NEW YORK – Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that he wants to make it clear that our position on Kashmir is clear and unequivocal. If anyone wants to speak in a respectful manner, we will do so. There will be no bargaining, we need to focus on cultural diplomacy to promote […]
ANKARA – Turkey has strongly condemned Israel for attacking Muslim worshippers during Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. “We strongly condemn Israel’s attacks against the congregation after Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, the first qibla of Muslims, despite the cease-fire that went into effect yesterday,” Turkey’s Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun said in a statement. […]
ANKARA – The Turkish Red Crescent, also known as Kizilay, began distributing hot meals to victims of Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, the aid agency said Thursday. It said 40,150 people are taking refuge in 26 schools, including 14 schools in northern Gaza, 11 in central Gaza and one in Rafah. The aid group […]
ISLAMABAD – At least six people were killed and 14 others injured when a bomb exploded during a pro-Palestine rally in south-western Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Friday, officials said. The rally was taken out to express solidarity with the people of Palestine, which over the last 11 days has been involved in a tense confrontation […]
JERUSALEM – Israeli police attacked worshippers at the Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound with stun grenades, media reports said Friday. Clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police have broken out hours after a truce in Gaza went into effect. Israeli police fired stun grenades and tear gas shortly after Friday prayers. Hundreds of Palestinians had held […]
JERUSALEM – Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire Thursday, halting a bruising 11-day war that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip, brought life in much of Israel to a standstill and left more than 200 people dead. At 2 am local time, just as the ceasefire took effect, frenzy life returned to the […]
GAZA CITY – The Gaza Strip’s already feeble health system is being brought to its knees by the fourth war in just over a decade. Hospitals have been overwhelmed with waves of dead and wounded from Israel’s bombardment. Many vital medicines are rapidly running out in the tiny, blockaded coastal territory, as is fuel to […]
GAZA – A senior Hamas official predicted a ceasefire within days even as Israel and Gaza militants pursued their cross-border attacks into an 11th day on Thursday with Israeli warplanes carrying out new air strikes and Palestinians firing more rockets. U.S. President Joe Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek a “de-escalation” on Wednesday […]
JERUSALEM – The Israeli government and army commanders are “war criminals,” a former Israeli Air Force pilot, who was discharged from the army in 2003, told Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview. In Israel and the army, there are some people who are against the occupation and repression policies of the Tel Aviv administration against […]
The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, has pleaded with the world body to gather more humanitarian aid for Gaza amid intense Israeli bombing, as the Security Council held its fourth meeting on Israel’s attacks without issuing a statement. A convoy of international aid trucks that started rolling into Gaza crossing from Israel, Kerem […]