ISTANBUL (AA) – Two ISIS members were killed in a US helicopter raid conducted in eastern Syria on Sunday, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. Anas, an ISIS official involved in the group’s plotting and facilitation operations in eastern Syria, is one of the officials killed, the CENTCOM said in a statement. Initial assessments indica...
CHAMAN, PAKISTAN – (AA): Pakistan on Sunday said at least six civilians were killed and dozens of others injured due to “unprovoked” and “indiscriminate” firing by Afghan forces near the Chaman border crossing in southwestern Balochistan province. Heavy weapons including artillery and mortars were used in the firi...
ANKARA (AA) – A suspect accused of being behind the Lockerbie bombing, which blew up the Pan Am flight 103 on Dec. 21, 1988, is under US custody, Scottish authorities said on Sunday. “The families of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing have been told that the suspect Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’udKheir Al-Marimi (“Mas’ud&#...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Seven lawmakers of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) submitted their resignations to the parliament speaker on Sunday, demanding fresh elections under a neutral government and dissolution of the existing parliament. “We tendered our resignations to the speaker in line with the party’s decision. It is a ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Amid the tense political situation in Bangladesh, and just a day before the main opposition party rally in the capital Dhaka, police on Friday arrested more members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and booked around 200 others in the southern coastal district of the country. Police arrested BNP Secretary Gener...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – A senior Somali national intelligence and security officer was killed and another senior official wounded in a bomb blast in the country’s southwestern province of Gedo on Friday, officials said, in an attack claimed by al-Shabab. Ali Yussuf Abdullahi, Gedo regional administration spokesman, told Anadolu Agency ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The political situation in Bangladesh became more volatile early Friday after police detained two more senior leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The detective branch of the police picked up the party’s second in command, Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, and BNP Standi...
ANKARA (AA) – Iran on Thursday executed a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the ongoing nationwide protests, the first such death penalty carried out by the country, local media reported. The execution was ordered for Muhsin Shikari, who according to the Mizan News Agency, affiliated with Iran’s judiciary, “threat...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Muslim students in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos can now wear headscarves, according to authorities. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the head of Publix Servants in the state of Lagos, announced in a statement on Wednesday the use of headscarves by girls in schools “with immediate effect.” He did not explain if ...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The United Nations expressed concern Thursday that Israel’s refusal to grant entry visas to UN personnel could affect humanitarian work in Palestine. Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said it could have a significant long-term effect on the humanitarian community’s ability to support Palestinians in need. &...
