ROME (AA) – Italian authorities have detained a 38-year-old Iranian man while he was transiting through Milan’s airport. He is going to be extradited to the US, Italy’s police said in a statement. A US court has accused the man, whose name has not been disclosed, of conspiring to violate US international economic law and […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – A man convicted of murdering four people, including his brother and his sister’s fiance, has been executed in the US State of Indiana, marking the state’s first execution in 15 years. Joseph Corcoran, 49, was found guilty of the July 1997 shootings that killed his 30-year-old brother, James Corcoran; his sister’s fi...
BERLIN (AA) – A German church organization representing both Catholic and Protestant churches has demanded a partial arms export ban against Israel over charges of war crimes and genocide in Gaza. It called on the German government “not to approve arms exports to Israel if there is sufficient suspicion that the arms will be used [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA) – Syria’s collapsed regime of tyrannical despot Bashar al-Assad has left the country and its economy in ruins, turning it into a den for violent organizations and illegal activity. The country suffered from displacement and uncountable deaths, while its capital stock and economic activities were plagued by the civil war and i...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israeli forces will continue occupying Syria’s Golan Heights in the foreseeable future. His remarks came during a military assessment he held along with his defense minister, army chief of staff, and other officials on the peak of Hermon Mount (Jaba...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Israel told the US that it is in the “final stages” of an investigation into the killing of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the occupied West Bank in September, the State Department said Tuesday. “They have told us that they are in the final stages of closing their investigation,” ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The situation in Syria is “fragile” and talks with Türkiye are continuing, the Pentagon said Tuesday, amid ongoing tensions over US support for the SDF. Spokesperson Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder said communication with Türkiye is focused on “the situation in Syria writ large,” including efforts “...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Pentagon announced Tuesday the repatriation of Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu from Guantanamo Bay to Kenya. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin notified Congress of his intent to repatriate Bajabu last month. “On Dec. 27, 2021, the Periodic Review Board (PRB) process determined that continued law of war detention of Moha...
HOUSTON, United States (AA) – US lawmakers on Tuesday night reached a last-minute bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown, according to media reports. Current funding for major federal offices is set to expire at midnight on Friday, but Republicans and Democrats in Congress worked together to agree on a bill that would allow major...
Hundreds of Muslims in China’s Yunnan province staged protests outside government offices following the detention of Imam Ma Yuwei. Footage on social media showed crowds praying and demanding his release in Yuxi city after police took Ma from a restaurant on Sunday. Witnesses reported that plainclothes police surrounded the area, detaining Ma...
