WASHINGTON (AA) – The US capital Washington, D.C. on Sunday reported its first case of monkeypox, a viral illness that can spread through direct contact with bodily fluids or monkeypox lesions. The case was confirmed Saturday in a resident who recently traveled to Europe, said the health authority, DC Health. “The collected samples...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Many people are feared dead after gunmen opened fire on worshippers at a church in Nigeria’s southwestern Ondo state, officials said. The attack occurred at St. Francis Catholic Church in the town of Owo. Officials at the Federal Medical Center in Owo said at least 50 injured people were rushed to […]
NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA) – The voter turnout on Sunday for Kazakhstan’s constitutional referendum reached 68%. Polling stations across the country closed at 8.00 p.m. local time (1400GMT) and at 9.00 p.m. local time in western parts of the country, with over 11.7 million voters eligible to cast a ballot. More than 8.3 million pe...
ALGERIA (AA) – The Arab Contact Group on the Ukrainian Crisis held a video conference Sunday to discuss the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine war and its effects on Arab countries in terms of energy and food security. The meeting, held at the level of foreign ministers, stressed “the importance of contributing to internatio...
GAZA CITY, Palestine – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has called for providing international protection to Palestinian children against Israeli violations. “Israel is practicing all types of crimes against Palestinian children, including killing, abduction, assassination, siege and house arrest,” Hamas said in a statement marking the Inter...
JERUSALEM – Hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem to mark the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department, which oversees holy sites in Jerusalem, said more than 450 settlers entered the site through the compound’s Al-Mugharbah Gate under ...
PARIS – The French finance minister has said that his country is engaged in talks with the Gulf countries to find an alternative to Russian oil supplies and reduce the country’s energy dependency on Moscow. “Discussions are already underway with the United Arab Emirates. We need to find an alternative to Russian oil,” Bruno Le […]...
ANKARA – Qatar, Kuwait and Iran have summoned Indian envoys over insulting remarks on Islam’s Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) by a spokesperson of India’s ruling party. In a statement, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said it summoned the Indian envoy to voice “disappointment of Qatar and its total rejection and condemnation to the...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said that it had suspended the party’s spokeswoman Nupur Sharma in response to insulting remarks she made against the Prophet Muhammad. “The BJP strongly denounces insult of any religious personalities of any religion. The Bharatiya Janata Party is also against any id...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – At least 49 people died and more than 300 others were injured as a devastating fire in Bangladesh’s southern port city of Chattogram continued to burn for nearly 24 hours, an official said on Sunday. “We have a record of 49 deaths till now and more than 300 injuries. Of them, […]
