Iraq’s parliament met Saturday to discuss recent Iranian bombing of its northern Kurdish region as well as the political stalemate in the country. Since last week, Iran has shelled border areas of the Iraqi Kurdistan region (IKR) to pressure Kurdish op…
Ireland: Seven dead after Donegal explosion
At least seven people were killed in an explosion at a petrol station in a small village in northwest Ireland, police said Saturday, as emergency workers combed piles of rubble for more victims. Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin said the death toll w…
Two Palestinians killed as Israel raids Jenin refugee camp
Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians on Saturday during a military raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry has said. Israeli reconnaissance planes and helicopters flew overhead as soldiers …
Yemeni official: Military clashes kill 8 after truce fails
Heavy clashes betweenHouthi rebel troops and Yemen’s pro-government forces have killed at least 8 people, a security official confirmed Friday. The fresh round of violence comes amid heightened tensions following last week’s failure to extend a cease-f…
Israeli forces kill two Palestinian teens in the West Bank
Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian teens in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. One teen, 14, was shot in the city of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank and another was killed in the villa…
UNHRC adopts resolution on missing people in Syria
The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a draft resolution Friday regarding missing people in war-torn Syria. The draft resolution “calls for the Syrian authorities to immediately release all those missing and arbitrarily detained in Syria and …
Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux has backed Israel boycotts
French author Annie Ernaux, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, has repeatedly shown solidarity with the Palestinian cause and backed a boycott of Israel. Ernaux, whose writing career spans five decades, is the first French woman to…
Iran teen’s mother rejects govt account, says she was killed
The mother of a 16-year-old Iranian girl on Friday disputed official claims that her daughter fell to her death from a high building, saying the teen was killed by blows to the head as part of the crackdown on anti-hijab protests roiling the country. N…
One killed in Iraq’s Erbil after vehicle explodes
One person was killed and four were injured when a vehicle exploded in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil on Friday, the Kurdistan region’s counter-terrorism service said. An explosive device attached to the bottom of the car detonated at around 1 pm loc…
Palestinian requests apology from UK over mandate war crimes
A Palestinian businessman has said he will file a petition asking the British government to apologise for war crimes it committed during its mandate of Palestine, according to reports. Munib al-Masri, an 88-year-old billionaire and close friend of the …