ISTANBUL (AA) – Responding to an interim International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed the “sacred commitment to continue to defend our country and defend our people.” “Israel’s commitment to international law is unwaverin...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US military said on Friday it shot down a Houthi anti-ship ballistic missile in the Gulf of Aden. “On Jan. 26, at approximately 1:30 p.m. (Sanaa time), Iranian-backed Houthi militants fired one anti-ship ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward Arleigh-Burke class destroyer USS Carney (DDG ...
GENEVA (AA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ordered Israel to take “all measures within its power” to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, but fell short of ordering a cease-fire. South Africa brought a genocide case against Israel to the ICJ earlier this month and asked it to grant emergency measures [&hell...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Wala Barbakh was shocked when the Israeli army took the body of her daughter, Jana, 14, from a grave after she was killed in an airstrike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Barbakh, who was displaced from the city with her family to Rafah in the southernmost part […]
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – Azerbaijan has urged the international community to exert pressure on Armenia to provide accurate mine maps. “Armenia violated international law and committed a war crime by planting mines on Azerbaijani territories,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Aykhan Hajizada said. Hajizada noted that Armenia provided...
– ANKARA (AA) – Images of stray animals feeding on the lifeless bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip have caused outrage on social media. The footage, reportedly from the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, shows the lifeless bodies of some Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks. The camera show [&he...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain’s foreign minister has said that Spanish troops will leave Iraq whenever the government in Baghdad wants. Speaking from Baghdad after a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, Jose Manuel Albares said Spain is “ready to stand” with Iraq in military missions against Daesh/ISIS and to support Iraq’s sove...
BERLIN (AA) – Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen lashed out at Israel for failing to protect civilians in Gaza, joining international calls for an immediate cease-fire. “No, the time for (Israel’s) self-defense is over. I say very clearly: Enough is enough now, the civilian population in Gaza needs an immediate humanitarian ceasef...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel is considering a decision not to extend a water agreement with Jordan due to Amman’s criticism of a deadly Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli media. “The Energy Ministry is looking into a decision not to extend the water agreement with Jordan over anti-Israel statements from […...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – A delegation from the British-Arab community met with South African High Commissioner to the UK Jeremiah Nyamane Mamabolo and commended South Africa’s stance against Israeli attacks on Gaza. Al-Arab in UK platform (AUK) said that the meeting provided an opportunity to express the community’s gratitude to South ...