WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “deeply disturbed” by the actions of “some” Israeli officers who violently attacked slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral procession, his spokesman said on Friday. Guterres “was deeply disturbed by the confrontations between Israeli sec...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian youth on Saturday succumbed to injuries he sustained from Israeli army fire last month, according to the state news agency Wafa. Walid al-Sharif, 23, was shot in the head by Israeli forces inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem on April 22. “He died of his wounds […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Citing security reasons, police in Somalia on Saturday announced a curfew in the capital Mogadishu ahead of the country’s long-delayed presidential election scheduled for Sunday. Abdifitah Aden Hassan, a police spokesman, said movement of the people and traffic will not be allowed, adding the curfew will last un...
ANKARA (AA) – Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected Saturday as the new president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the state news agency WAM reported. “The Federal Supreme Council elects Mohamed bin Zayed as UAE President,” WAM said in a brief Twitter post. The move came one day after […]
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Tehran on an official visit on Thursday. He was received by Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber and Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian at the Mehrabad International Airport. Al Thani and a delegation have traveled to Tehran on the invitation of […]
PARIS (AA) – France on Thursday condemned the arrest of two French nationals in Iran and called for their immediate release. In a statement, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs said: “The French government condemns this groundless arrest. We call for the immediate release of these two French nationals and will remain fully mobilized for [&...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will do “everything possible” to bring the Iran nuclear talks back on track and ensure full compliance with the treaty, an EU official said on Thursday. “This is the interest and the role of the coordinator (of the Iran nuclear deal) to do everything he can […]
BERLIN (AA) – A suspected Nazi terrorist attack was prevented in Germany’s western city of Essen, officials said on Thursday. North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul said at a televised news conference in Duesseldorf that police discovered material for a bomb for a terror attack at the home of a 16-year-old high school student in...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain is increasingly turning towards the US and away from Algeria for its natural gas supplies, according to data released this week. In April, Algerian gas provided Spain with around 9.5 gigawatt-hours’ worth of electricity — around 37.5% less than during the same time last year, according to Enagas, th...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has denounced the killing of a Palestinian-American journalist in the occupied West Bank during an Israeli raid, but did not assign blame for Shireen Abu Akleh’s death. “We are heartbroken by and strongly condemn the killing of American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank,” State Depar...
