ANKARA (AA) – A mass grave containing the ashes of thousands of people has been discovered near a former Nazi concentration camp in Poland, according to the country’s Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). The remains were unearthed near the Soldau concentration camp, now known as Dzialdowo, which is located north of the capital Warsaw...
ANKARA (AA) – Saudi Arabia will open its airspace “for all air carriers that meet requirements of the authority for overflying,” the country’s civil aviation authority announced early Friday. In a written statement, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said the decision was taken “to complement the efforts aim...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Gaza Strip is facing the fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Palestinian Health Ministry has announced. A ministry statement said the seaside territory has seen a rise in virus infections in recent days. The ministry said the new COVID-19 wave is caused by the BA5 omicron subvariant. The […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Head of Libya’s state-run National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanalla has rejected a decision by the Tripoli-based government to sack him. Sanalla said the mandate of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh’s government has expired. In March, Libya’s Parliament appointed a new government headed by former Interior Minister F...
GENEVA (AA) – UN human rights experts have urged Israel to release Ahmad Manasra, a 20-year-old Palestinian who was imprisoned at the age of 14. They said Manasra’s mental health was deteriorating. “Ahmad’s imprisonment for almost six years has deprived him of childhood, family environment, protection, and all the rights he should have b...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco plans to authorize councils for the Jewish community inside the country and abroad, according to the Royal Palace. A proposal regarding the formation of the councils was presented during a Cabinet meeting headed by King Mohammed VI on Wednesday, Palace spokesman Abdul Haq al-Marini said. During the meeting, Interi...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s proposed constitution by President Kais Saied lacks “mechanisms to protect rights,” Human Rights Watch (HRW) has observed. In a statement, the New York-based rights group said the constitution “enumerates many rights but eviscerates the checks and balances needed to protect them.” The dra...
LONDON (AA) – The new British prime minister must treat “systemic” Islamophobia in the ruling Conservative Party seriously, according to the head of the UK’s leading Muslim organization. As the party searches for outgoing Premier Boris Johnson’s successor, whoever wins “must represent everybody and they have to make sure that they do tha...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – A Swedish court has sentenced a former Iranian official to life in prison over alleged crimes dating back to the late 1980s, in a high-profile case that fueled tensions between Iran and Sweden in recent months. Hamid Nouri, a 61-year-old former Iranian judiciary official, was convicted by a court in Stockholm [&hellip...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina is set to bid farewell on July 20 to 16 more victims of the Prijedor massacre who have recently been identified. The Institute for Missing Persons said the identifications of the 1992 massacre victims are 30 years late. Getting proper identifications involves unearthing bodies from mass grav...
