BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – The Lebanese army declared a state of alert on Sunday as Israeli forces approached a “technical fence” that separates Lebanon from Israel. Lebanon’s state-owned National News Agency said Israeli bulldozers and a military force moved towards the fence near the Hounin Valley in southern Lebanon. The move came amid tension ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Bombings followed by gunfire in Somalia’s capital targeted the Banadir Regional Administration headquarters on Sunday, with multiple casualties feared, an official said. Abdifatah Ilmi, a security official in Mogadishu, told Anadolu that authorities suspected the attack involved three heavy explosions befo...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan and Afghanistan on Sunday added their voices to the growing condemnation of a far-right politician in Sweden for desecrating the Quran, calling on Stockholm to take action and prevent such provocative acts in the future. “No words are enough to adequately condemn the abhorrable [sic] act of desecration o...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine has welcomed a response by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to a request it made to issue an advisory opinion on the legality of the Israeli occupation and its impact on the Palestinian people. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said it received an official letter from the ICJ […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli army forces in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement said Tarik Odeh Maali, 41, was shot and killed by Israeli forces near the town of Kufr Nimeh, northwest of Ramallah. The Israeli army said a Palestinian […]
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Eight people were beheaded by bandits at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Benue State in north central Nigeria, officials said Friday. “Suspected bandits attacked Abagana opposite the IDP camp. So far, eight corpses, including women and children, have been recovered, and eight others seriously injured we...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – At least 50 women recently abducted in northern Burkina Faso have been found, local sources reported Friday. “The women abducted on the night of 12-13 January 2023 in Arbinda by terrorists have been found,” the National News Agency said, citing “reliable sources” without disclosing further ...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Two attacks killed at least 18 people, including 16 auxiliaries supporting the army, in Burkina Faso, security sources said on Friday. Thursday’s attacks in the north and northwest of the country were the latest to hit a civilian auxiliary force that supports the military in a seven-year fight against mil...
JENIN, Palestine (AA/AFP) – Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. “The two martyrs, Adham Jabarin and Jawad Bawaqna, were killed by the occupation bullets during the storming of the Jenin camp,” official Palestine TV reported. A special force of the Israeli a...
BASRA, Iraq (AA/AFP) – At least one person was killed and 60 others were injured in a stampede at a stadium in Basra, southern Iraq, on Thursday. The crush took place outside the Jaza’a Al Nakhla Stadium, ahead of the final of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported. Medical officials […]
