JUBA, South Sudan (AA) – South Sudan endorsed two protocols Friday that will boost economic growth, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mayiik Ayii Deng. “The free movement of persons and livestock will help our economy to grow,” Deng told reporters during a signing ceremony for the Inter-Governmental A...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – An Israeli observation balloon went down in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, according to the military. A military statement said the incident was being investigated by the army. No reason was provided for the crash. Palestinian activists shared a video and photos on social media showing the fallen Israeli [&helli...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s northeastern border district of Sylhet has been inundated by massive floods in less than one month, marooning more than 1 million people and causing property damage, according to officials. All 13 sub-districts of the tourist-hub region, famous for tea gardening, have been flooded from days-long heav...
ANKARA (AA) – Iran’s former top military commander Qassem Soleimani was killed to stop a plot against 500 Americans, according to former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “General Soleimani was engaged in a plot to kill another 500 Americans. We had the opportunity to take down that plot, and we did,” Pompeo said in [&...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish security forces killed nine PKK fighters near the Turkish border in northern Iraq, authorities said on Saturday. The fighters were targeted in the Operation Claw-Lock zone, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Twitter. Türkiye launched Operation Claw-Lock in April to target the PKK’s hideouts in Iraq’...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – At least two people were killed and seven others injured when a Sikh temple in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul was hit by a bomb blast and gunfire on Saturday, an Afghan official said. The attack targeted the temple in the Karte Parwan region early in the morning, said Abdul Nafi Takor, a […]
PARIS (AA) – The Council of Europe has condemned Russian occupying forces in Crimea over human rights violations against ethnic minorities including Ukrainians and Muslim Crimean Tatars. Based on a recent report by Secretary-General Marija Pejcinovic Buric, the council’s Committee of Ministers noted in a meeting the human rights si...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights chief said at a special council session that Ukraine’s Mariupol city, after having been besieged by Russian forces, is in a “dire” situation, and residents face the risks of infections and diseases including cholera. Michelle Bachelet spoke after a UN Human Rights Council Resolution ado...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and Ukraine have inked a three-year agreement to boost cooperation in agriculture, particularly food production, as the UN warns of devastating consequences of Russia’s war on global food security. The agreement will see the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has hailed a life sentence slapped by a UN-backed court against two Hezbollah members in connection with the 2005 assassination of his father. Hariri, the head of the Future Movement, said that the conviction of the two Hezbollah members was the “clearest condemnation of t...
