SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Indian revenue authorities in the occupied Kashmir have ordered that power and water supply for 409 Muslim Rohingya refugee families be cut off. This is part of an ongoing crackdown aimed at eventually deporting them to their troubled homeland in Myanmar. A revenue document outlines the private properti...
ANKARA (AA) – President Joe Biden is reportedly considering issuing broad preemptive pardons for prominent critics of President-elect Donald Trump, aiming to protect them from potential legal actions under the incoming administration, according to local media. Trump repeatedly seeks revenge against his political enemies. Kash Patel, his ...
ANKARA/DAMASCUS, Syria (AA) – Ba’ath Party rule in Syria collapsed early Sunday when Damascus fell out of the hands of regime control and Bashar al-Assad fled the country. Anti-regime groups entered the capital on Saturday, capping off a series of rapid and dramatic developments since late last month. After 13 years of civil war, t...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden is “closely monitoring the extraordinary events in Syria,” the White House said late Saturday as anti-regime forces entered the national capital of Damascus. Biden and his senior officials are “staying in constant touch with regional partners,” National Security Council spokes...
BAMAKO, Mali (AA) – Transitional President Capt. Ibrahim Traore has dismissed Burkina Faso Prime’s Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and the government, according to a decree read out on state television. The decree said that “officials in the dissolved government will continue to perform their duties until a new gover...
Russia’s largest oil company Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin has said that the global energy sector is embroiled in a hybrid war and gold could soon rival the dollar as the world’s primary currency Delivering a speech in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, he said the main competitor of the U.S. currency will be gold, […]
The transitional government of Bangladesh led by Muhammad Yunus has issued a call for national unity to combat propaganda against the country, allegedly spearheaded by India. During a recent address to political parties, Yunus highlighted the importance of unity beyond political lines to preserve national integrity. The government’s law advise...
Israel released 34 Palestinian detainees on Thursday, who showed signs of torture as well as extreme weakness and exhaustion. They were brought to the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza after being released via the Kerem Shalom border crossing. Sources told Anadolu news agency that they had been arrested by the Israeli [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The foreign ministers of Iraq, Iran, and Syria gathered in Baghdad to discuss the ongoing Syrian crisis. The meeting included Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and Syrian Foreign Minister Bassam Sabbagh. According to Iraq’s official news agency INA, the talks took place a...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has announced the commencement of military exercises in the southern Golan Heights and northern Jordan Valley. In a statement, the Israeli army said: “In the coming hours, a military drill will begin in two separate areas in the northern Jordan Valley and the southern Golan Heights as part of […]...