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The Algerian flag flies in front of the National Assembly in Algiers
Algeria passes law declaring French colonization a 'state crime'
ALGIERS — Algeria's parliament unanimously adopted a law on Wednesday declaring France's colonization of the the North African state a crime, and demanding an demanding an official apology and reparations from Paris.The law also criminalizes the glorification of colonialism, state-run TV reported.The vote is the latest sign of increasingly strained diplomatic relations between the two countries, with some observers saying they are at their lowest since Algeria gained independence 63 years ago.Lawmakers wearing scarves in the national colors chanted "Long live Algeria" as they approved the bill, which states that France holds "legal responsibility for its colonial past in Algeria and the tragedies it caused," according to state news agency APS.The 27-article law lists crimes it...
December 25, 2025

Algeria passes law declaring French colonization a 'state crime'

Christmas Eve mass at a church in Istanbul
Turkey arrests 115 IS suspects planning terror attacks
ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities have arrested on Thursday more than 100 suspected members of the so-called Islamic State group believed to have been plotting attacks on non-Muslims.The Istanbul chief prosecutor's office ⁠said police obtained information that members of the terrorist group were plotting attacks on non-Muslims in particular during the Christmas and New Year celebrations in Turkey.Police arrested 115 suspects in a series of raids ⁠across ‌Istanbul. Mass raids were carried out at 124 addresses across Istanbul, the city's chief prosecutor said, with firearms, ammunition and "organisational documents" seized. Efforts are ongoing to trace a further 22.Some of the suspects were already wanted on terrorism charges at national and international levels, the...
December 25, 2025

Turkey arrests 115 IS suspects planning terror attacks

Israeli bulldozers are seen in the abandoned Jewish settlement of Sa'anur, south of Jenin in the West Bank
13 European countries and Japan condemn Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements 
BRUSSELS — Thirteen European countries and Japan have condemned Israel’s decision earlier in the month to approve 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank saying the move harmed the prospects for long term peace and security in the region.“Such unilateral actions, as part of a wider intensification of the settlement policies in the West Bank, not only violate international law but also risk fueling instability,” a joint statement said.The Israeli cabinet approved the legalization and establishment of 19 settler outposts on December 11, according to an Israeli source familiar with the matter. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, himself a settler, announced the move in a social media post on Sunday.The decision authorizes 19 outposts across the West Bank,...
December 25, 2025

13 European countries and Japan condemn Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements 

Palestinian actors Saleh Bakri, left, and Mohammed Bakri, right, poses during the photocall for the film 'Wajib' at the 70th Locarno International Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland, 05 August 2017. — EPA
Renowned Palestinian actor and director Mohammed Bakri dies at 72
JERUSALEM — Renowned actor and director Mohammad Bakri died Wednesday at the age of 72, according to his family. Bakri had been suffering from heart problems. His funeral was held the same day in his town of birth, al-Bi’neh, in northern Israel.“With profound sorrow and grief, we announce the passing of our beloved father, the actor Mohammed Bakri,” his son Saleh, also an actor, wrote on Instagram.Bakri, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, began his career in the 1980s, performing in both Arabic and Hebrew in Palestinian and Israeli theaters and productions. His first film, Hanna K. was directed by Academy Award-winning Greek-French director Costa-Gavras.Since then, Bakri performed in dozens of films, including the 1984 Israeli film ‘Beyond the Walls’ directed by Uri Barbash. The...
December 25, 2025

Renowned Palestinian actor and director Mohammed Bakri dies at 72

An Israeli settlers outpost is on area next to the town of As Samu, near Hebron
IsraelI minister backtracks on pledge to build Gaza settlements
JERUSALEM — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz backtracked on a pledge on Tuesday that Israel would establish settlements in Gaza, following criticism the statement goes against the US-led peace plan for the Strip.Speaking at an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Katz said that "with God's help," Israel would establish pioneer groups in northern Gaza “in place of the settlements that were evacuated."“We will do this in the right way, at the appropriate time,” he added. The video spread on social media and became widely criticised.Hours later, Katz's office released a statement clarifying that his comment was made in a "security context," reiterating that Israel "has no intention to establish settlements in the Gaza Strip.Katz's statement clashes with US President...
December 24, 2025

IsraelI minister backtracks on pledge to build Gaza settlements

Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad
Libya’s army chief killed in air crash near Ankara
ANKARA — Libya’s Army Chief of Staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, and four others were killed in an air crash near Turkey’s capital city, Ankara. Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah termed it a tragic accident, stating that the crash happened Tuesday evening while the officials were returning from a visit to Turkey.He said that the other people killed in the crash were the ground forces chief of staff, Al-Fitouri Gharibil, the director of the Military Manufacturing Authority, Mahmoud Al-Qatawi, an adviser to al-Haddad, Muhammad Al-Asawi Diab, and a military photographer, Muhammad Omar Ahmed Mahjoub.A senior Turkish official said that three crew members were also killed in the crash, adding that the aircraft had sought an emergency landing after reporting an electrical...
December 24, 2025

Libya’s army chief killed in air crash near Ankara

A screengrab from video shows the Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank town of Qabatiya
Israeli soldiers kill West Bank teen shooting point blank
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said it shot dead a Palestinian “suspected of hurling a block” at soldiers on Saturday during an operation in the occupied West Bank town of Qabatiya.Video reviewed by CNN shows a soldier shooting the teen when he is just feet away. In an earlier statement, the military did not use the word “suspected,” and said the person “hurled a block toward the soldiers.”The Palestinian was identified as 16-year-old Rayan Muhammad Abdul Qader Abu Mualla by the Ministry of Health, citing the Palestinian General Authority of Civil Affairs (PGACA), who said his body is still being held by Israel after he was killed in the Al-Sab’aneh neighborhood in Qabatiya.A 26-second security camera video shared on social media and geolocated by CNN to Al-Sab’aneh,...
December 22, 2025

Israeli soldiers kill West Bank teen shooting point blank

Iman Al-Atoutt repairs her tent after days of rain in a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians set up on the beach in Gaza City on Tuesday
A soaked tent or a bombed-out ruin: Gazans face a grim choice this winter
GAZA — Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice this winter. With more than 400,000 homes destroyed in the war, Gazans are being forced to choose between living in tents exposed to the elements or run the risk of living inside the ruins of buildings that could collapse any minute.Hiyam Abu Nabah has no access to a tent; so that terrible choice has been made for her. She lives with her family in the shell of a building in the Hamad area of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, with no walls to protect them from the elements and the upper floors of the building pancaked above them.Last week, torrential rains and floods killed at least 17 people in Gaza, including children, Palestinian Civil Defense Spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said. Others, he said, died due to building collapses. More than 90...
December 22, 2025

A soaked tent or a bombed-out ruin: Gazans face a grim choice this winter

An elderly Palestinian man raises his hands in prayer during a protest organized by residents demanding their return to their homes in the Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm
UN and Palestinians warn West Bank demolitions could permanently displace hundreds
TULKAREM — Palestinian officials have warned of “forced displacement” after the Israeli military ordered a series of demolitions in the occupied West bank, citing security and “operational need.”The Palestinian Refugee Affairs Department condemned the decision by the Israeli authorities to demolish 25 residential buildings in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem calling it ” blatant violation of international humanitarian law,” in a statement on Tuesday.Calling on the international community to intervene, the department said “the systematic demolition policy in Nur Shams camp will lead to the forced displacement of dozens of families, as part of a plan aimed at emptying the Palestinian camps and erasing their existence, and imposing long-term control over them, as part...
December 17, 2025

UN and Palestinians warn West Bank demolitions could permanently displace hundreds

Narges Mohammadi was given temporary release from prison on medical grounds last year (file photo)
Iranian Nobel laureate taken to hospital after 'violent arrest', family says
LONDON — Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was taken to hospital after being beaten when she was arrested last week, her family says.The 53-year-old human rights activist told them in a phone call on Sunday that she was brought to an emergency department twice after being "attacked by plain clothed agents with severe and repeated baton blows to the head and neck", according to the Narges Foundation.There was no comment from Iranian authorities, but they have said she was detained for making "provocative remarks" at a memorial ceremony in the city of Mashhad on Friday.The Nobel Committee and award-winning film-maker Jafar Panahi are among those calling for her release.Ms Mohammadi, the vice-president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran, was awarded the 2023...
December 16, 2025

Iranian Nobel laureate taken to hospital after 'violent arrest', family says

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