ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt said Tuesday talks between President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reflected a “mutual understanding” on efforts to confront dangers threatening security and stability in the region. Al-Sisi met bin Salman in Cairo where he reiterated “Egypt’s commitment to the security of th...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro has spoken with US President Joe Biden, according to his Twitter post. “On the road to a more intense and normal diplomatic relationship I have just held a very friendly conversation with US President Biden,” Petro wrote on Twitter, two days after winning the ele...
BERLIN (AA) – Russia’s interruption of natural gas shipments to Europe via the Nord Stream pipeline on the grounds of technical problems is an “economic attack,” Germany’s federal minister for economic affairs and climate action has said. Robert Habeck said the cut is part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has said that she believes the problem regarding Türkiye’s opposition to Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership will be resolved before the alliance’s summit in Madrid later this month. Marin’s remarks came at a joint press conference with her Croatian counterpart...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel said Wednesday it is building a 45-kilometer concrete wall in the occupied West Bank. A statement by the Defense Ministry said the 9-meter-high wall will replace an old security fence built around 20 years ago in the occupied territory. It will take over a year for the construction of the wall […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A deadly earthquake has killed over 1,000 people and injured nearly 1,600 in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday. “More than 1000 people were killed and over 1500 others injured in Paktika province,” Head of Information and Culture Department of the province told state-run Bakhtar News Agency. He added...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – Kuwait’s crown prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Wednesday dissolved the country’s parliament and called for early elections. “Based on our constitutional rights, we decided to dissolve the National Assembly constitutionally and to call for general elections,” he said in a televised statem...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN Human Rights Office on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the imminent amputation of the fingers of eight men convicted of burglary in Iran, urging the country’s authorities to call off their planned action. “We also call on Iran to urgently revise its criminal penalties to do away with any form […]
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – The Khor Mor gas field in Iraq’s eastern province of Sulaymaniyah was attacked with missiles, local media reported on Wednesday. Security forces launched an investigation to identify the perpetrators of the incident, Iraqi media outlets reported. The Shekhan district of the country’s Duhok governorate also came under a missi...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Floods caused by heavy rains in Bangladesh have killed at least 42 people and spread waterborne diseases, with calls mounting for food and potable water. The deaths were mainly due to snake bites, drowning, landslides and other injuries, according to the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room of the D...
