ISTANBUL (AA) – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced a 27-member cabinet on Friday. Two among the cabinet members will have the status of deputy prime minister, Anwar told a news conference in capital Kuala Lumpur. Earlier, Malaysia’s 10th prime minister had met King Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah....
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – Three civilians died and six others were injured in an attack carried out by the Bashar al-Assad regime on the village of Obin in the Idlib province, in northwestern Syria. According to the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) sources, “three civilians from the same family were killed and six others were […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 40 al-Shabaab members were killed and several others wounded in a fresh operation in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region on Thursday, authorities said. The operation in the rural area of the Mahaday town was conducted by the Somali army, intelligence and security agency, and supported by the international ...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The United Nations has warned that 6 million people in Afghanistan face emergency level of food insecurity amid shortage of sufficient humanitarian assistance due to lack of funding. “The economic shocks, which we are experiencing these days are the primary drivers for the humanitarian needs,” UN Deputy ...
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians were killed on Thursday by Israeli forces during an incursion into the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement: “Two young men, Muhammad Ayman Al-Saadi, 26, and Naim Jamal Zubaidi, 27, were killed by the Israeli occupation on Thursday...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least 15 people were killed and 27 others injured in a bomb explosion in the Samangan province of northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, local media said. The bomb exploded inside a religious seminary when hundreds of people, including students, were performing noon prayers, Tolo News reported, citing local officials. According...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least two people were killed and 27 others, including 24 policemen, were injured when a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up near a police vehicle in southwest Pakistan on Wednesday morning, police and local media reported. The suspected bomber, who acted alone, targeted a truck carrying police personnel for the...
HEBRON, RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Five Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Health Ministry and Israeli media. A ministry statement said that one fatality occurred in the town of Beit Ummar near Hebron city and two others in the village of Kafr Ein, northwest […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Calling for the withdrawal of American forces from the region, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday the presence of “foreigners” has a “destabilizing effect on regional security”. He made the remarks at a joint press conference in Tehran with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – Palestine’s UN Envoy Riyad Mansour labelled Israel’s incoming government likely to be led by Benjamin Netanyahu as “fascist” on Monday. “There will be fascists holding cabinet positions in the Israeli side,” Mansour told reporters. “The attacks against the Palestinian people...
