PARIS (AA) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday distanced himself from his US counterpart Joe Biden calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “butcher,” warning against an escalation of words and actions in Ukraine. “I will not use this kind of remark because I continue to talk with President Putin,” Macron told France 3 t...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Angry protesters torched the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Baghdad, according to eyewitnesses. The incident took place on Sunday evening in protest against a Twitter post by a Kurdish writer critical of Iraq’s leading Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Hundreds of demonstrators stormed the part...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Tens of thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s ruling party gathered Sunday in the capital, Islamabad, in a show of support ahead of a no-confidence vote against beleaguered Prime Minister Imran Khan. Waving the national and tri-color party flags, supporters of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party from across the c...
BAGHDAD (AA) – A military convoy carrying logistics for the US-led coalition against the ISIS group came under attack in southern Iraq on Sunday, according to a local security source. A roadside bomb exploded as the convoy was moving on a highway near the city of Nasiriyah in the southern Dhi Qar province, the source […]
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish forces killed four PKK members in northern Syria and northern Iraq, the National Defense Ministry said Sunday. Three of them were targeted during attempts to attack the Operation Pence-Simsek zone in northern Iraq, the ministry said on Twitter. One more was killed in the Operation Peace Spring zone in northern Syria, [&he...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel will allow family visits to Palestinian detainees from the Gaza Strip after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Sunday. “Family visits to Gaza prisoners will be resumed on Tuesday,” the ICRC said in a statement. ICRC […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday voiced concern over possible US removal of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from its terrorist list. “We are concerned about the intention to delist the IRGC,” Bennett said in a statement following his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India said Sunday the army successfully test-fired an air defense system off the coast of Odisha’s Balasore. The medium range surface to air missile (MRSAM) was tested around 10.30 a.m. (0500GMT) and it “intercepted a high-speed aerial target at long range,” the Defense Research and Development Organization said on Twitter. Th...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The United Nations said Sunday that efforts were underway to reach a truce in war-torn Yemen ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, due to start next week. “UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg is engaging with all sides and continues his efforts towards a truce during Ramadan,” his […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday said that the Arab world understands how Israel is “on the side of peace” and cooperation in the region. Bennett made his remarks at the opening session of his weekly cabinet meeting ahead of an upcoming summit in Israel with the participation of Egypt, the […]
