KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least one policeman was killed and four others injured in a suicide blast in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Friday, police said. The Islamabad police were conducting snap-checking when they signaled a suspicious vehicle to stop. “A suicide bomber aboard the vehicle detonated himself soon after the car s...
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AA) – Three Iraqi soldiers were killed on Wednesday in an attack in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, according to local media. A security source told the local Baghdad Today news agency that an explosive device hit an Iraqi army patrol in the Al-Zab area in the al-Hawija district of the Kirkuk province. The source […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Joe Biden may become the first sitting US president to visit atomic bomb-hit Nagasaki in Japan early next year. Tokyo and Washington are “considering a visit by US President Joe Biden to Nagasaki in May 2023 when he travels to Japan for a Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima,” Kyodo News reported. […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The delivery of a US-made Patriot air defense system to Ukraine will “significantly” bolster Kyiv’s ability to defend its skies amid relentless Russian attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday. Speaking at the White House alongside President Joe Biden, Zelenskyy said the system i...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s foreign minister says he had a “friendly conversation” with his Saudi counterpart on the sidelines of the Baghdad summit in Amman, in the first high-level contact between the two sides since 2016. In a tweet on Wednesday, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan expres...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Scores of Israeli settlers forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, according to a Palestinian agency. In a statement, the Jordan-run Jerusalem Islamic Endowment Department said 159 settlers entered the flash-point site in groups thro...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Talks to return the US and Iran to a key accord that restricted Tehran’s nuclear activities remain at a deadlock and show no signs of resuming anytime soon, the White House said Tuesday. “There is no progress happening with respect to the Iran deal now. We don’t anticipate any progress anytime in [&hel...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistani security forces on Tuesday killed “all” suspected militants who took control of a counter-terrorism facility and held several personnel hostages for three days in the country’s northwest province, officials and local media reported. “At 12:30 p.m. (local time) the SSG (special services group...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The World Bank on Tuesday approved $1.692 billion in financing for the rebuilding of the flood-hit areas of southern Pakistan. “World Bank’s Executive Board today approved $1.692 billion in financing for five projects to support people living in flood-affected areas of Sindh Province in Pakistan,” an ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Militants launched fresh attacks on security forces on Tuesday, amid talks between the Pakistani government and militants who have been holding several personnel inside a counter-terrorism facility in the country’s northwest province for the past three days, officials and local media reported. A group of militant...
