University students whose peers were killed in a rocket attack by the YPG/PKK terrorist group last week in northwestern Syria want the perpetrators held accountable. The terror group has recently increased its attacks on civilians, disrupting security in the safe zones of northern Syria. On Feb. 15, four people, including two students from Ale...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi will visit Qatar on Monday with a high-ranking delegation, according to Iranian media. The visit comes at the official invitation of Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, state news agency IRNA reported. During the visit, the Iranian leader will witness the signing of several agreemen...
URDASPUR, India (AA) – As India’s northern Punjab province is electing a new assembly on Sunday, Kartarpur – one of Sikhism’s holiest shrines situated a few miles away across borders in Pakistan – finds an echo in election campaigning. The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which rules the country, is taking credit for...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi has said he asked the authorities to prosecute the organizers of a symposium held by a banned Bahraini group in the capital Beirut. On Tuesday, Al-Wefaq Society held a symposium in Beirut to mark the anniversary of opposition protests that erupted against the ruling regime in [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Arabia said it plans to hold a fifth round of direct talks with regional rival Iran. “We are looking to schedule a fifth round of direct talks with Iran despite a lack of substantive progress so far,” Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud said in a speech at the Munich […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) official has called for continued international support for Rohingya refugees and their host country Bangladesh. UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements and UNHCR Director for Asia and the Pacific Indrika Ratwatte undertook a visit to Bangladesh from Feb. 13-18, whic...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkish rights groups on Saturday held a protest in Istanbul against a headscarf ban in the Indian state of Karnataka. Organized by the Free Thought and Educational Rights Society (Ozgurder) and Association for Human Rights and Solidarity for the Oppressed (Mazlumder), the demonstration took place around the Indian Consul...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Nine Yemeni soldiers were killed Sunday in a landmine explosion in Houth stronghold Saada in northern Yemen, according to a local NGO. In a statement, the Yemeni Landmine Records said fatalities occurred when a military patrol struck a landmine in Baqa’ area in Saada province. The NGO, which documents victims of […]...
Jerusalem, Undefined- AFP Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday that Iran may “shortly” agree a new nuclear deal with major powers but warned it will be weaker than the original 2015 agreement. Bennett was speaking ahead of a cabinet meeting following indications that the outline of a deal was taking shape at talks in ...
Kabul, Afghanistan – AFP The Taliban are creating a “grand army” for Afghanistan that will include officers and troops who served the old regime, the official tasked with overseeing the military’s transformation said Monday. Latifullah Hakimi, head of the Taliban’s Ranks Clearance Commission, also told a news conf...
