A judge on Spain’s highest court has summoned former U.S. Secretary of State and Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo to testify about an alleged Trump administration plot to kill or kidnap jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to a report published on Friday. Spain’s ABC reports National High Court Judge S...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians staged a rally in the Gaza Strip on Monday to show solidarity with hunger-striking detainees in Israeli prisons. Khalil Awawdeh and Raed Rayan have been on hunger strike for 96 days and 61 days, respectively, to protest against their administrative detention in Israel without trial or charge. Organized ...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – An Algerian court on Monday sentenced the brother of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to eight years in prison for corruption, according to the official Algeria Press Service. Said Bouteflika was convicted of issuing secret funding for a presidential election campaign that was cancelled in 2019. The Sidi M’ha...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon on Monday called on the United States to resume indirect talks with Israel to demarcate their maritime border. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with President Michel Aoun to discuss developments related to a disputed maritime area with Israel and agreed to invite US mediator Amos Hochstein to resume his ...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India on Monday said recent remarks by officials from the country’s ruling party that insulted Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) do not reflect the views of the government, with the “relevant bodies” taking strong action against these individuals. Nupur Sharma, the spokeswoman of the Bharatiya Janata...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The UK reopened its embassy in Libya on Sunday after an eight-year hiatus. The UK had closed its diplomatic missions in Libya in 2014 amid intense armed clashes in the country. “This is a demonstration of the UK’s commitment to the whole of Libya. I am proud our work touches the […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US capital Washington, D.C. on Sunday reported its first case of monkeypox, a viral illness that can spread through direct contact with bodily fluids or monkeypox lesions. The case was confirmed Saturday in a resident who recently traveled to Europe, said the health authority, DC Health. “The collected samples...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Many people are feared dead after gunmen opened fire on worshippers at a church in Nigeria’s southwestern Ondo state, officials said. The attack occurred at St. Francis Catholic Church in the town of Owo. Officials at the Federal Medical Center in Owo said at least 50 injured people were rushed to […]
NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA) – The voter turnout on Sunday for Kazakhstan’s constitutional referendum reached 68%. Polling stations across the country closed at 8.00 p.m. local time (1400GMT) and at 9.00 p.m. local time in western parts of the country, with over 11.7 million voters eligible to cast a ballot. More than 8.3 million pe...
ALGERIA (AA) – The Arab Contact Group on the Ukrainian Crisis held a video conference Sunday to discuss the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine war and its effects on Arab countries in terms of energy and food security. The meeting, held at the level of foreign ministers, stressed “the importance of contributing to internatio...
