ISTANBUL (AA) – Evidence of crimes against humanity in Myanmar is piling up with women and children severely impacted, a fresh report by the UN has revealed. “Crimes against humanity continue to be systematically committed in Myanmar,” said the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar in its annual report. The report was released ...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – A court in Tunisia on Wednesday halted the implementation of Tunisian President Kais Saied’s decision to sack judges. Speaking to a local radio, the Administrative Court’s spokesman, Imad Al-Ghabri, said the court had reviewed all the appeals against the president’s June decision and decided to halt its ...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Sierra Leone Vice President Mohamed Juldeh declared a nationwide curfew Wednesday following violent protests. People had taken to the streets earlier to demonstrate against the high cost of living in the country of over 8 million inhabitants, where the budget deficit has increased from 5.6% to 7.1% of its GDP, imp...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah has said that it is waiting for Israel’s response to Lebanon’s demands regarding the maritime border demarcation. “Lebanon and its people will no longer accept the looting of maritime wealth,” Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech. “We are ready to look at any po...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Indirect talks on reviving Iran’s nuclear accord between Tehran and Washington mediated by the European Union have concluded in Vienna with a final draft of the agreement on the table. Iran confirmed that relative progress was made on remaining issues in this round of talks that began August 4 after a […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The vice president of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council expressed hope Wednesday that the country’s political entities will agree on finalizing the institutions of the transitional period and form a civilian government. “We hope that the country’s political entities will reach a national consensus lead...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least two people, including a soldier, were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region on Wednesday evening, an official said. The attack took place near a popular hotel close to the Hirshabele state presidency in the town of Jowhar. Roble Ahmed, spokesman for Hirshabele [&hel...
ANKARA (AA) – Firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr on Wednesday called the Iraqi judiciary to dissolve Parliament by the end of the next week. Al-Sadr ruled out in a tweet that the Parliament will convene to dissolve itself citing that it has “blocs that adhere to the quota (system) and are involved in corruption and […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Two Rohingya refugee leaders were killed in a crammed Bangladeshi refugee camp, causing panic among the persecuted people, a senior police official said on Wednesday. Abu Taleb (40), a community head at a camp in the Ukhia sub-district, and Syed Hossain (35), another community leader of the same camp in the […]...
The United States Department of Justice has charged an Iranian citizen who it says is a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with attempting to hire an assassin to murder John Bolton, an ex-national security adviser in the Trump administration, multiple outlets reported Wednesday. According to the Justice Department, Shahram Poursaf...
