ANKARA (AA) – Russia has warned of “retaliatory measures” if Russian citizens are denied Schengen visas. Calling a possible ban on Schengen visas for Russians “emotionally driven,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Kremlin hopes an initiative by Finland towards that end is not implemented. Moscow will “react very neg...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisians have approved a new constitution in a referendum, the head of the country’s electoral commission said Tuesday, citing preliminary results. Farouk Bouasker, president of the Independent High Authority for Elections, said 94.6% of the participants in the referendum voted “yes” and 5.4% voted R...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) said Monday it is troubled by a new police directive aimed at gagging journalists. In a statement, the SJS said it is “concerned about the new instructions issued by Somali police spokesman Major Abdifatah Adan Hassan threatening legal action against any reporter that reports any...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Terrorists attacked Nigeria’s Presidential Guards Brigade Monday, wounding three military personnel. The attack occurred along Bwari-Kubwa road in the capital Abuja while the guards were on routine patrol. The brigade provides security for the presidential villa, the nation’s capital and neighboring communities...
ANKARA (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said late Monday that he spoke by phone with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia and called for progress towards peace and stability in the region amid a rapprochement between the two countries. Blinken on Twitter said he spoke with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev about the [&hellip...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Dozens of residents were abducted by gunmen during night raids on a sprawling community in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna State, witnesses said Tuesday. Abubakar Usman, 61, of Kaduna told Anadolu Agency that shooting gunmen stormed the Keke community of Millennium City, Chikun local government, late Monday. “...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM) on Tuesday condemned Education Minister George Magoha for accusing a Muslim female journalist of belonging to al Shabaab. Magoha was speaking to the media when, in response to a question by the journalist, he asked her: “First of all, where do you come from? […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the re-election of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s son, Hamza Shehbaz, as the chief minister of Punjab, the country’s largest province, local media reported. After a three-day hearing in the capital Islamabad, a three-judge bench declared Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, a joint...
SALFIT, Palestine (AA) – Five Palestinians were injured while protesting against the Israeli army’s recent demolition of the homes of two Palestinian prisoners in West Bank. The Palestinian prisoners, Youssef Assi and Yahya Marei, were accused by Israeli authorities of killing a security guard in the Ariel settlement on April 29. Their h...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has revealed that Russian batteries were fired at Israeli warplanes during an airstrike in Syria in May. Gantz told reporters at a conference organized by Israeli Channel 13 that a Russian S-300 battery fired at Israeli warplanes in Syria for the first time. He described it as [&helli...
