BRUSSELS (AA) – The EU border agency chief has stepped down after a probe into the agency’s involvement in illegal pushbacks, multiple news outlets reported on Friday. The resignation of Fabrice Leggeri, Frontex executive director, comes after another joint investigation of prestigious European media outlets revealed that despite public ...
NICE, France – A French voluntary group ‘Cage’ is considering legal action against the Inter-ministerial Committee for the Prevention of Delinquency and Radicalization (CIPDR) for attacking the group and linking it with radical elements. It said the group has been allegedly targeted for exposing state-sanctioned Islamophobia. Rayan...
ISTANBUL – More than 3,000 people died or went missing while trying to cross into European countries in 2021, an official from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has said. The people died or went missing while attempting to cross the Central and Western Mediterranean and Atlantic to Europe, UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo said at a […...
WASHINGTON – Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his family are likely worth $1-2 billion, according to a recently published State Department report. The department said in a report mandated by Congress that it could only provide an “inexact estimate” on the Assad family worth based on publicly-available information. It pointed...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 10 people were killed and 30 others wounded when a bomb exploded in a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul during Friday prayers, authorities said. The bomb went off in a Khanqah adjacent to a mosque in the Alauddin area of Kabul’s Police District 6, Kabul Security Department spokesperson Khalid […]
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish military killed seven PKK fighters in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Friday. Six PKK fighters who opened “harassment fire” on the Operation Olive Branch zone in northern Syria, as well as one who was preparing to attack the Operation Peace Spring zone, were “neutralized by the successful [...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Fearing suicide attacks on soft targets, Iraqi authorities on Friday announced a state of high alert for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. “The Iraqi forces will enter a state of alert level C (maximum) starting from May 1 to May 5, to secure the Eid prayers, entertainment areas, markets, restaurants and […]
LONDON (AA) – The UK will send around 8,000 more troops to Eastern Europe in a bid to deter Russian “aggression”, the Defense Ministry said on Friday. The British troops will take part in broad military exercises spanning from north to south, making it one of the largest deployments to take place since the end […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Palestinian worshippers performed the last Friday prayer of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque despite Israeli restrictions. “160,000 worshippers performed the fourth Friday prayer of the month of Ramadan in Al-Aqsa Mosque,” Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, director general of the Islamic Endowments Depar...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets in nationwide rallies on Friday to mark International Quds Day, an annual event to express solidarity with the people of Palestine. This year’s rallies came after a two-year hiatus and saw the participation of top Iranian government and military officials, includ...
