TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has received $1.6 billion in arrears from the Iraqi government for imports of natural gas, Oil Minister Javad Owji has announced. In a Twitter post, Owji said the debt from previous years was received “a few hours ago” following “several months of negotiations” between the two sides, credi...
COLOGNE, Germany (AA) – More than 800 mosques in Germany have been the targets of threats and attacks since 2014, but in most of the cases, the crimes were not properly investigated, according to Brandeilig, an initiative of rights group FAIR International. The group, which has founded Germany’s first reporting center for attacks on mosques, [...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Thursday received a written message from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz on bilateral relations between the two Gulf neighbors. The message was delivered by Saudi Ambassador Prince Mansour bin Khalid bin Farhan, who discussed with the Qatari ruler ways of boosting relations [&h...
TEHRAN – (AA): Iran has said it still believes that negotiations can succeed to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, despite a recent rebuke from the UN nuclear watchdog. Tehran last week condemned as “unconstructive” a move by the International Atomic Energy Agency to censure the country for failure to cooperate o...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Egypt, Israel, and the EU on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding in Cairo to export Israeli gas to Europe. Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar shared a video on her Twitter account of the signing of the trilateral deal. “Today, Egypt and Israel together made commitment to share our natural gas with [...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel will open the Taba border crossing with Egypt around the clock as of July 3, its transport minister has said. “After hard work by the Ministry of Transportation and the Taba Border Crossing, the terminal will open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, starting on July 3,” Merav Michaeli […]
PARIS (AA) – The French border police shot and injured two migrants close to the Italian frontier, Franceinfo news reported on Wednesday. According to the report, a car carrying migrants reportedly refused to halt for inspection during a joint Franco-Italian police operation at Sospel town in the Alpes-Maritime department around 3 a.m. on Wedn...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – More than 20 people, including those who had been displaced from their homes, were killed on Sunday near Menaka in northeastern Mali, a pro-government armed group said Wednesday. “Armed men broke into a camp not far from the locality of Izingaz, commune of Ihinita, circle of Tidermene, Menaka region, on June...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The death toll from an attack by insurgents in Burkina Faso’s northern town of Seytenga has risen to 86 as seven more bodies have been found, local authorities said Wednesday. “The intervention units deployed in the commune of Seytenga since the tragedy occurred have discovered seven new lifeless bodies betw...
Beersheba, Israel – (AFP): The European Union wants to strengthen its energy cooperation with Israel in the wake of Russia’s use of gas supplies to “blackmail” its members over the Ukraine conflict, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday. Her remarks came as Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, also...
