ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed the extension of a truce in war-torn Yemen for two additional months. “Iran hopes that a political solution would be reached, a sustainable ceasefire would be established and the siege would be lifted completely under the shadow of the mentioned efforts,” ministry spokesman Saeed Kha...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – The first batch of Hajj pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. A group of 358 pilgrims from Indonesia arrived at Prince Mohamed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in the holy city of Madinah, the state news agency SPA reported. […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A massive fire raged through an high-altitude forest in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least four people, officials and local media reported. The wildfire — the second that the country has suffered in less than two weeks — engulfed large swathes of forestland in the Shangla district of Khy...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud implored the international community to help Wednesday with the ongoing drought response as Somalia prolonged drought conditions escalate. Mohamud, who was elected May 15, visited internally displaced persons camps on the outskirts of Baidoa, one of the worst affected areas in the...
ANKARA / ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkiye and Pakistan are determined to increase cooperation at all levels, including on bilateral and international platforms, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, as he welcomed Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the presidential palace in Ankara. “We have achieved the annual b...
PARIS (AA) – In the first initiative of its kind, the Catholic Church in France will begin the process of paying reparations to victims of sexual abuse in the church, offering financial compensation of up to €60,000 (about $64,000), an independent commission set up to investigate the criminal cases announced on Wednesday. Marie Derain de...
JENIN CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army killed a Palestinian and injured three others late Wednesday in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The agency said Belal Kab’ha, 24, came to the hospital in critical condition after being shot with live bullets. It said three others also were injured b...
RIYADH (AA) – Qatar has reiterated its readiness to contribute to every international and regional effort to find a peaceful solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Its pledge came during a meeting Wednesday held by Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in the ...
Khartoum, Sudan – (AFP): Hundreds of Sudanese protesters rallied in front of the United Nations mission in Khartoum to call for its dismissal. The protests were endorsed by groups that have criticized efforts by the UN to resolve the political crisis in Sudan since last year’s military coup. The rallies came as the UN Security Coun...
Jerusalem, Palestine – (AFP): Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian woman who had allegedly been carrying a knife in the southern West Bank. A statement from the Israeli army termed the incident “attempted stabbing” against which the Israeli troops took action. The incident took place near Al Aroub camp, north of the city of...
