Batang Kali, Malaysia (AFP): Rescue workers scoured muddy terrain for survivors and bodies on Saturday as the death toll from a landslide at a Malaysian campsite rose to 23, including six children, authorities said. Ten people were still missing after a predawn landslide hit the site located at an organic farm near the town of […]
ANKARA (AA) – Two UN peacekeepers were killed and four others injured in an attack carried out by “unidentified armed men” in the West African nation of Mali, said the UN. In a statement on Friday, the UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, said: “One assailant was neutralized and equipment recovered. A MINUSMA Quick Reaction Force […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – NATO urged all actors in Kosovo on Friday to coordinate with its peacekeeping mission in that country (KFOR) to ensure safety. ”We urge all sides to engage to enable security and freedom of movement in Kosovo. The NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR) will continue fulfilling a UN mandate for all [&...
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AA) – Germany will maintain its military presence in Mali until the end of the transition period in May 2024, the country’s defense minister said Thursday. Christine Lambrecht attended a meeting with her Malian counterpart Colonel Sadio Camara in the Malian capital Bamako. Germany will maintain a military presenc...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel provides intelligence to Ukraine through NATO on Iranian drones targeting Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure, Israeli media reports said Thursday. “Israel has stepped up its intelligence assistance to Ukraine in recent weeks via NATO,” sources from the alliance in Brussels were quoted by the Haaretz daily as saying. Th...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 16 people were killed and over a dozen went missing when a landslide swept through a tourist campground outside Malaysia’s capital of Kuala Lumpur in the early hours of Friday morning. A massive search and rescue operation was launched after a landslide hit the tourists’ campsite at 3 a.m. local […]...
DIYARBAKIR, Turkiye (AA) – A car parked on a roadside exploded in southeastern Türkiye just as a bus transporting police officers was passing by, wounding eight police officers and one civilian. Emergency teams and additional police personnel have reportedly been deployed to the scene in Diyarbakir province. Meanwhile, Interior Minister ...
LONDON (AA ) – The UK will hold an inquiry into allegations of killings by the British Armed Forces in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense said Thursday. Junior defense minister Andrew Murrison announced in the House of Commons that the inquiry, which was commissioned by Defense Secretary Ben Wallace under the 2005 Inquiries Act, will [...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – A Sharia court in northern Nigeria’s Kano state sentenced an Islamic cleric to death by hanging for blasphemy on Thursday. The presiding judge, Ibrahim Sarki Yola, delivered the verdict against Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara in a court session that lasted over three hours amid tight security. Kabara was arraigned o...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye has expressed willingness to collaborate with Syria and Russia in its efforts to contain Kurdish nationalist groups in the region. “Currently, we want to take a step with Syria and Russia as a trio. For this, first our intelligence organizations should come together, then our defense ministers and, then our fo...
