ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye’s National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Tuesday met with his Malian counterpart Sadio Camara in Ankara and condemned the latest terror attacks in Mali. The two officials held a one-on-one meeting along with talks with delegations behind closed doors. According to the Turkish Defense Ministry, Akar and Camar...
SRINAGAR, Jammu & Kashmir (AA) – In the narrow lanes of Srinagar, capital of Indian-occupied Kashmir, Mohammad Yusuf Muran, a deaf and mute walnut woodcarver, is busy crafting a sculpture of a lion and a stag in his 200-year-old workshop that has housed the finest craftsmen over many generations. Upon entering the workshop, one finds [&hel...
BAKU, Azerbaijan / ANKARA – Azerbaijani mine clearing experts have so far defused 55,000 landmines and explosive ordnance in regions liberated from the Armenian army in November 2020. Azerbaijan’s mine disposal teams continued to clear areas of landmines and live explosive devices in the Karabakh and neighboring regions. It is estimated ...
Chinese authorities in Xinjiang are restricting the number of Muslims allowed to observe fasting in Ramadan. The move has drawn heavy criticism from rights groups. For years, Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims have been prohibited from fully observing Ramadan in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region known to Uyghurs as Eastern Turkestan. That in...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish military killed four PKK members in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Monday. Turkish fire support units targeted the “terrorists after they opened harassing fire” on the Operation Peace Spring zone, the ministry said on Twitter. Since 2016, Turkiye has launched a trio of operations across ...
NEW DELHI – Hiba Sheikh is an Indian student from the Karnataka state who is pursuing her graduation degree. She could not appear in the practical sessions of her annual exams last month, as the college authorities refused to allow students to wear hijab or headscarf. “My internal exams were on March 3 … The […]
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – One person was killed and 24 others were injured in an explosion at an entertainment venue in Baku, Azerbaijan Health Ministry said Saturday. The explosion and resulting fire broke out in a nightclub on Terlan Aliyarbeyov Street in central Baku at about 3 a.m. local time, said the ministry. It noted […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – A cease-fire began on Saturday between Yemen’s warring parties following a UN-brokered agreement on a “long overdue” two-month truce. According to local sources, Yemenis welcomed the cease-fire, which came into effect at 7 p.m. local time (1600GMT) as calm prevailed on the fronts in the last remaining ho...
KARACHI (AA) – Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi on Sunday approved the dissolution of the country’s National Assembly, several local media outlets reported. State Minister for Information Farrukh Habib said on Twitter that according to the country’s constitution, new elections will be held within 90 days of the dissolution of the assembly....
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 14 people were killed in a rockslide in the northwest of Oman, the country’s civil defense authority said on Sunday. The Civil Defense and Ambulance Authority (CDAA) said in a statement five workers trapped in the quarry were rescued. The CDAA, however, did not give details about the nationalities of […]
