JERUSALEM (AA): Israel has extended the closure on the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip until Monday. In a statement, Israel’s military liaison unit to the Palestinians, known as COGAT, said the move was taken after a security evaluation of the situation in the Palestinian territories. The statement said medical and humanitarian cases w...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA): Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said the “heinous massacres” committed during the French colonial era in Algeria “can’t be forgotten.” In a message on the 77th anniversary of the massacre which began on May 8, 1945, committed by the French colonial army against Algerian demonstrators, Tebb...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA): Syrian President Bashar al Assad met with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an unannounced one-day visit to Tehran on Sunday, according to local media. It was Assad’s second official visit to Iran since Syria’s civil war erupted in 2011. His last visit was in February 2019. Sunday’s meeting was ...
ISTANBUL (AA): At least 48 people were killed by gunmen in three villages in northwestern Nigeria on Friday, according to local authorities. Aminu Suleiman, a local official in Bakura in Zamfara State, confirmed the attacks on Sunday, saying that bandits on motorcycles attacked people in Sabon Gari, Damri, and Kalahe, local media reported. Nig...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Rights organizations in Bangladesh are opposing a draft submitted by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) aimed to regulate digital platforms, social media, and streaming services. Government officials claimed that such regulations were necessary to monitor online platforms amid the rising digit...
ANKARA (AA): In its latest military aid package to Ukraine, the US has announced weapons and equipment worth $150 million. President Joe Biden signed the new weapons package for Ukraine as the Russian war continues, saying it will include additional artillery munitions, counter-artillery radars and other equipment. “We are sending the we...
ANKARA (AA): North Korea has fired a suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, the South Korean military has claimed. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the short-range missile was launched from the eastern port city of Sinpo to the Sea of Japan at 2.07 p.m. local time (0507GMT) and it flew some [&he...
SANAA, Yemen (AA): UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg has welcomed the release of Houthi prisoners by the Saudi-led coalition. On Friday May 6, dozens of Houthi prisoners were freed as part of a humanitarian initiative by Saudi Arabia to “support peace efforts” in Yemen. “I welcome the release of detainees by the Saudi-led coalition, [&hel...
RAMALLAH, PALESTINE: Israeli forces raided the village of Silat al-Harithiya in the West Bank city of Jenin, destroying the house of a Palestinian Omar Jaradat, who was accused of killing an Israeli settler last year. Clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces following the demolition. Hapless Palestinians threw stones and firebom...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA): Tunisia’s Ennahda movement has said that it refuses to engage in a “sham” dialogue that deepens the current political crisis in the country. On Thursday May 5, the Tunisian President Kais Saied had pledged to issue a decree soon to hold a national dialogue in Tunisia. “This dialogue is [a new attempt] […]
