KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least 25 people have been killed in rain-related accidents in the last two days as a fresh spell of monsoon rains and flash floods inundated large swathes of Pakistan, triggering landslides and washing away houses, roads, and bridges, officials and local media reported on Saturday. Some 25 people have lost [&h...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The death toll in devastating flash floods that have wreaked havoc across Iran in the past few days has reached 56, according to officials, with a weather alert still in place. Mehdi Valipour, the head of emergency operations at Iran’s Red Crescent Society, told reporters on Saturday that the floods triggered [&...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) said Sunday that it is prepared to intervene if stability is jeopardized in the northern municipalities of Kosovo after alleged conflicts at the Serbian border. ”The overall security situation in the northern municipalities of Kosovo is tense. The NATO-led KFOR mission is clo...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Amid growing bilateral tensions, Iran on Saturday announced the arrest of an unidentified Swedish national on espionage charges. The suspect had been under surveillance during previous multiple visits to Iran and was arrested because of his “suspicious behavior and contacts” and visits to cities not frequented b...
BAGHDAD (AA) – At least 125 people were injured on Saturday in sporadic clashes between supporters of prominent Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and Iraqi security forces, the country’s Health Ministry confirmed. The ministry said in a statement that 100 protesters were injured in clashes with security forces during a demonstration and sit-in...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Kosovo decided Sunday to postpone the implementation of a new law set to come into effect Monday making it mandatory for everyone, including Serbs living in Kosovo, to have a Kosovo ID card and license plate. According to local media, the US ambassador to Kosovo, Jeff Hovenier, asked the Kurti government […...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s security cabinet on Sunday approved the deduction of NIS 600 million ($176 million) from the taxes of the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to local media. Maariv newspaper said the deducted money is the same amount that was transferred by the PA to Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails and to their families [&he...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah warned Sunday that Israeli gas drilling vessels in the disputed Karish field are within the range of its missiles. The Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar TV released a video showing a naval missile being prepared for firing along with a text reading “playing with time is useless.” The clip...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – An Omani delegation arrived in Sanaa on Sunday for talks with Houthi rebels on the extension of a UN-brokered truce in Yemen, according to a rebel spokesman. Mohammed Abdul-Salam said the talks will focus on the truce and “proposals by UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg to address humanitarian and economic […]
ANKARA (AA) – The US Embassy in Baghdad has called on Iraq’s political rivals to abstain from violence amid tension following the nomination of a new prime minister. In a statement, the embassy said it is “closely monitoring the unrest in Baghdad … (and) concerned by reports of violence.” It renewed calls for Iraqi parties [&...
