RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA): Saudi Arabia has lifted all precautionary measures imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, including the requirement to wear face masks in closed places. An Interior Ministry statement said the decision to drop the restrictions was based on the follow-up of the epidemiological situation of the COVID-1...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): At least 30 families in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been left homeless due to flooding caused by heavy rains. According to the officials, more than 400 homes and businesses have been flooded while 30 houses became unusable in the northeastern municipality of Celic. Dozens of families were left homeless after the overflow...
GENEVA (AA): UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet has said that she will not stand for a second four-year term for the position she has held since 2018. “I will not be seeking a second term after my mandate expires on the 31st of August this year,” Bachelet told journalists outside the chamber where the Human […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli settler leaders have prepared a plan to establish a huge “national park” in the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli media. The park will extend between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, and stretches between several Israeli settlements around occupied East Jerusalem, which will eventually separate ...
LONDON (AA): Britain’s Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a High Court decision that asylum seekers can be flown to Rwanda in a controversial scheme. The decision means the first deportation flight to Rwanda can go ahead right away. In April, the UK announced plans to send some of the people who seek […]
JERUSALEM (AA): A member of the Knesset (Israel’s Parliament) has announced that he will stop supporting the government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett pending the extension of a bill related to settlers in the occupied West Bank. Nir Orbachis, a member of Bennett’s Yamina Party, said he “decided to stop voting with the government coal...
WASHINGTON (AA): The US has vowed to maintain diplomatic pressure on North Korea “until the regime in Pyongyang changes course” after repeated ballistic missile tests and a nuclear threat. “Unless and until the DPRK (Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea) is engaged with us, and with partners and allies in diplomacy, an...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA): Lebanon said Tuesday it had responded to a US proposal on a maritime border demarcation with Israel. This came during a meeting between Lebanese President Michel Aoun and US mediator Amos Hochstein in the capital Beirut, according to a statement released by Aoun’s office. The statement, however, did not provide any detail...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA): The death toll from an armed attack by insurgents in the northern Burkina Faso town of Seytenga rose to 79, as 29 more bodies were found on Tuesday, an official said. The insurgents had stormed the town of Seytenga and attacked civilians on the night of June 11-12, said Wendkouni Joel Lionel […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Palestinians staged a rally in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday to protest Israel’s 15-year-long blockade on the coastal territory. Protesters waved banners condemning silence of the international community to the Israeli siege during the rally held outside the UNESCO office in Gaza City. “The international community must a...
