RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least three Palestinians were injured on Monday in an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, according to local health sources. Israeli soldiers raided a town in the west of Ramallah and detained one Palestinian, witnesses said, adding that the soldiers used live and rubber-coated bullets against the Palest...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Some 23,800 Russian soldiers have so far been killed in Ukraine, the country’s military said on Monday. Ukrainian forces have destroyed 194 Russian aircraft, 155 helicopters, 271 unmanned aerial vehicles, 1,048 tanks, 2,519 armored vehicles and 459 artillery systems, according to the Ukrainian General Staff’s latest ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador on Monday over Russian Foreign Minister’s remarks that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood.” The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that Sergei Lavrov’s comments were “ghastly”. It was stated that after Lavrov’s statements, Russi...
Amid global calls for focused diplomacy to end the Russian war on Ukraine, U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday introduced a measure that would give congressional authorization for President Joe Biden to intervene militarily if Russia uses biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons. Rep. Adam Kinzinger announced the Authorization for Use of Milita...
TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya has announced it will celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, on Monday. In a statement, the Tripoli-based Libyan Center for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (LCRSSS) said the new moon of Shawwal — the 10th month of the Islamic lunar calendar — will […]
IDLIB, Syria – Syrian refugees who have been displaced due to the ongoing civil war are set to mark yet another Eid al-Fitr away from their homes. Hundreds of thousands of civilians now camped in the northwestern Idlib province were forced to move from Damascus, Homs, Hama and Deraa, among other regions, due to attacks […]
JOHANNESBURG (AA) — South Africa has witnessed that more Muslims have gathered at mosques during this year’s holy month of Ramadan. Muslims that gathered at the fast-breaking dinner- iftar- held at the Soweto Mosque in the country’s largest city Johannesburg, said that the number of mosque visitors is increasing. Reportedly, ...
ANKARA – Qatar has said that it will celebrate Eid al-Fitr — the festival which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan — on Monday. In a statement, the Moon Sighting Committee of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs said the new moon of Shawwal, the 10th month in the Islamic […]
TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has warned of an “impending environmental disaster” as a result of oil leaks due to lack of storage capacity for crude oil. “We have lost a lot of storage capacity and therefore we will not be able to store all the quantity (of crude oil),” the NOC […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Hamza Shehbaz of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) took oath as the new chief minister of Pakistan’s largest province of Punjab on Saturday after a long-drawn legal battle. National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf administered the oath to Hamza as the 21st chief minister of the bellwether...
