ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria has been grappling with security challenges since 2009 when the Boko Haram group emerged, first in the country’s northeast regions. Besides Boko Haram’s subversive activities, armed gangs, kidnappers, and separatist groups have exacerbated the security situation in the West African country of over 200 millio...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – China has approved a $2.3 billion loan to prop up Pakistan’s depleting foreign reserves with cash inflow expected within a couple of days. The loan facility agreement was inked between Islamabad and a consortium of Chinese banks, Pakistan’s Finance Miftah Ismail said on Twitter on Wednesday. “The Chin...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other federal agencies to help those affected by an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the US is “deeply saddened to see the devastating earthquake” that...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi state media on Wednesday hailed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Türkiye and the distinguished relations between Riyadh and Ankara. The state-run Al-Ikhbariya television said Saudi-Turkish relations “witness a new phase of development and prosperity with tangible steps between the leaderships of both coun...
ISTANBUL (AA) – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss hailed relations between her country and Türkiye during a meeting Wednesday with Vice President Fuat Oktay in the Turkish capital Ankara. “Türkiye is an important partner for the UK. We are key European NATO allies,” Truss wrote on Twitter following the meeting. “I met Vice President @fuatokt...
NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – Living without basic amenities in the caves after their houses faced repeated demolitions and attacks from Jewish settlers, coupled with restrictions from the Israeli army, residents of the Palestinian village of Tana, have learned to fill the gap by using renewable resources. Bassam Khatatbeh and his family including ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – History has repeatedly proven that “sanctions are a boomerang and a double-edged sword,” China’s President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday. “To politicize the global economy and turn it into one’s tool or weapon, and willfully impose sanctions by using one’s primary position in the international financial and monetary systems will...
ANKARA (AA) – Australia’s Victoria state has banned the display of the Nazi swastika. Anyone displaying it in public will face monetary penalty or jail, or both. The Parliament of Victoria passed the Summary Offences Amendment (Nazi Symbol Prohibition) Bill 2022 on Tuesday, which “makes it a criminal offense for a person to intenti...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Nine Yemeni soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in war-torn Yemen, according to the military on Wednesday. Unidentified gunmen attacked a military vehicle east of Zinjibar, the provincial capital of the southern Abyan province, killing three soldiers, the army-run Presidential Protection Brigades said in a statemen...
ANKARA (AA) – Despite political instability, Israel’s security must be preserved, the country’s prime minister has said. “We are in a period of political instability but the security and stability must be preserved,” Naftali Bennett said during a visit to the Israel Defense Forces’ Gaza division headquarters. Bennett said Israelis in cities su...
