get rid of its colonizer complex,” according to local media. “The relations between the two countries need — in order to cool down — France to liberate itself from its colonizer complex and Algeria from its colonized complex,” Abdelma...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden on Thursday welcomed Israeli parliament’s vote to ratify a new government under Prime Minister Netanyahu. “I look forward to working with Prime Minister Netanyahu, who has been my friend for decades, to jointly address the many challenges and opportunities facing Israel and the Middle East region,...
ANKARA (AA) – A total of 950 houses and facilities were demolished and more than 113,400 dunums of Palestinian lands were confiscated by Israel in 2022, a non-governmental organization has reported. The Land Research Center, operating in Palestine, issued a report on “Israeli Violations Against Palestinian Land and Housing Rights for 202...
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a January 6 defendant’s claim that then-President Donald Trump’s exhortation to march to the U.S. Capitol on the day of the deadly right-wing attack should shield the alleged insurrectionist from legal responsibility for his actions. Alex Sheppard, 22, of Ohio is charged with six federal offens...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Dozens of Israeli settlers on Wednesday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a Palestinian agency. In a statement, the Islamic Endowment Department in Jerusalem said the settlers entered the flashpoint site through Al-Mughrabi Gate, southwest of the mosque. It, how...
Lyon, France (AFP): French authorities have been investigating as suicide the drowning of an Iranian man in the southeastern city of Lyon. The man had said on social media he was going to kill himself to draw attention to the crackdown against protests in Iran. Mohammad Moradi, 38, was found in the Rhone river that […]
With just a few days left until the new year, 2022 has already set a grim record: so far at least 6,036 children across the United States have been killed or injured by gunfire, according to the Gun Violence Archive. As of Tuesday, 306 children under age 12 were killed by guns and another 668 were injured nationwide. For […]
NEW YORK (AA) – The UN Security Council has urged the Taliban in Afghanistan to reverse policies and practices that further exclude women from public life. The 15-member Council on Tuesday expressed deep concern in a statement that the Taliban have suspended access to universities for women and girls. It denounced the suspension of schoo...
