SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Authorities in Indian-occupied Kashmir sounded a flood alarm in Srinagar after the region’s largest river breached the danger mark on Wednesday. The warning comes with advice to people living near large water bodies to remain vigilant. Locals have been cautioned against venturing near uphill streams that are ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A senior law enforcement official said Tuesday that police response to the school shooting last month in the US state of Texas was an “abject failure.” “There’s compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at Robb Elementary was an abject failure and antithetical to everything we...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas is preparing to restore relations with the Syrian regime after a 10-year hiatus, a Palestinian source said on Tuesday. “The two sides will open a new phase in their relations in the coming period,” the source, who preferred to remain unnamed, told Anadolu Agency. The source [...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – As Canadians commemorate National Indigenous Peoples Day on Tuesday, a lawsuit concerning native children is a cloud on the horizon. The Federal Court of Canada ruled Monday that a class-action lawsuit brought against the government on behalf of Indigenous children could proceed. The children did not live on Indige...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Syrians who fled the war in their country and took refuge in Türkiye remain committed to exercising their right to return to their homeland when the necessary humanitarian, security and political conditions are met, said a joint statement by numerous NGOs on Tuesday. More than 200 organizations attended a meeting organize...
Cairo, Egypt – (AFP) Saudi and Egyptian companies signed agreements worth a total of $7.7 billion during a visit to Cairo by the Saudi crown prince, state media in both countries said. The deals were related to “infrastructure, logistical services, port management, agri-foods, the pharmaceutical industry, fossil fuels and renewable...
PARIS (AA) – The highest administrative court in France has upheld a ban on the ‘burkini’ under a new “secularism framework.” The ‘burkini’ is a full-body swimming costume that allows Muslim women to participate in the sport while observing the religious commandment for modest covering. The ban will effectively pr...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US found remarks “appalling” by a Russian official who said Tuesday that two American “mercenaries” in the hands of the Russians could be executed. “It’s appalling that a public official in Russia would even suggest the death penalty for two American citizens that were in Ukraine,...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US reiterated Tuesday that it remains committed to reopening a consulate in Jerusalem, Palestine. “In the meantime, we have really reenergized the relationship between United States and the Palestinian Authority, but also with Palestinian people,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters at a ...
LONDON (AA) – Mohammed Hanif, a British-Pakistani writer, has announced his withdrawal from a conference in Germany after Mohammed El-Kurd, a Palestinian writer and poet, was disinvited. The conference is being organized by the Goethe Institute and is titled Beyond the Lone Offender – Dynamics of the Global Right. It will take place in H...
