GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council decided on Thursday to create an open-ended international investigation into violations surrounding the latest Gaza violence, and into “systematic” abuses in the Palestinian territories and inside Israel, the AFP reported. The resolution, which passed with 24 of the council’s 47 members in favour, would spur an unprecedented level of […]
Islamabad The Foreign Office (FO) has denied the presence of any US military or air base in Pakistan, stating that any speculation is “baseless and irresponsible” and should be avoided, Dawn reported. In a statement issued late Monday night, FO spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudri said: “There is no US military or air base in Pakistan, […]
Jerusalem: The United Nations agency for Palestine refugees has urged the international community to look at the root causes of the Israel-Palestine conflict, in order to avoid future bloodshed, the Aljazeera reported. Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), said on Sunday “the layers of hardship in […]
Jerusalem; Dozens of Jewish settlers, flanked by heavily armed Israeli special forces, stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem in the early morning, the Aljazeera reported. They were flanked by heavily armed Israeli special forces, hours after Palestinian worshippers were beaten and assaulted by Israeli police, according to the Islamic authority overseeing […]
Myanmar: The government of Myanmar has suspended over 1,25,000 teachers for joining the Civil Disobedience movement opposing the military take over on February 1, the Reuters reported. An official of the Teacher’s Federation said that the suspension is meant to threaten people to come back to work as firing so many people from work will […]
Jerusalem, May 21: Israeli police intervened against the congregation with plastic bullets and stun grenades after Friday prayers in Masjid al-Aqsa in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu Agency reported. After the Friday prayers, thousands of Palestinians celebrated Israel’s step back and reaching a ceasefire with Hamas in Mescid-i Aqsa, reports said. “Raising Palestinian flags under […]
United States: The fighting in the Middle East must stop immediately, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at a UN General Assembly meeting on Thursday, as he urged Israel and the Palestinians to call an immediate ceasefire and pledged to launch a full humanitarian appeal for funding, the Aljazeera reported. “The past ten days have […]
Jerusalem: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that an end to seven days of hostilities with Gaza fighters was not imminent, despite diplomatic moves to restore calm, the Aljazeera reported. Israel “wants to levy a heavy price” from Gaza’s Hamas rulers and its offensive on the Palestinian enclave would “take time”, he said in a […]
ANKARA: Israel’s recent illegal measures amount to “war crimes” under international humanitarian law, and those committing the “ruthless violations” in East Jerusalem must be prosecuted, the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission said in a statement released Sunday, the Anadolu Agency reported. Part of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the commission condemned Israel’s illegal and […]
Jerusalem: Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip has entered its seventh consecutive day, with air raids in the early hours of Sunday killing at least four Palestinians, wounding dozens more and flattening at least two residential buildings, the AlJazeera reported. The home of Gaza’s Hamas chief, Yehya al-Sinwar, was also targeted, according to the […]
