MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 10 people, including soldiers, were killed and 10 others wounded in simultaneous bombings in a town in central Somalia on Wednesday. Two suicide bombers targeted two residential buildings in Mahas, a town in Somalia’s Hiran region, some 307 kilometers (190 miles) from the capital Mogadishu. One is the residen...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN has said that it looks forward to working with the new government of Israel, emphasizing the need to return to the path toward a negotiated two-state solution. “The Secretary-General looks forward to continuing to work closely with the new government of Israel, to advance the work of the United Nations,” [&hellip...
NEW YORK (AA) – The United Arab Emirates and China have called for a UN Security Council meeting after Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered Al-Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards in occupied East Jerusalem amid warnings of unrest. The Council is expected to convene on Thursday, diplomats said. The visit drew fierce condemnati...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The bodies of 28 people who were shot dead have been found in a town in northwestern Burkina Faso, authorities said. “The tragedy occurred in Nouna, capital of the province of Kossi, on the night between Dec. 30 and Dec. 31,” Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo, a government spokesman, said in a […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israel’s new national security minister entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, a day after announcing he postponed the visit amid warnings of unrest, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. According to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, Itamar Ben-Gvir arrived at the site in a surprise visit acc...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Eighty-five migrants have been rescued in international waters off Libya and are now on their way to the southern Italian city of Taranto, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Sea said Monday. “Following last night’s rescue in which 41 people were recovered from the water, our team undertook a trans-shipment of another 44 people...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A Ukrainian rocket strike killed at least 63 Russian soldiers at a Russian deployment area in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Monday. The rockets were launched from six US-made Himars systems, targeting a temporary deployment area near the city of Makiivka in the Moscow-controlled part of Donetsk region...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Amid warnings of unrest, Israel’s new national security minister has postponed his controversial visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in East Jerusalem, Israeli media reported late Monday. According to Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, Itamar Ben-Gvir postponed the visit to Al-Aqsa planned for this week after a phone call with Be...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 20 people, mostly civilians, have been killed and around 30 wounded in clashes between protesters and security forces in Somaliland, according to hospital sources. The casualties have taken place in Lasanod, the administrative capital of Sool in Somalia’s breakaway region, which has been wracked by unrest for...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a teenager, and injured eight others near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, according to local media reports early on Monday. Hospital director Samir Atiyya said one of the eight injured due to gunfire opened by Israeli forces in a raid on Kafr Dan […...
