WASHINGTON – According to a statement issued by the White House, US President Joe Biden laid out to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, the consequences Beijing will face if it “materially supports” Russia’s war in Ukraine. According to the statement, Biden outlined “our efforts to prevent and then respond to the...
ANKARA (AA) – A magnitude 6 earthquake rocked southern Iran early Thursday, according to a seismology center based in the capital Tehran. The quake occurred at 02.45 a.m. local time (1115GMT) in Kukherd district of Hormozgan province 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) below the surface, according to data from the Tehran University Seismology Cen...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye killed three PKK fighters near the country’s border in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Thursday. Turkish forces targeted three PKK “terrorists” who attempted to attack the zone of Operation Euphrates Shield, an anti-terrorist military operation, the ministry said. Since 2016, ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Arab Council on Thursday reiterated full support for the right of the Syrian people to determine their future. The human rights body made the commitment on the 11th anniversary of the Syrian uprising, which began in March 2011 with popular protests demanding the departure of President Bashar al-Assad. The anniversary comes ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – An Emirati-flagged cargo ship carrying cars has reportedly sunk off the coast of Iran’s Assaluyeh port in the southern Bushehr province. According to the local port authority, the heavily loaded cargo sank early on Thursday 30 miles from the Assaluyeh port. A team was immediately dispatched to rescue the 30-member cre...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Mali’s ruling military junta said Thursday it has launched a procedure to suspend broadcasts by French media outlets international RFI radio and France 24 television, accusing them of reporting “false allegations” of abuse by the Malian army. In a statement, the junta said the allegations were made by the UN human [...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algerian army has captured seven militants in northeastern Algeria, according to the defense ministry on Thursday. A ministry statement said a cache of weapons and ammunition was also seized in the military operation in Wadi El-Dawwar forest in Skikda province. The statement said the militants were responsible for terro...
81 mass graves of Yazidis found in Iraq’s Sinjar since 2014: Official ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – A total of 81 mass graves of Yazidis have been found in Sinjar district in northern Iraq since 2014, said a Kurdish official on Thursday. Baravan Hamdi, Deputy Minister of the Martyrs in the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), said […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Thousands of Sudanese demonstrated in the capital Khartoum on Thursday to protest price hikes and poor living conditions. Protesters gathered near the presidential palace in Khartoum, raising banners condemning difficult economic conditions, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter on the ground. Last week, the Suda...
LONDON (AA) – Britain on Thursday said it is sending an anti-air missile system alongside 100 military personnel to Poland to protect its airspace against any Russian aggression. Speaking in Warsaw, Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace said Poland is carrying a big burden of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. “We are going to ...
