KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Two UN peacekeepers were killed and five others injured on Tuesday in a bomb explosion in northern Mali, the UN mission in the West African county said. The incident occurred in the morning when an armored vehicle of a UN Mali mission logistics convoy struck a mine on the Tessalit-Gao axis, […]
PARIS (AA) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on the 60th anniversary of Algeria’s independence from France, marked on Tuesday, that he wants to strengthen relations with the former colony. “The 60th anniversary of Algeria’s independence is an opportunity for the President of the Republic to send a letter to Presid...
Algiers, Algeria – (AFP) Algeria marks 60 years of independence from France on Tuesday with a huge military parade, but memories of violence during the colonial period continue to overshadow ties between the two. The North African country won its independence following a gruelling eight-year war, which ended with the signing in March 196...
LONDON (AA) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said that trade between Brazil and Arab League nations reached “a record” of more than $24 billion in 2021. “This figure is expected to continue rising. From January to April, Brazil’s exports to the Arab world jumped from $4 billion in 2021 to $5.2 billion in 2...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar discussed bilateral and regional matters with the Chief of Staff of the UAE Lieut.-Gen. Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi in the Turkish capital, Ankara, according to the Türkiye’s Defense Ministry. They also discussed cooperation in military training and defense industry. Akar visited th...
Aden, Yemen – AFP At least five people were killed and 30 wounded in an explosion at a weapons warehouse in war-torn Yemen, an official told AFP on Tuesday. A two-storey building collapsed in the blast and survivors were pulled from its ruins, an eyewitness told AFP, while nearby structures were also damaged. The security […]
ANKARA (AA) – Egypt’s Suez Canal revenues hit an all-time high, recording $7 billion in the last fiscal year, according to local authorities. Osama Rabie, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, said in a statement that the international waterway’s revenues rose by 20.7% from $5.8 billion in the fiscal year 2020-2021. Rabie said 22,032 shi...
BAKU (AA) – The Armenian armed forces opened fire on Azerbaijan’s army positions on the border, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Monday. The Azerbaijani army positions in the direction of the Damirchidam settlement of the Kalbajar region were subjected to “intensive fire” by the Armenian military, a ministry statement said. “The ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt’s national dialogue called by military ruler Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi started in the capital Cairo on Tuesday. The dialogue is attended by all political groups in the country, except the Muslim Brotherhood movement, blacklisted by the authorities since 2013. The first session of the dialogue discussed priorities of national w...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has said that at least 200 children in Somalia have died of malnutrition since January, with the country witnessing “catastrophic food insecurity” for the first time since 2017. Drought conditions have deteriorated follow...
