MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Clashes among Somali security forces in Beledweyne killed Mohamed Hussein Durdage, a senior police commander in the Hiiraan region on Thursday, an official told Anadolu Agency. Beledweyne District Governor Osman Dhisow Dhubow said an elite police unit, Harmcad, that was recently deployed to the central city earl...
WARSAW (AA) – The head of Poland’s National Security Bureau said Thursday that Russia’s intention to attack Ukraine is clearer than ever, despite Moscow saying it withdrew some of its troops from the border. “The probability of Russia attacking Ukraine is higher today than yesterday,” said Pawel Soloch. “Rec...
JERUSALEM: A high-level Turkish delegation arrived in Israel on Thursday to meet with Israeli officials ahead of a visit expected next month by Israel’s president to Turkiye, according to official statements. A Turkish delegation led by Ibrahim Kalin, presidential spokesperson and senior adviser to the president, held meetings with Foreign Min...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Masoud Barzani, on Thursday agreed to move forward with forming a government that includes Shias, Sunnis and Kurds. A joint statement issued following a phone call between the two leaders read they discussed “the necessary steps for forming a [...
BAGHDAD (AA) – A senior member of the ISIS was killed in an Iraqi airstrike targeting his car in the western Anbar province, according to the defense ministry on Thursday. The attack took place in the desert of Al-Rutba district in Anbar, a ministry statement said. It identified the militant as Muthanna Khader Kamel Shatran, […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The head of Libya’s High Council of State said Thursday ending the transitional period is the key to cruising the country to safety. “There is no way to reach safety without ending the transitional period with a permanent constitution and renewing the legitimacy of the legislative, executive, judicial and oversight ...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has expelled US deputy chief of diplomatic mission in Moscow, the embassy’s spokesman Jason Rebholz said on Thursday amid heightened tensions over Ukraine. Bart Gorman, the second-highest official of the US embassy in Moscow, left Russia late January, Rebholz said in an interview with the state-run RIA news age...
Israeli forces on Thursday dispersed dozens of Palestinians taking part in a peaceful rally in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, east of occupied Jerusalem. Witnesses told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli forces put out fire lit by the residents and activists to warm themselves while closing the neighborhood with iron barriers. The sit-in by loca...
BERLIN (AA) – The US accused Russia on Friday of deploying additional troops to the Ukrainian border despite its announcement of a partial military withdrawal. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there was no sign of a Russian troop pullout. “On the contrary, we see additional force...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday discussed over phone NATO-Turkiye relations and regional issues with Jens Stoltenberg, the military alliance’s secretary-general. Stoltenberg congratulated Erdogan on the 70th anniversary of Turkiye’s accession to NATO, according to a statement by Turkey’s C...
