KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said the ruling sovereign council will be dissolved after the formation of a new government. Al-Burhan said in a televised speech that the army will withdraw from the ongoing political talks and allow political and revolutionary groups to sit together to agree on [...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Monday rejected “manipulation” of investigations into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Abu Akleh, 51, was shot dead on May 11 while covering an Israeli military raid near the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. While Palestinian officials and he...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon said Monday that Hezbollah’s move to fly drones into the disputed Karish gas field was out of the state’s responsibility. “Lebanon considers any act that falls outside the framework of the state’s responsibility and the diplomatic track within which negotiations are taking place is unacceptable ...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon plans to return 15,000 Syrian refugees every month to Syria, Minister of the Displaced Issam Sharafeddine said on Monday. “It’s unacceptable that Syrian refugees don’t return to their country after the end of the war there,” Sharafeddine told a press conference following his meeting with President Michel Ao...
Tripoli, Libya – AFP Libya’s rival leaders are under growing street pressure since protesters stormed parliament as anger exploded over deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock. Libyans, many impoverished after a decade of turmoil and sweltering in the soaring summer heat, have been enduring fuel shortages and power c...
Jerusalem – – AFP The Israeli army said Saturday it had intercepted three drones launched by Hezbollah that were headed towards an offshore gas field in the Mediterranean, amid rising tension between Israel and Lebanon. The drones were not armed and did not pose a risk, Israeli military sources said, adding that the drones were [&h...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia on Monday called on international donors to help Somali people affected by the deadly drought as the funding gap widens. Somalia’s presidential envoy to drought response, Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, made the call on Monday afternoon after paying a visit to the drought-stricken town of Bardhere i...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo was unanimously elected Sunday as the new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). He was elected at the 61st ECOWAS summit in Ghana’s capital Accra to succeed Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, who served two terms. “Happy t...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon’s top diplomat said Sunday that he expects his country and Israel to reach a sea demarcation agreement in September. Speaking to the LBCI television channel, Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib commented on the negotiations between Lebanon and Israel which resumed through US mediation efforts in June following a one...
KIGALI, Rwanda/ACCRA, Ghana (AA) – Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) bloc on Sunday lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali with immediate effect. ECOWAS imposed the sanctions on Mali in January for delaying to restore democratic rule. Meeting at an ordinary summit of heads of state and governmen...
