ISTANBUL: A Palestinian prisoner receiving treatment in an Israeli hospital has died, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs announced on Sunday. According to the commission, Muhammad Munir Musa, a 37-year-old resident of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, died at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, southern Israel. The authority stated that Musa
ISTANBUL: Ukraine claimed on Sunday that it downed over 30 Russian drones during an overnight attack. A statement by the Ukrainian Air Force claimed that its air defenses downed 31 out of 68 Russian drones over the country’s Kyiv, Poltava, Chernihiv, Sumy, and Cherkasy regions. The Air Force claimed that
ANKARA: At least 52 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, pushing up the overall death toll since last year to 42,227, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Sunday. A ministry statement added that some 98,464 others were injured in the ongoing assault. ‘Israeli
ANKARA: Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets across Australia on Sunday, demanding a permanent cease-fire in the Middle East. Brisbane, the capital of Queensland state, saw one of the largest protests in the city since the war between Israel and Hamas began a year ago, the Australian Broadcasting
ANKARA: French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the regional situation in the Middle East with the Iraqi premier and Lebanese parliament speaker. In a phone call, Macron and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani expressed serious concerns about escalating tensions in the Middle East, according to a statement from the Elysee
ISTANBUL: An expansion of the war in Lebanon hinders efforts to reach a cease-fire, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Sunday. ‘I’m just back from Lebanon where people live in fear and anxiety,’ UNRWA Commission-General Philippe Lazzarini said on X. ‘Hundreds of thousands of people, the vast
