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ANKARA / PNN /

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced Friday that Ankara has decided to fully suspend all economic and trade cooperation with Israel, close Turkish airspace to Israeli aircraft and halt Turkish shipping to Israeli ports.

Fidan said Israel’s actions in Gaza “will go down as one of the darkest chapters in human history,” warning that allowing Tel Aviv to continue its “reckless” attacks in Palestine, particularly in Gaza, “will not be…

BARCELONA / PNN /

Activists are preparing to set sail on Sunday from Spain to Gaza aboard dozens of boats carrying aid, urging governments to press Israel to allow their flotilla – the largest to date – to pass through despite the naval blockade.

Hundreds of participants from 44 countries are expected to join the effort, including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and Portuguese left-wing politician Mariana Mortágua. The boats will depart from several ports…

RAMALLAH / PNN /

The Palestinian presidency on Saturday expressed deep regret and astonishment over the U.S. State Department’s decision to deny visas for the Palestinian delegation scheduled to attend next month’s U.N. General Assembly in New York.

In a statement, the presidency said the decision violates international law and the U.N. “Headquarters Agreement,” noting that the State of Palestine holds observer status at the United Nations.

The presidency called on…

BETHLEHEM / PNN /

The United States announced Friday it will not grant visas to officials from the Palestinian Authority to attend next month’s U.N. General Assembly, at a time when France is preparing to formally recognise the State of Palestine.

In a statement, the State Department said: “Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejects and revokes the visas of members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority ahead of the United Nations General…

In another victory for the right wing, a criminal case against ex-interim leader Anez has been annulled.

Right-wing Bolivian opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho has been released from jail after spending nearly three years in pretrial detention for his role in unrest that led to the 2019 ouster of then left-wing President Evo Morales.

As the political right’s momentum accelerates ahead of a presidential election run-off in October, Camacho returned to a…

At least three people have been killed and several injured in a fire blamed on protesters in Sulawesi island.

At least three people have been killed and five were injured in a fire blamed on protesters at a regional parliament building in eastern Indonesia, as widespread demonstrations rock the Southeast Asian nation.

Indonesia’s disaster management agency, in a statement on Saturday, confirmed the deaths following the Friday evening fire in Makassar, the…