ANKARA (AA) – Iran on Wednesday seized a vessel in the Persian Gulf, accusing it of carrying smuggled fuel, and detained its 12-member crew. Mujtaba Kahramani, a senior judiciary official in the southern Hormozgan province, said a ship “loaded with smuggled fuel” was seized near Qeshm, an island in the Strait of Hormuz. The operation […...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Taiwan has said its armed forces “will adjust” deployment after China announced an end to unprecedented military exercises around Taiwan, which were launched last week to protest a visit to the self-ruled island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. While the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has announced that it will continue ...
National polling results released Wednesday reveal that 70% of U.S. adults across party lines support using ballot measures to determine abortion rights at the state level. The findings from the survey—conducted by Ipsos after an “enormous victory” for reproductive freedom advocates in Kansas last week—were exclusively provided to ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The number of drought-related displacements in Somalia has surpassed the million mark for the first time since January 2021, the UN humanitarian agency said. In a statement on Tuesday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that during the month of July, 83,518 people were displaced by ...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Ben Abdul Rahman said Wednesday he had informed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the desire of his counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune to open new horizons in relations between the two countries. The Algerian premier conveyed the message during his meeting with President Erdogan on Tu...
A clip of New York Starbucks workers walking off the job to protest the firing of a fellow employee believed to have been for union organizing has now over 20 million views on the popular video platform TikTok, bringing greater public visibility to the coffee giant’s aggressive attempts to beat back a movement that has spread […]
DUHOK, Iraq (AA) – Six years ago, an Ezidi woman escaped from an ISIS prison cell. She still takes pills to fall asleep. Sara Revo, 70, lost her son eight years ago in a ISIS terrorist attack on the Sinjar district of Iraq. Now, she lives with her grandchildren in the Sharya Refugee Camp in […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Israel must be held to account for its deadly attacks last week on the Gaza Strip, a Finnish MP who also serves as a peace envoy said on Wednesday. “At least 44 Palestinians, including 15 children, have been killed in Gaza, while hundreds have been wounded. Bombing densely populated civilian neighborhoods […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel is concerned over Russian-Iranian space cooperation, a day after the launch of an Iranian satellite by a Russian rocket. The Jerusalem Post newspaper quoted an Israeli official as saying that the satellite would “increase Iran’s capabilities to potentially launch intercontinental ballistic missiles.” H...
ANKARA (AA) – The foreign ministers of Türkiye and Iran discussed various bilateral and international issues in a phone call on Wednesday. Mevlut Cavusoglu and Hossein Amir‑Abdollahian’s discussions included an exchange of views on the ongoing Iran nuclear deal negotiations, latest developments in the Middle East and the recent floods in Iran,...
