MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – At least three people were killed and dozens went missing as terrorists opened fire on worshippers in two churches and some communities in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna State, an official said on Sunday. Samuel Atuwa, Kaduna State commissioner for internal security and home affairs, said the terrorists on mot...
NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA) – Kazakhstan will not recognize the self-proclaimed independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has said. “If the right to self-determination is put into practice all over the world, then there will be over 600 countries instead of the 193 states that are current...
ANKARA (AA) – Droughts may affect more than three-quarters of the world’s population by 2050, the UN said on World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought which was observed on June 17. This year’s theme, “Rising up from drought together,” highlighted the need for early action to avoid disastrous results for humanity ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The Pakistani army on Sunday claimed to have killed at least six suspected militants in a security operation in the southwestern Balochistan province. The suspected terrorists, who were killed in the mountainous Parom area of the Panjgur district, located 557 kilometers (346 miles) from the provincial capital Que...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pre-monsoon rains killed at least seven people, flooding large parts of Pakistan in the past 24 hours, officials and local media said on Sunday. Flashfloods washed away several bridges and roads, submerged farmlands, and knocked out power in many parts of the southwestern Balochistan province. Torrential downpour...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AA) – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has said that he does not see any problems in exporting Russian grain to Türkiye. Novak said Russia has always been a large supplier of grain to Türkiye and plans to maintain this position. “We have always been a major supplier of grain to […]
Dakar, Senegal – (AFP): Clashes between youth and police left one dead in Senegal’s capital Dakar on Friday as officers blocked off access to the home of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. Three opposition figures — Dethie Fall, Ahmet Aidara and Mame Diarra Fame — were also arrested, spokesman for Sonko’s PASTEF par...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The Turkish defense minister has said Sweden and Finland provided political, financial and military support to “terror groups,” threatening not only Türkiye but also NATO. The minister was referring to Kurdish nationalist groups PKK and its offshoot YPG. Speaking to reporters following a two-day NATO gathering...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia is not concerned that Ukraine could get the status of a European Union candidate “because the EU is not a military organization,” Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Speaking at the plenary meeting of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin questioned whether joining the EU will benefit Ukraine,...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The UN refugee agency has called for urgent support for about 16,000 people — mostly women and children — in Burkina Faso, who have been driven out of their homes by a recent insurgent attack that left dozens dead in the country’s Sahel region. Since June 12, almost 16,000 Burkinabe have […]
