NEW YORK — The Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based nonprofit, has said that at least 22 journalists have been killed since the Hamas launched its massive assault on Israel on October 7. In a report released on Friday, the CPJ said that it is investigating all reports of journalists killed, injured, detained, or […]
GAZA — At least 11 Palestinian journalists were killed and 20 more others injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said. In a press statement, the syndicate added on Monday that 50 local, regional, and international media organisations were targetted in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, which have continued for 10 […]
JERUSALEM — An Indian woman residing in Gaza with her family on Tuesday requested an immediate departure from the war-torn, Hamas-ruled enclave out of fear for their lives amid ongoing Israeli bombings. “We are facing a brutal war here and everything is being destroyed in bombarded in a matter of seconds. We are paying the […]
OSLO — Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. She was recognized for her dedicated efforts in fighting against the oppression of women in Iran and her unwavering commitment to advancing human rights and freedom for all. Over the past two years, the Nobel […]
TEHRAN — Eleven people were killed and more than 3,500 injured during celebrations for Iran’s traditional fire festival ahead of the Persian New Year, state media reported Wednesday. The fire festival, called Chaharshanbe Suri in Farsi, is celebrated every year on the night of the last Tuesday of the Iranian calendar year, which ends on […]
RAMALLAH — A Palestinian teenager Amri Oudeh (16) was killed after he was shot by Israeli soldiers in the chest during clashes in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya, reports quoting Health Ministry said on Friday. Murad Ishteiwi, the Palestinian coordinator of the popular resistance in the village of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, […]
RAMALLAH — A total of 10 Palestinians were killed and 102 others injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry published the names of 10 victims, which include an elderly man, a teenager and eight members […]
ANKARA — Three people are now confirmed to have died after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region. More than 680 people have been injured in Turkey and Syria. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu also said 213 people had been injured. Turkey’s disaster and emergency agency Afad […]
ANKARA — Over 21000 people have died in Turkey and Syria from devastating earthquake that hit the region on Monday. 17,674 fatalities were reported by Turkish authorities and 3,377 fatalities by officials in Syria, increasing the confirmed death toll to 21,051. In Kahramanmaraş, one of the provinces in southern Turkey that was severely hit by […]
ANKARA — More than 15000 people have died following a catastrophic earthquake that jolted Turkey and Syria on Monday. As many as 12,391 people have been killed and 62,914 others have been injured in Turkey, Anadolu Agency reported citing Turkey’s disaster management agency, AFAD. A total of 1,262 people have died in government-controlled areas of […]