MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Monday that it is providing over 300,000 children and youths in Nigeria’s volatile northeast who were forced out of their communities and schools following terrorist attacks with access to a special learning program. Paola Ripamonti, UNICEF education manager at it...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Monday dispersed Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron who were protesting against the violation of the sanctity of the Ibrahimi Mosque by the occupation authorities. Eyewitnesses said dozens of Palestinians tried to reach the mosque but Israeli forces closed the iron gates leading to...
BAGHDAD (AA) – At least six people were killed in an attack carried out by Daesh/ISIS in northern Iraq, officials said late Monday. The terrorist group targeted residents of Taza Khurmatu district south of the city of Kirkuk, where the majority of Turkmen live, the government-affiliated Security Media Network said in a statement. An operation ...
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Monday that Baku agreed with Armenia on the opening of the Zangezur corridor, including the construction of both railways and highways. In a statement, Azerbaijan’s Presidency said Aliyev spoke over the phone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and updated him on a trilat...
RAMALLAH, Palestine – More than 1,200 Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank last month, according to Palestinian NGOs. “A total of 165 minors and 11 women were among 1,228 Palestinians arrested by the Israeli army in April,” four Palestinian groups said in a joint statement. The occupied city of East […]...
JERUSALEM – Scores of Israeli settlers forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday. In a statement, the Islamic Endowment Department in Jerusalem said 96 settlers guarded by Israeli police broke into the flashpoint site this morning. In the wake of the verdict by an Israeli court allowing Jews [&hellip...
KAZAN, Tatarstan – The 13th International Economic Summit: “Russia-Islamic World: Kazan Summit 2022”, held in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, attracted about 6,400 visitors from 64 countries. A mega international economic gathering addressed the subjects of partnership finance, halal industry, export development, entrep...
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s chief of staff has resigned. This is the second resignation in Bennett’s inner circle in just two weeks. A statement by Bennett’s office did not provide a reason for the resignation of Tal Gan-Zvi. Gan-Zvi was a close aide to Bennett for over 10 years and was considered […]
GENEVA – The World Health Organization chief has said that it is clear that the world was — and remains — unprepared for a pandemic, calling for support for universal health care and other reform measures. WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus delivered his vision for the next five years for the WHO at the 75th World [&hell...
GENEVA – The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has exceeded 100 million for the first time, propelled by the wars and conflicts in Syria, Afghanistan, Myanmar, the Sahel and Horn of Africa as well as Ukraine, the UN refugee agency has said. “One hundred million is a […]
