BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon said Saturday that it is no longer capable of bearing the burden of hosting Syrian refugees in the country. Lebanon “is committed to the principle of non-refoulement of the displaced (Syrian refugees), but the situation is no longer tolerable,” Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar said during a meeting with Ayak...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Hundreds of Palestinians mourned a youth killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. A 27-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces in the city of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank on Saturday, according to the Health Ministry. The circumstances of his death were not yet […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Four people were killed in fresh tribal clashes in Sudan’s West Darfur province on Saturday, taking the overall death toll since last week to 200, according to local medics. In a statement, the Sudanese Doctors Committee said the new fatalities were reported in the provincial capital Geneina. There was no comment [&helli...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Thousands of Sudanese demonstrators staged rallies on Saturday to mark the third anniversary of a deadly sit-in dispersal, in which dozens of protesters were killed. More than 60 protesters were killed when security forces violently dispersed a protest camp outside the army headquarters in the capital Khartoum on June 29...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Several dozen Palestinians were injured on Friday when Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas shells to disperse a rally against illegal settlements in the northern occupied West Bank. Nine Palestinians were injured by rubber bullets during a confrontation with the occupying army near Kafr Qaddoum, east of ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A federal judge in the US state of Virginia sentenced on Friday a former British national to life in prison after he confessed to being part of a Daesh/ISIS terror cell collectively referred to as the “Beatles.” Alexanda Kotey pleaded guilty in September to being part of the hostage taking group that [&helli...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Starting next year, a Turkish cruise company will start umrah pilgrimage voyages from the historic city of Istanbul to Mecca, a company official announced. “We’re planning to start umrah journeys via ship by 2023,” Ay Cruise CEO Cetin Ay said. “With the Istanbul-Jeddah voyage, many people from the Muslim world will come [...
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – The Azerbaijani president has alleged that weapons were transported from Russia to Armenia through Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran during the second Nagorno-Karabakh war fought in 2020. Speaking at an international conference held at ADA University, in Baku, Aliyev talked about the developments after the war. Claimin...
NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA) – Kazakhstan will hold a referendum to amend 33 provisions of its basic law which constitutes one-third of the country’s constitution, the leader of the Central Asian nation said on Friday. “We will put a resolute barrier against nepotism and paternalism, corruption and compradors,” said Kazakh President Kassy...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s chief spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday described US President Joe Biden’s suggestion to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine as “outrageous” and a “violation of all legal norms.” Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Peskov said by expropriating private property, the US autho...
