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SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Two Yemeni soldiers were killed and four others injured by Houthi shelling, according to the army on Sunday. A military statement said it documented 91 Houthi violations of a UN-brokered truce in the provinces of al-Hudaydah, Taiz, Ad-Dali, Hajjah and Marib. “These violations resulted in the death of two army soldiers...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco’s Royal Basketball Federation said Sunday it had signed a cooperation agreement with the Israeli Basketball Association (IBBA). In a statement, the Moroccan federation said the deal aims to develop the basketball sport in both countries. According to the statement, a friendly basketball match will be held between ...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – UN Special Adviser on Libya Stephanie Williams on Sunday urged the country’s rival politicians to establish a constitutional framework within one week for holding elections in the conflict-ridden nation. “This final round comes at a critical juncture for your country. After eleven long years of division, dysfu...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The Tripartite Mechanism that supervises talks between Sudan’s rivals on Sunday postponed the intra-Sudanese dialogue. “Sunday’s session was postponed, but the dialogue was not cancelled or suspended,” an official with the Tripartite Mechanism said in statements cited by the state news agency SUNA. The ...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Moroccan authorities have banned a controversial British film about the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). In a statement, the Moroccan Cinematographic Centre (MCC) said “The Lady of Heaven” was banned from being screened or commercialized in Morocco. The ban came hours after the Council of Ulema, Mor...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian group Islamic Jihad said Sunday it will not stand “hand-tied” to Israeli violations in the occupied West Bank and against Palestinian detainees. “We will not accept this continuing humiliation,” group leader Ziad al-Nakhalah said in a statement. He said Israeli violations in the occupied East Jerus...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, on Sunday called for holding a donor conference to rebuild the war-torn country. “We seek to arrange an Arab and international meeting to rebuild Yemen in coordination with the Saudi-Emirati-led coalition and the Gulf Cooperation Council,” Al-Alim...
Tehran, Iran – (AFP): Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year deal on cooperation between the two allies subject to US sanctions during a visit Saturday to the Islamic republic by Venezuela’s President Nicholas Maduro. The inking of the agreement “shows the determination of the high-level officials of the two countries for develo...
Naqoura, Lebanon – (AFP): Hundreds of people and several lawmakers protested Saturday in southern Lebanon against Israel moving a gas production vessel into an offshore field partly claimed by Beirut. The demonstration comes just days before the US envoy mediating maritime border talks between the two neighbors is expected in Lebanon. Th...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Eleven of 61 passengers who were abducted by terrorists more than two months ago in a train attack in northwest Kaduna State in Nigeria have been released, officials said Saturday. Spokesman for the negotiator, Tukur Mamu, said, “six females and five males” were freed. They were abducted March 28 on a […]...
