BAGHDAD (AA) – A mass grave believed to be of opponents of the Saddam Hussein regime was found in Iraq’s southern Najaf province, local authorities said on Monday. “The grave was discovered near one of the complexes under construction in Najaf,” the Najaf governor’s office said in a statement. It added that the grave is […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The head of the UN refugee agency has demanded that European countries apply their generosity towards Ukrainian refugees to others as well as 90 more people died in a fresh “tragedy” in the Mediterranean Sea. “More than 90 people have died in another Mediterranean tragedy,” Filippo Grandi said on T...
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – Three children were killed on Monday in an attack by the Bashar al-Assad regime and Iran-affiliated terror groups, in violation of a truce in Syria’s northwestern Idlib de-escalation zone, according to civil defense forces. Regime forces and allied Iranian militias shelled the village of Maarat Naasan in northwestern Idlib ...
ALGIERS, Algeria – Algeria’s Culture and Arts Ministry joined three other ministries to end the use of the French language in official correspondence due to increasing tensions between Algiers and Paris. In a statement, Culture and Arts Minister Soraya Mouloudji instructed the ministry officials to use the Arabic language in internal correspon...
ANKARA – Civilians in Ukraine’s Bucha province near the national capital of Kyiv, were found dead with their hands tied, Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed. “Bucha, Kyiv region. The bodies of people with tied hands, who were shot dead by Russian soldiers lie in the streets,” Podolyak wrote...
KYIV, Ukraine – The intensity of Moscow’s missile strikes has decreased even though Russian forces continue to attack, the Ukrainian General Staff has said. “The intensity of shelling has also decreased,” is said in a statement, adding that residential and industrial areas of Kharkiv were shelled by various artillery systems....
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Thousands of residents in Somalia have started to flee their villages in search of a better life after three consecutive years without enough rainfall because of climate change. Ibrahim Abdiyow who fled his home town due to the drought said that community members lost all of their livelihoods due to the magnitude [&h...
NEW DELHI – Hiba Sheikh is an Indian student from the Karnataka state who is pursuing her graduation degree. She could not appear in the practical sessions of her annual exams last month, as the college authorities refused to allow students to wear hijab or headscarf. “My internal exams were on March 3 … The […]
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The United States has urged Yemen’s warring rivals to fully abide by a two-month truce brokered by the United Nations. “The United States welcomes the UN’s announcement of a two-month truce in the Yemen conflict and the parties’ acceptance of its terms,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a […]
PARIS (AA) – France’s interior minister has defended his greetings to French Muslims commemorating the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. Gerald Darmanin took to social media to post a message condemning “ordinary racism” for his tweet April 1 that wished all Muslims in France a “happy Ramadan.” “...
