TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s Intelligence Ministry claimed Wednesday to have arrested three people working for the Israeli spy agency Mossad in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan. In a statement, the ministry’s local branch in the border province said the three “Mossad agents” were involved in transferr...
JERUSALEM (AA) – More than 700 Israeli settlers forced their way into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday, according to a Palestinian agency. In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department, which oversees the holy sites in Jerusalem, said 762 settlers stormed the site and stayed there for about ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least five people were killed and many others injured in a blast that hit a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, local media reported. The explosion occurred at the Seh Dokan mosque located in a busy area of Mazar-e-Sharif, Tolo News quoted sources as saying. Quoting an official from the local […]
JERUSALEM: A number of far-right Israeli groups gathered on Wednesday in West Jerusalem to mark the anniversary of the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967. It is called Jerusalem Day by the Israelis. Among the group was also far-right lawmaker Itamar BenGvir despite a ban on his attending the march. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali [&he...
LONDON – The British government has condemned the North Korean government over the launch of a ballistic missile. The Foreign Office said the latest launch breaches several UN Security Council resolutions and endangers the stability of the region as well as the international community. “The UK condemns North Korea’s ballistic missile lau...
ISTANBUL (AA)- China has criticized Sweden after a recent incident took place involving the burning of copies of the Muslim holy book. “Freedom of speech cannot be a reason to incite racial or cultural discrimination and tear society apart,” said Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of China’s Foreign Ministry, referring to the incident...
ISTANBUL – Taiwan has said that at least 11 Chinese jets crossed into its airspace on Wednesday and were given radio warnings. In a statement, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said 11 aircraft of the People’s Liberation Army entered Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Wednesday. The ADIZ is a buffer zone outside a country’s [...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced deep concern Wednesday about the “deteriorating situation” in Jerusalem and violence in and around the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement that Guterres is actively “engaged with leaders to do all they can to lower tensio...
NEW DELHI (AA): India’s top court on Wednesday stayed demolition of “encroachments” by authorities in the same area of the capital New Delhi where communal violence broke out last week. The bulldozers sent by the local municipality, which is administered by India’s ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), arrived in the Jahangirpuri neighborh...
ANKARA (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday called for international action to end “barbaric” Israeli attacks against Palestinian worshippers as tension continues to flare up in occupied East Jerusalem. In a statement, the pan-Muslim grouping said Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha has “dispatched identica...
