Category: World

According to Al Jazeera News report: Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israeli attacks on the Strip have killed 33 Palestinians and wounded 145 others over the latest 24-hour reporting period. An attack at the King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge on the border between the occupied West Bank and Jordan killed three Israeli security guards. An estimated 750,000 […]

According to BBC News report: The opposition candidate in Venezuela’s recent presidential election has arrived in Spain after fleeing his homeland. A Spanish Air Force plane carrying Edmundo González landed at Torrejon air base in Madrid, where he will be granted political asylum. Mr González had been in hiding in Venezuela, with an arrest warrant […]

According to BBC report: A 26-year-old American woman has been shot dead in the occupied West Bank during a protest on Friday, where Israeli forces opened fire. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was also a Turkish citizen, is reported to have been taking part in a protest against Jewish settlement expansion in the town of Beita […]

Washington, DC – In what is still a rare public criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu, United States President Joe Biden has said that the Israeli prime minister is not doing enough to finalise a Gaza ceasefire deal. Biden told reporters outside the White House on Monday that the US is “very close” to presenting a final […]

Human rights groups and the United Nations are using Saturday’s two-year anniversary of a landmark UN report to call for action on the document which said that China may have committed crimes against humanity in the Xinjiang region. Ex-UN high commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet released the report on August 31, 2022, just minutes […]

China has expressed readiness to engage with the UN Human Rights Office regarding Xinjiang while rejecting accusations of human rights abuses as attempts to “smear” its policies. This response comes after the UN highlighted ongoing “problematic” policies in the region, two years after alleging possible “crimes against humanity” against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. Beijing […]

AMMAN: The top US general began an unannounced visit to the Middle East on Saturday to discuss ways to avoid any new escalation in tensions that could spiral into a broader conflict, as the region braces for a threatened Iranian attack against Israel. Air Force General C.Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, […]

Venezuela’s highest court has upheld the reelection of Nicolás Maduro as president following accusations of widespread voter fraud. The decision by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) comes as the United Nations warned that the court lacked independence and impartiality. Marta Valiñas, chair of the fact-finding mission organised by the UN Human Rights Council, said […]

DUBAO: Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah port last month appeared to be an indiscriminate or disproportionate attack on civilians which may amount to a war crime, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday. Israel said on July 20 its warplanes struck Houthi military targets near Hodeidah. The attack targeted oil facilities and a power station […]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel in his latest effort to push for a ceasefire and hostage-release deal in Gaza. His ninth trip to the region since the war began in October comes days after the US presented a modified proposal aimed at bridging long-standing gaps between the two sides. The […]