Muhammad Afzaal Hussain came to Albuquerque in 2017 to study in the University of New Mexico. He made a mark early on and was elected President of the Graduate Professional Students Association. He had a deep interest in politics and joined the campaign of Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury to get recognition in the political circles. As [&hell...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel said Saturday its military offensive in the Gaza Strip may extend over a week. Army spokesman Ran Kochav said the military is preparing for week-long operations in the Palestinian territory. More than 11 Palestinians have been killed and 80 others injured in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza since Friday. Kochav claimed th...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli forces detained 19 members of Islamic Jihad in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. A military statement said the arrests were part of operation “Breaking Dawn” against the Palestinian group in Gaza. The army said the detainees were taken into custody for interrogation. Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes in the Gaza ...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – Ethiopia on Saturday said that Al-Shabaab fighters who crossed its borders from neighboring Somalia were routed and 800 of them were killed. In a Twitter post on Friday night, Mustefe M. Omer, president of Ethiopia’s Somali Region state, said that with 800 killed and 100 captured, Al-Shabab’s “misadventure in...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt said it is making contacts to restore calm to the Gaza Strip amid Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian territory. A statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Cairo was “conducting intensive communications” to “contain the situation in Gaza” and “preserve lives and property.” The statement did not provide any furthe...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran has condemned Friday’s bombing in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, which left at least eight people dead and more than a dozen others injured. In a statement issued on early Saturday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani extended condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the attack and...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Calling China’s military response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan an “overreaction,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said there is “no justification” for Beijing’s actions. “The fact is that the speaker’s visit was peaceful. There is no justification to this extreme, disproportionate an...
ANKARA (AA) – Russia is ready to discuss prisoner exchange with the US. However, it has also set the condition that such a discussion should be at the level of presidents. “If the Americans again decide to engage in public diplomacy … that’s their business and their problem,” Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Continuing with its “countermeasures” against the US House speaker’s trip to Taiwan earlier in the week, China has announced that it has decided to implement sanctions on Nancy Pelosi and her family. “Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi insisted on visiting China’s Taiwan region. This constitutes...
ANKARA (AA) – Azerbaijan has summoned UK’s charge d’affaires in Baku over Thursday’s attack on the country’s embassy in London. A “resolute protest” was expressed to him in connection with the attack committed by a “religious radical group,” said a statement by the Foreign Ministry. The min...
