Author: Anadolu Agency
Deadly attacks by Israel on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon were protested Saturday in Berlin. Hundreds gathered at Leopold Square in the Wedding district to support Palestine and denounce the attacks. Demonstrators, carrying Palestinian and Lebanese flags, chanted against the German government for supplying weapons to Israel and criticized Israeli actions. Protesters held banners and signs with messages, including, “Freedom for Palestine”, “Stop the genocide in Gaza”, “The ban on boycotts proves their effectiveness”, “One genocide does not justify another”, “Germany, stop arming Netanyahu’s fascist regime” and “Genocide with bombs and war crimes, Israel is killing.” Some demonstrators carried bread…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Indonesia signed several agreements Saturday and memoranda of understanding to expand cooperation in public and private sectors. The UAE’s state news agency, WAM, said a ceremony was held at the Qasr Al Watan Palace in Abu Dhabi during a visit by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. UAE Energy Minister Suhail Al Mazrouei and Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono signed agreements covering technology, renewable energy, health, culture, tourism, mining, infrastructure, investments, international maritime cooperation and government modernization. The ceremony was attended by UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Subianto, who also held a bilateral meeting.…
The Australian government Sunday announced it is abandoning proposed laws that would have forced social media companies to regulate misinformation and disinformation on their platforms. In a statement, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland announced that the legislation would not proceed because there was “no pathway” in the Senate, local broadcaster SBS News reported. If passed, the now-scrapped legislation would have given the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) power to monitor digital platforms and require them to keep records about misinformation and disinformation on their networks. However, the opposition coalition, the Greens and several independent senators rejected the legislation, leaving no…
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati accused Israel on Sunday of rejecting all efforts to reach a cease-fire with Lebanon, following an attack that killed one soldier and injured 18 others in southern Lebanon. The army said that the military casualties occurred after Israeli warplanes struck an army post in the town of Al-Amiriya early Sunday. The Israeli attack “represents a direct bloody message rejecting all ongoing efforts and contacts to reach a cease-fire, strengthen the army’s presence in the south, and implement UN Resolution 1701,” Mikati said in a statement. “This direct aggression is added to a series of repeated…
More than 1,000 doctors and nurses have been killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip since last year, local authorities said on Sunday. “Over 310 other medical personnel were arrested, tortured, and executed in prisons,” Gaza’s government media office said in a statement. “The Israeli army also prevented the entry of medical supplies, health delegations, and hundreds of surgeons into Gaza,” it added. The media office accused the Israeli army of systematically targeting hospitals as part of a plan to undermine the healthcare system in Gaza. “Hospitals have been a declared target for the Israeli army, which bombed, besieged,…
At least one civilian was killed on Sunday in a rocket attack launched by the YPG/PKK terror group in the Al-Bab district of northern Syria. Terrorists positioned from the west of the district targeted the center of Al-Bab with multiple rockets. A total of 14 civilians were injured in the attack, according to initial reports. The injured have been taken to local health centers for treatment. The region was cleared of Daesh/ISIS terrorists in February 2017 during Türkiye’s Euphrates Shield Operation. The PKK/YPG terrorists, who attempt to enter the operation zone frequently, target civilian houses. Since 2016, Ankara has launched…
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced Sunday that it clashed with Israeli soldiers, many of whom were killed or injured, in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Fighters “engaged” with an infantry Zionist force of 10 soldiers from point-blank range in the Al-Janina neighborhood, the military wing said in a statement. In separate statement, it said fighters “targeted a military vehicle with a Yassin 105 missile north of Awad Tower in Rafah.” Israel began a military operation in Rafah on May 6, 2024, taking control of the Rafah Crossing despite international warnings about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences…
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Sunday said France would implement international law in relation to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “France is committed to international justice and its independence,” Barrot said in an interview for France 3 TV channel. “We have been saying from the very beginning that Israel has the right to defend itself within the framework of respect for international law.” “Each time Israel violates international law, blocking access to aid, bombing civilians, forcibly displacing them, establishing colonies in the West Bank.” He added they “strongly” condemn these actions.…
Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz called on the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday to bomb government facilities in Beirut amid deadly attacks on Lebanon. In a post on X, Gantz urged the government to target Lebanese governmental facilities, which so far have been spared from the ongoing Israeli bombardment. The Israeli army has launched almost daily airstrikes across Lebanon since late September against what it claims are Hezbollah targets, in an escalation of year-long warfare between Tel Aviv and the Lebanese group since the start of the Gaza war. Avi Ashkenazi, a military analyst for Maariv newspaper,…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again requested to postpone his testimony in his corruption trial, citing the arrest warrants recently issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). On Thursday, the ICC issued arrest warrants for both Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. The Israeli premier is originally scheduled to testify before the court on Dec. 2 in his trial on charges of bribery, breach of trust, and fraud. Netanyahu “submitted another request to the Jerusalem District Court to delay his testimony for 15 days,” the Israeli Channel 12…