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The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) announced that the total amount of humanitarian aid sent to Gaza has reached 96,131 tons. The 15th Gaza Goodness Ship, carrying 1,956 tons of humanitarian aid, at the port of El-Arish, Egypt, Feb. 9, 2025. (AA Photo) In a statement shared on AFAD’s social media account, it was […]

Arab countries condemned on Sunday remarks by Israel’s prime minister who appeared to suggest in an interview that a Palestinian state could be established on Saudi territory. Military vehicles operate in North Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Israel February 9, 2025. (Reuters Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks, which some Israeli media characterized as […]

European countries reiterated their support for the two-state solution after Donald Trump suggested America “take over” the Gaza Strip. Copyright Evan Vucci/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved Donald Trump’s proposal to “take over” Gaza and displace 1.8 million Palestinians to turn the devastated enclave into the “Riviera of the Middle East” has been met with strong […]

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan reiterated Ankara’s opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to move Palestinians out of Gaza and into other countries. Palestinians walk past the rubble of buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive, amid a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, Feb. 4, 2025. (Reuters Photo) Fidan told Anadolu Agency […]

The United States used manned fighter jets to conduct an airstrike against Islamic State targets in Somalia on Saturday, three U.S. officials told ABC News on Saturday. President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the airstrike, claiming no civilians were harmed in the attack. No details were released about the targets aside from the president labeling the target […]

President Trump declared an economic emergency so that he could place duties of 10% on all imports from China and 25% on imports from Mexico and Canada. Copyright Darryl Dyck/AP The Republican president posted on social media that the tariffs were necessary “to protect Americans,” pressing the three nations to do more to curb the […]

Gazan civil defense teams have retrieved the bodies of at least 66 Palestinians from the rubble of destroyed houses, the agency said Tuesday. Palestinians search for the graves and bodies of loved ones at Shejaia cemetery, which had been flattened by Israeli tanks and bulldozers, Gaza City, Palestine, Jan. 20, 2025. (Reuters Photo) In a […]

Delegations from Qatar, Egypt and the U.S. have made some headway in their efforts to secure a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, but not sufficient to finalize an agreement, Palestinian sources said Thursday. A Palestinian girl inspects her family’s destroyed house following an Israeli air strike on Deir Al Balah refugee camp, […]

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday morning for his criminal conviction in the Manhattan hush money case, positioning him to become the first convicted felon in the White House. President-elect Donald Trump appears remotely for a sentencing hearing in the criminal case in which he was convicted in 2024 on charges involving hush money paid […]

 The United States carried out an airstrike targeting ISIS in Somalia’s Bari region, an official from Puntland, an autonomous state in northeastern Somalia, confirmed on Saturday. The attack comes amid Puntland’s commitment to continuing the fight against “terrorist groups” with the support of the international community. Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed, spokesperson for Puntland’s counter-terrorism forces, emphasized […]