Huge numbers turned out at pro-Palestinian rallies in Europe on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to the war in...
Stockholm, Sweden -- Some Nobel laureates were straight-A students from the get-go. But others AFP spoke to recounted how they...
With t-shirts and banners featuring the names and pictures of hostages seized during Hamas's October 7 attack, the crowd demanded...Some protesters called for an immediate ceasefire, a position the government has rejected
A protestor said Netanyahu's government "cannot stay in power" after the October 7 attack
- Lebanon's official National News Agency said the Israeli strike on a house in the Khirbet Selm area killed a family...
The attack destroyed the house, wounding at least nine others who lived nearby
A Lebanese couple and their son were killed in an Israeli strike on Tuesday
London, UK - Thousands of protesters marched in central London on Saturday to call for a ceasefire in Gaza amid ongoing...The march, from Hyde Park Corner to the US Embassy, was the fifth major demonstration of the year so far in the capital.
However, marches protesting Israeli assault in Gaza have seen dozens arrested for anti-Semitic chanting and banners.
- A boat laden with food for Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza was "ready" to set sail from Cyprus, an NGO said,...
The UN has repeatedly warned of looming famine, particularly in the Palestinian territory's north where no overland border crossings are open.
With ground access limited, countries have also turned to airdropping aid, although a parachute malfunction turned one delivery on Friday deadly.
- Lagos, Nigeria - The holy fasting month of Ramadan begins early next week in Nigeria, with the worst economic crisis in...
With food inflation at around 35 percent, worshipers taking part in Friday prayers at the central mosque in Lagos said they were barely able to provide for their families
The government brought in reforms last year that have had a devastating effect on citizens of Africa's biggest economy, where around half the population is Muslim
Ankara, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Ankara "firmly backs" Palestinian group Hamas. "No-one can make us..."No-one can make us qualify Hamas as a terrorist organization," he said in a speech in Istanbul.
Erdogan has been one of the most virulent critics of Israel since the start of the war in Gaza.
- Geneva, Switzerland - The war in Gaza has "ruptured any sense of a shared humanity," the head of the International Committee...
ICRC head Mirjana Spoljaric called for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza, saying Israel and Hamas must respect international law and protect civilians.
"In the face of such deep suffering", the ICRC called urgently for a ceasefire to allow "a steady, robust flow of humanitarian aid" to reach people in Gaza.
- Arbil, Iraq - A drone strike in northern Iraq killed a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) commander, Kurdish authorities said, raising the...
Turkey often carries out ground and air operations in northern Iraq against positions of the PKK, which has waged a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state.
In the past 25 years Turkey has operated several dozen military bases in northern Iraq in its war against the PKK, which Ankara and its Western allies consider a "terrorist" group.
TEHRAN, IRAN – Tehran on Saturday strongly condemned a UN report on the Islamic republic's response to mass protests in 2022,...International experts said the repression of mostly peaceful protests beginning in September 2022 have led to "crimes against humanity".
The UN Human Rights Council mandated the experts' investigation following massive protests after the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini.
CENTCOM and coalition forces determined that the drones "presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels, US Navy and coalition ships...US Central Command, or CENTCOM, said the "large-scale" Houthi attack occurred before dawn into the Red Sea and adjacent Gulf of Aden
On January 9, US and British forces shot down 18 drones and three missiles fired by the rebels toward ships in the Red Sea, the US military said at the time
