JERUSALEM (AA) – The Negev Summit Steering Committee convened Monday in the Bahraini capital Manama with the participation of Israeli, Arab and American officials. Alon Ushpiz, Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, posted photos from inside the meeting. “Working together to translate the full potential of the Abraham Acc...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – At least 30 people, including five Nigerians, were killed and several houses were torched in an ethnic attack in western Cameroon, multiple sources said on Monday. The attack took place between Friday and Sunday in the village of Mesaka in the Akwaya commune bordering Nigeria, according to a local church and [&hel...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Three Somali soldiers were killed and several others injured on Monday after their convoy ran over a landmine planted along the roadside in the country’s central region of Hiiraan, police said. The incident took place in Mataban, a town located 405 kilometers (251 miles) from the capital Mogadishu. Two journalis...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye on Monday denounced “one-sided sanctions” on Iran, and voiced hopes for the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. “We have been against one-sided sanctions on Iran and do not approve those sanctions,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told a joint press conference with Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdolla...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – At least ten people lost their lives on Monday in a toxic gas leak in the Jordanian city of Aqaba, according to local authorities. Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said 251 other people were also affected by the gas leak from a tank at Aqaba port. “Specialists and hazardous materials teams in […]
Elmau Castle, Germany – (AFP) The G7 group of rich democracies on Sunday announced an attempt to compete with China’s formidable Belt and Road Initiative by raising some $600 billion for global infrastructure programmes in poor countries. The Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, unveiled with fanfare by US Presiden...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – (AFP) Iraq’s prime minister met with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in the kingdom Sunday as part of Baghdad’s efforts to mediate between Riyadh and Tehran. Mustafa al-Kadhemi, who headed to Saudi Arabia on Saturday, is expected to then visit Iran, its regional ri...
Al Mansurah, Egypt – (AFP) A trial began Sunday for an Egyptian man accused of stabbing a woman to death in a public street after she rejected his advances — a case that has sparked widespread outrage. A video went viral last week appearing to show the victim, identified as student Nayera Ashraf, being stabbed […]
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Hundreds took to the streets across Spain on Sunday to protest the lack of an investigation into the deaths of up to 37 migrants trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Melilla. Around 2,000 migrants, many from Sudan, tried to cross the militarized border fence on Friday and […]
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye, NATO, Sweden and Finland will hold a quadruple leaders’ summit in Madrid this week as part of a pivotal NATO summit. Turkish officials have held two meetings with their Swedish and Finnish counterparts so far to discuss the two countries’ NATO membership applications. Türkiye’s presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin ...
