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...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Tuesday renewed his call for establishing a US-led regional coalition to confront Iran. Iran “closes the cameras at its nuclear sites, expands its aggressive operations in the region and rejects attempts to reach a nuclear agreement,” Gantz said during an award ceremony for Israeli...
NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA): The return of Syrian refugees will be one of the main agenda items during the 18th Astana format talks on Syria, which will start on Wednesday in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Delegations from Türkiye, Russia and Iran will meet the Syrian regime and opposition forces during the [&...
BAGHDAD (AA): A coalition of Iran-backed Shia parties said Monday it will continue talks for the formation of a new Iraqi government, one day after the resignation of lawmakers loyal to firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. In a statement, the Coordination Framework said it respects the decision of the Sadrist bloc to resign from the Iraqi [&helli...
TEHRAN (AA): At least 112 people were injured in an explosion at a sodium carbonate factory in southwestern Iran, according to local media on Monday. The explosion was caused by a leak in one of the tanks at the factory in Firouzabad city in Fars province, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. Fars State Medical […]
GENEVA (AA): The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory said Monday that the global community must urgently explore new ways of ensuring Israel’s compliance with international law. Former UN Human Rights commissioner Navi Pillay addressed the Human Rights Council with the commission...
Seytenga, Burkina Faso (AA/AFP): At least 50 civilians died in an attack by suspected extremists in northern Burkina Faso, government spokesman Lionel Bilgo said Monday, in one of the bloodiest clashes since a military coup in January. The village of Seytenga was attacked overnight Saturday, Bilgo said, adding that the toll “may rise....
