JERUSALEM (AA) – US President Joe Biden will visit the Palmachim Air Base in central Israel during his tour to the region next week, the Israeli Defense Ministry said Thursday. A ministry statement said the base has been prepared by the Directorate of Research and Development of the Missile Defense Organization to welcome the US […]
Abuja, Nigeria – (AFP) Suspected Boko Haram fighters using guns and explosives blasted their way into a prison near Nigeria’s capital, freeing dozens of their jailed comrades and hundreds of other inmates, the government said on Wednesday. Tuesday night’s brazen attack on the outskirts of Abuja came just hours after an ambush...
Tunis, Tunisia – AFP Tunisian street vendors often complain of official harassment, but one sandwich maker-turned-social-media-star hopes his struggles against bureaucracy will motivate young entrepreneurs. Habib Hlila, 27, first set up a food van in the working-class Bab El Khadra district of Tunis in early April, selling sandwiches at ...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian authorities have frozen the financial assets of the head of Ennahda, Rached Ghannouchi. Ghannouchi heads the Tunisian opposition and also served as the speaker of the dissolved Parliament. Nine other people have also been included in the list of those whose assets have been frozen. In a statement, the Financial [...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish security forces claim to have “neutralized” another 20 YPG fighters in northern Syria. The Kurdish nationalist fighters were targeted in Türkiye’s anti-militancy operations Olive Branch and Euphrates Shield zones, according to the Turkish National Defense Ministry. Turkish authorities use the term “neutralize” to imply th...
KILIS, Türkiye (AA) – A suspected ISIS member has been nabbed in Türkiye’s southeastern province of Kilis bordering Syria in connection with the killing of two Turkish soldiers in 2015. According to the provincial gendarmerie command, the suspect, identifed as I I (identity withheld), was arrested in an operation in the Oncupinar neighbo...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has said that it will reopen its economic and trade office in Türkiye in August as relations have begun to improve between the two countries. “The reopening of the economic attaché reflects Israel’s commitment to deepening economic ties with Türkiye,” Israeli Economy Minister Orna Barbivai said in a statement. “We inten...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has issued a decree relieving the five civilian members of the ruling sovereign council of their duties. The decree, however, kept the five military members of the council and the three leaders of former rebel groups in their places, stopping short of a full […]
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – A Tunisian judge has summoned former Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi for investigation into “money laundering” accusations. According to Radio Mosaique, Ghannouchi will be questioned regarding suspicious financial transactions within the “Namaa Tounes” charity. Ghannouchi, the leader of the progressive Is...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has rejected US claims that Tehran made new “extravagant demands” during indirect talks in Doha to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. Speaking during a joint press conference with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Tehran, Amir-Abdollahian said Iran’s dem...
