“Cutting off drinking water to the population is like dropping a terrible silent bomb on them … silent but lethal,” Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, said in an interview with the Turkish news agency Anadolu. Arrojo-Agudo described the critical water crisis facing the 2.1 […]
“There is no sense in engaging in talks or considering new ceasefire proposals as long as the hunger war and extermination war continue in the Gaza Strip,” Basem Naim told AFP. He said the world must pressure the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the “crimes of hunger, thirst, and killings” in […]
In a social media post, Trump said the Turkish leader had invited him to Turkey “at a future date” and that he would also be coming to Washington, but did not say when. Erdogan, in a subsequent X post, confirmed the mutual invite. “The phone call that I had today with my friend Donald Trump […]
The Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile strike on Sunday that hit near Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, the latest in a string of attacks, saying they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate. Most attacks from Yemen have been intercepted by Israel’s missile defence systems, […]
Over the past two days, seven bodies were also recovered from the rubble from previous Israeli attacks on the territory, the ministry added. A baby girl identified as Janan Saleh al-Sakafi has died of malnutrition and dehydration in the Rantisi Hospital, west of Gaza City, Al Jazeera reported. At least 51 have died from malnutrition […]
The military said sirens were activated in several areas in Israel after the missile was launched. U.S. President Donald Trump in March ordered large-scale strikes against the Houthis to reduce their capabilities and deter them from attacking ships in the Red Sea. The deadly strikes on the group were the biggest U.S. military operation in […]
TV footage showed wildfires burning along the main Route 1 Jerusalem to Tel Aviv highway and people abandoning cars and running away from the flames as thick smoke billowed over the surrounding hilltops. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Italy and Croatia were expected to send three firefighting planes to help extinguish the flames. Israel has […]
The lawsuit is among a wave of legal actions against U.S. universities, law enforcement, and state leaders over their handling of pro-Palestinian student protests that erupted in the Spring of 2024. Filed in U.S. District Court in San Antonio by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) on behalf of the students, the lawsuit accuses UT Austin […]
But finding food may be about to get even tougher: Gaza’s community kitchens — lifelines for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians after 18 months of war — may soon have no more meals to provide. Multiple aid groups told Reuters that dozens of local community kitchens risk closing down, potentially within days, unless aid is […]
Washington launched the latest round of its air campaign against Yemen’s Huthis in mid-March, and MQ-9s can be used for both reconnaissance — a key aspect of US efforts to identify and target weaponry the rebels are using to attack shipping in the region — as well as strikes. “There have been seven MQ-9s that […]
