TEHRAN, Iran – Iran has descibed its fifth round of tension-easing talks with Saudi Arabia as “positive” and “progressive”. The latest round of peace parleys, hosted by the Iraqi government, saw the participation of senior officials from Iran’s top security body and Saudi Arabia’s intelligence service, according to offi...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – A growing rift between Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble is sending the wrong signals to citizens and the donor community. Mohamed, widely known as Farmajo, and Roble publicly disagreed Wednesday over which security team should oversee the security of the election proc...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria threatened Wednesday to cut off gas supplies to Spain if any of the gas winds up in a location other than specified by the contract. Spain’s Energy Ministry earlier confirmed that it planned to ship gas to Morocco but noted that none of that gas would be of Algerian origin. […]
NEW DELHI – At least 11 people were killed in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu when a vehicle decorated as a chariot came in contact with a power wire during a religious procession. When the chariot, driven by Hindu religious devotees, touched an overhead transmission line in the Thanjavur district, 11 people were […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Commission has presented a new package to facilitate legal migration, in order to simplify residence and work permit rules for skilled workers. “Dealing with migration is not only about border checks, asylum procedures and returns, it is also about offering legal pathways for those who can come live and work ...
MOSCOW (AA) – Amid continued diplomatic fallout from the Ukraine war, Russia has declared three Norwegian diplomats persona non grata. The move was in response to Norway’s “unjustified” expulsion of three Russian diplomats on April 6, according to the Foreign Ministry. The ministry said it summoned Norwegian Ambassador Rune Resaland to hand ov...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli army fire during a raid in the occupied West Bank early Wednesday, according to the state news agency Wafa. Ahmed Mohamed Masad, 21, was shot in the head and died of his wounds in the town of Burqin, northwest of Jenin, Jani Abu Jokha, […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The EU on Wednesday criticized Tunisia over a recent presidential decree to restructure the country’s election body, saying it “risks reducing its independence.” In a statement, the European Union External Action Service (EEAS), the bloc’s diplomatic service, said the recently published decree to reform the Independent Hi...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday he hopes to reach an agreement with Ukraine diplomatically and that negotiations are underway and they do not reject them. Speaking ahead of his meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Putin said Russia strongly supports the principles on which the UN is based and in...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett received a threatening letter Tuesday containing a bullet, local media reported. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) reported that police have launched an investigation into the letter, which was sent to Bennett’s home in the city of Ra’anana in central Israel. Israel’...
