ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least three policemen, including a senior officer, were killed in an attack on a police station in northwest Pakistan, the police said on Saturday. The brazen attack, which is the latest in a slew of similar incidents in recent months, took place in Peshawar, the provincial capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [&helli...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s former deputy defense minister, Alireza Akbari, was executed in the wee hours of Saturday morning, days after being sentenced to death on charges of spying for Britain. Iranian judiciary-affiliated Mizan News Agency said in a report that Akbari, who held dual Iranian-British citizenship, was executed on charges...
Cotonou, Benin (AFP): Benin’s opposition has returned to parliament after a four-year absence, winning 28 seats in elections dominated by President Patrice Talon’s allies, according to preliminary results. Sunday’s vote was a test for the West African state where Talon has promoted development, but critics say his programme h...
WASHINGTON (AA) – More than 150 organizations have sent a letter to US President Joe Biden, urging him to “prioritize closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.” The letter was signed by 159 organizations from the US and other countries who called themselves a “diverse group of non-governmental organizations” working on issu...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least five people were killed and several others wounded on Wednesday in a huge explosion and gunfire outside Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry building in Kabul, police said. A spokesman for the Kabul police, Khalid Zadran, confirmed the explosion and said: “Five of our civilians were killed and a number of others were ...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has set January 12 for holding a session to elect a new president. A statement by Berri’s office said the session will be held at 11:00 a.m. local time. Lawmakers have held 10 sessions but failed to elect a new president to succeed Michel Aoun, who […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli army forces rounded up 15 Palestinians in overnight raids and demolished several structures in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. The detainees were taken into Israeli custody in the cities of Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah, Jenin, and Nablus, the state news agency Wafa reported. In a related development, ...
GENEVA (AA) – International donors on Monday pledged over $9 billion to help Pakistan recover from the lethal floods that devastated the country last year. The commitments were made at the International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan in Geneva, jointly hosted by Pakistan and the UN. “The conference marked the beginning of a structure...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 61 al-Shabaab fighters were killed and dozens others wounded in Somalia in an operation by the country’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Information Ministry said on Monday. The operation against al-Qaeda-affiliated group was backed by Somalia’s international partners in the country’s ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians were wounded by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to local media. Israeli forces raided the town of Aqqaba in the northern West Bank, triggering clashes with local residents, Voice of Palestine radio reported. One of the injured was shot in the chest and […]
