The Palestinian Authority’s leadership said Friday it recognizes the right of civil society groups to boycott Israeli products, but stressed its own embargo is limited to products from “settlements.” "The Palestine Liberation Organization and the State of Palestine is not opposed to the Palestinian civil society-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel,"
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday threatened to expel foreign ambassadors, blaming them for an investigation implicating people close to his government in a vast corruption and bribery scandal. “Some ambassadors are engaged in provocative actions,” Erdogan said in televised remarks in the Black Sea city of Samsun. “We don’t have to
The African Union called on Saturday for an immediate ceasefire in South Sudan, where U.N. staff say hundreds of people have been killed in nearly a week of fighting. In an AU statement, the organization's chairwoman, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma called for an ”immediate humanitarian truce for the Christmas season, as a sign of a commitment
In what has become routine since the start of the Syrian civil war, Russia on Thursday night once again blocked a UN Security Council statement on Syria. This time, the U.S.-drafted resolution condemned the Syrian government's increasing military offensive on the city of Aleppo, according to AFP. The move heightened diplomatic tensions ahead
Former Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia was arrested on Saturday by police at the entrance to Maaleh Adumim, just east of Jerusalem. Qureia's Mercedes car was racing at 145 kilometers per hour (90 mph) on a road with an 80 kph (50mph) maximum speed limit. The car's driver ignored requests by
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday condemned human rights violations in Iran, but welcomed pledges by Iran's president to improve in some areas. The resolution on Iran was approved with 86 votes in favor, 36 against and 61 abstentions, reported Reuters. While the resolution on Iran expressed concern at serious ongoing abuses,
Two Muslim converts were convicted on Thursday of murdering a British soldier in broad daylight on a London street, hacking him to death in a gruesome killing that horrified the nation. A jury at London‘s Old Bailey criminal court decided that Michael Adebolajo, 29, and Michael Adebowale, 22, were guilty of murdering soldier Lee
Egypt's military has arrested a jihadist suspected of involvement in an ambush that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers near the border with Israel last year, an army spokesman said Tuesday, according to AFP. Silmi Mohammed Masbah was arrested Monday in Sinai and is allegedly a member of Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, an Al-Qaeda-inspired group operating in
Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that “it is possible” the United States would meet with a newly formed Islamist Syrian rebel alliance, AFP reports. The recently formed Islamic Front wants to replace the regime in Syria with an Islamic state. “The United States has not met yet to date with the
Iran on Tuesday unveiled a newly-developed advanced radar system with high target detection capabilities, reported the semi-official Fars news agency. “The radar is complementary to the phased array radar system unveiled on September 1 and its repair and maintenance is very simple,” the Commander of Iran’s Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base, Brigadier General Farzad
