Tunis, Tunisia – AFP Few Tunisians showed interest in the online poll that was organized by President Kais Saied about presidential system in the country. Saied seized power last July in what critics branded a coup, abruptly suspending the mixed presidential-parliamentary system enshrined in the North African country’s constitution...
ANKARA (AA) – In a phone call with his Israeli counterpart, the Turkish president on Friday stressed the mutual benefits of energy cooperation between the two countries. Turkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Isaac Herzog discussed bilateral relations and regional issues, according to a statement from Turkiye’s Communications Directorate. Er...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that if he wins a looming no-confidence motion in parliament, he may call a new election. Speaking to local ARY TV, Khan said opposition parties sent him three options through the military establishment: resign, face a no-confidence motion, or announce a fresh election. “...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Yemen’s warring parties have agreed on a “long overdue” two-month truce that will halt all offensive military air, ground and maritime operations, the UN’s special envoy for the war-torn nation said on Friday. The pact, which takes effect on Saturday at 7 pm local time, is renewable, Hans Grundbe...
WASHINGTON (AA) – An American citizen and a lawful permanent resident have been released “after being unjustly detained” in Afghanistan, the State Department announced on Friday. Safiullah Rauf and Anees Khalil are now in Qatar, and will travel back to the US from there, spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. “Unjustl...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Pope Francis on Friday apologized to the representatives of Canadian indigenous peoples for the abuses suffered by the students of church-run residential schools in Canada, local media reported on Friday. “I ask for forgiveness from God for this reprehensible conduct by some members of the Church,” Francis told an audience with...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian man succumbed to his injuries that he suffered in clashes that erupted in Hebron city with Israeli forces, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Friday. The Health Ministry said the 29-year-old Palestinian was hit in the head by the Israeli forces in clashes in the southern part of the […...
KABUL (AA) – At least five people were killed in a bomb attack in western Afghanistan on Friday, said a local hospital. According to a statement by Herat Hospital, 25 people were injured in the attack that hit the Jibril area of Herat city. Some of them were in critical condition. Eyewitnesses claimed that 10 […]
ANKARA (AA) – Important steps are ongoing to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia, Turkiye’s foreign minister said on Thursday. “We didn’t have a negative attitude towards Saudi Arabia in terms of normalizing relations, either commercially, economically, or politically,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told Turkish news broadca...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden has said that the US “stands firmly” with Israel following terrorist attacks that killed 11 people in three Israeli cities. During a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Biden offered his condolences over the “horrific terrorist attacks,” according to a White House statement....
