Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday endorsed Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes’ bid to unseat Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, whose efforts to help former President Donald Trump overturn the 2020 presidential election have recently drawn scrutiny from the House January 6 committee. “As the son of a public school teacher and UAW assembly lin...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 22 people were killed and 33 others injured in a deadly road crash in southern Egypt on Tuesday, according to local media. A passenger bus hit a trailer truck on the Desert Road near the Minya province, Youm7 news portal reported. Authorities said the accident occurred when the bus with […]
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Tuesday issued a decree to appoint Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah as the new prime minister. The local Al-Qabas newspaper, citing a source, said Sheikh Mohammed was appointed to form a new government. No statement was issued yet by the Emiri Diwa...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Syria has rejected a request to supply Jordan with 30 million cubic meters of water, said a Jordanian minister on Tuesday. The request was turned down “due to the water situation in Syria,” Minister of Water and Irrigation Muhammad Al-Najjar said in statements cited by the state-run Al-Mamlaka TV. Jordan seeks […]...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran and Türkiye on Tuesday agreed to extend their gas supply contract for another 25 years and set an ambitious trade target of $30 billion. The agreements came during a meeting between Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tehran. In his remarks at a joint […]
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye and Iran need to continue to fight terrorist groups in solidarity, as they stir up trouble for both countries, the Turkish president said in the Iranian capital Tehran on Tuesday. “The PJAK, PKK, PYD, YPG, and FETO terrorist organizations are troublemakers for both Türkiye and Iran. We need to continue the [&h...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Fakhri al-Barghouthi spent 33 years in Israeli prisons for his role in the struggle against the Israeli occupation. Inspired by freedom movements all over the world and believing in the ability to liberate Palestine from Israeli rule, he along with many other Palestinians joined the resistance more than 40 year...
ISTANBUL (AA) – All parties must “seriously learn from the hard lessons of the Ukraine crisis,” according to China’s top diplomat. “Apart from seriously impacting Europe, the Ukraine crisis has produced a negative spillover effect spreading around the world,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a Sunday night phone call with his Hungarian counter...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have staged rallies to demand legal protection to detainees held by Israel. “Freedom to Detainees” and “No to Administrative Detention” were among banners waved by protesters during the rally held outside the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City. “The [&h...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine has called on the US administration to step up pressure on Israel to halt plans for new settlement building in the occupied West Bank. The US President concluded a maiden visit to the Middle East region last week that included Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia. “As soon as […]
