JERUSALEM (AA) – Right-wing Israeli Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir forced his way on Thursday into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem under police protection, according to a Palestinian agency. Ben-Gvir stormed the site after Israeli police agreed Wednesday evening to allow him to tour the complex ahead of the Muslim fast...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Turkiye will provide an additional $5 million in aid to Afghanistan, the Turkish deputy foreign minister announced Thursday, saying Ankara will continue to stand with the Afghan people. Speaking at a UN high-level pledging conference, Sedat Onal said it is in the common interest of all nations to stabilize Afghanistan, ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Countries neighboring Afghanistan on Thursday urged the US to return its properties and help reconstruct and develop the war-torn country. “We urge the Western countries led by the United States to earnestly fulfill their primary responsibility for the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan, return the property of the Af...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – More than 30 lawmakers have been summoned by Tunisia’s anti-terrorism unit, the country’s parliament speaker said on Thursday. “This is a serious development,” Rached Ghannouchi told the Qatar-based Al Jazeera television, without giving any further details. There was no comment from the Tunisian presidency on Ghannouchi’s...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN secretary general on Thursday warned the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated over the past months and appealed for “unconditional” $4.4 billion in aid for the war-stricken country. “Together with our partners, we aim to reach 22 million people with food, water, healthcare, protectio...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli raid in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. A ministry statement said the two youths aged 17 and 23 were gunned down when Israeli forces raided the city. Fifteen other Palestinians were injured, including three seriously, [&...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – At least eight Malian soldiers were killed in an ambush in the Bandiagara region, the country’s military announced on Wednesday. The Malian army said in a statement that the soldiers patrolling between the Songoiba and Yaokanda districts in the Bandiagara region were ambushed by unidentified persons. Mali has been b...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Sudan’s de facto leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Wednesday started his first official visit to Egypt since last year’s military coup. Burhan, greeted on arrival by Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a ceremony broadcast live on state television, was accompanied by the head of general i...
Amman, Jordan – AFP Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Wednesday condemned “violence in all its forms” in a meeting with visiting Israeli President Isaac Herzog, following a spate of deadly attacks in the Jewish state. A total of 11 people have been killed in three attacks in the space of a week in Israel, the […]
Doha, Qatar – AFP Qatar on Wednesday opened one of the world’s biggest sports museums with artefacts from some of the most famous Olympic heroes. The 19,000 square metre 3-2-1 Museum Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum, next to one of the stadiums to be used in this year’s World Cup, has taken more than 15 […]
