KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least three people including a soldier were killed Monday in a suspected suicide attack in northwest Pakistan, the military said. The latest bombing rocked Miranshah, the capital of the volatile tribal region of North Waziristan near Afghanistan’s border, the army said in a statement. The attack follows the ta...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Scores of Israeli settlers on Monday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, according to a Palestinian official. The official with the Jordan-run Jerusalem Endowment Department said 192 settlers entered the flashpoint site in groups through the ...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Three security officers were killed in a raid in southern Jordan, according to local authorities on Monday. In a statement, the General Security Directorate said five other officers were injured during the raid to arrest suspects involved in the death of an officer last week. A suspect was killed and eight […]
Charikar, Afghanistan (AFP): An oil tanker overturned and caught fire in Afghanistan’s high-altitude Salang pass, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens, officials said on Sunday. The incident happened late on Saturday in the province of Parwan, north of Kabul, leaving travellers on both sides of the mountainous pass stranded. At...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian group Hamas on Sunday threatened to capture more Israeli soldiers amid a deadlock in talks for a prisoner swap. “The decision to capture more Israeli soldiers is still valid and under implementation in light of the occupation’s intransigence on the prisoner swap issue,” Abu Ubaidah, a spokesman for...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israel on Sunday deported Palestinian activist and lawyer Salah Hamouri from occupied East Jerusalem to France, according to a local NGO. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said Hamouri was sent to France although the legal procedures for his deportation were not yet completed. According to the NGO, an ...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Twelve Iraqi policemen were killed Sunday in a suspected ISIS attack in Kirkuk in northern Iraq, according to local media. An explosive device exploded at a federal police patrol before suspected ISIS terrorists opened fire on the force, Baghdad Today website said, citing a local police source. Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia...
GENEVA (AA) – A “substantial” contingent of German troops will take part in a new EU mission in the West African nation of Niger, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has said. The contribution of German soldiers will be “at least in the double digits,” Lambrecht added in Niamey, at the end of her Sahel trip. Plan...
ANKARA (AA) – The International Monetary Fund has approved a $3 billion loan for Egypt under a 46-month program under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). In a statement, the IMF said the arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) includes the immediate disbursement of $347 million. “The package includes a durable shift to a flexibl...
Rabat, Morocco (AFP): France and Morocco announced Friday they were mending fences after months of tensions over visas, and said President Emmanuel Macron would visit the North African kingdom in early 2023. Speaking in Rabat alongside her Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said it was time to “...
