BURSA, Turkiye (AA) – A roadside bomb killed a prison guard and injured four others in Turkiye’s northwestern Bursa province on Wednesday. A bus carrying security personnel was targeted with an improvised explosive device near a gas station in Bursa’s central Yenikaraman neighborhood, according to Governor Yakup Canbolat. The deceased officer ...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia is taking “resolute steps” towards dictatorship amid a deep political crisis in the North African nation, three political parties warned on Wednesday. In a joint statement, the Coordination of Social Democratic Forces, which brings together the Democratic Current, the Republican Party, and the Democratic Blo...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday ordered a ban on far-right lawmaker Itamar BenGvir from accessing Jerusalem’s Bab al-Amud area to join a planned settler flag march. “I have no intention of letting minor politics to endanger human lives. I won’t allow BenGvir’s political provocation t...
While the United States refuses to work with the Taliban, and NGOs follow suit, grassroots activists have no choice but to engage. I have been engaged in grassroots work for the rights and well-being of Afghan women for two decades. Given the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban on August 15, 2021, the question I […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh – The World Bank will lend Bangladesh $250 million to support the country’s reform efforts to sustain growth following the COVID-19 pandemic and to enhance resilience to future shocks, including climate change. The Bangladesh First Recovery and Resilience Development Policy Credit — the first in a series of two cr...
ANKARA – According to the Turkish National Defence Ministry, Turkish security forces have “neutralized” a total of 26 PKK militants since the launch of Operation Claw-Lock in northern Iraq. The operation successfully continues as planned, the ministry said in a statement. According to the ministry, the new operation was launched af...
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON: The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is the time of the year when Muslims all over the world cherish all that they have been blessed with. Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan in order to attain righteousness and learn self-restraint. Fasting in the Holy Month is one of Islam’s five main […]
ANKARA – Last week the Pakistani army conducted “retaliatory” strikes inside Afghanistan in Khost and Kunar provinces, allegedly against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)- a militant group. The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid condemned the attack. Shabir Ahmed Osmani, director of information said at least 41 people includin...
ANKARA – With the exit of Americans and the Afghan Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, there was a general sense of relief in Pakistan that its security woes along its western borders will be over. However, over the past many months, activity in this region has witnessed an increase, forcing Pakistan to conduct air raids inside […]
ISTANBUL – Japan has revealed that a US soldier was indicted last December on charges of sexual assault. The incident that happened in the southern Okinawa province was not disclosed until now “due to its nature,” Japanese prosecutors said. Shedding light on the alleged crime, the Japanese prosecutors said the American soldier Lance Corp...
