HEBRON, RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA/AFP) – Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement said that one fatality occurred in the town of Beit Ummar near Hebron city and the two others in the village of Kafr Ein, northwest of Ramallah. […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The Pakistani Taliban said on Monday that they have formally called off an already ineffective cease-fire agreed with the government in June, accusing security forces of launching “consistent” operations against the group, primarily in the country’s northwest. The development, not surprising to many, ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Al-Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabab killed eight civilians, including two UK-Somali dual citizens, at a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital on Monday, said police officials and relatives of the victims. One soldier was also killed in efforts to retake the Villa Rays Hotel, Somali Federal Police spokesman Sadik Dodishe ...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Head of Libya’s Presidency Council Mohamed al-Menfi on Sunday met British Ambassador Caroline Hurndall to discuss the stalled Libyan elections. They discussed political developments in Libya and issues of common interest, al-Menfi’s office said in a statement. According to the statement, al-Menfi underlined keenness...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Casualties have been feared in a bomb explosion and heavy gunfire targeting a busy and popular hotel near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. The Villa Rose Hotel, located near Somalia’s heavily fortified presidential palace, is used by Somali officials. Casualties are yet unknown but local m...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least six women were killed and as many injured when their van plunged into a ravine in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Sunday, police and local media reported. The accident took place in scenic Neelam valley, which sits 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Muzaffarabad, the capital of the Islamabad-controlled part of th...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll from an earthquake that jolted Indonesia on Monday rose to 321, according to media reports on Sunday. Some 14 people are still missing, Chinese public broadcaster CGTN quoted a National Disaster Management Agency statement as saying. The devastating earthquake also displaced 73,693 people while 56,311 houses ...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) said Saturday a senior commander was killed in a bomb explosion in the southern Shabwa province. In a statement, the STC-affiliated Shabwa Defense Forces said Major Salem Al-Jabwani died in the explosion in As-Said district, west of Shabwah. The statement said a number ...
ANKARA (AA) – Two Turkish soldiers were killed in northern Iraq where the Turkish army launched an operation to “clear the area of terrorists,” the National Defense Ministry said on Friday. Infantry Lieutenant Duabey Onur Ozturkmen and Infantry Private Ismail Unal were killed after separatists opened fire at the Operation Claw-Lock...
Cianjur, Indonesia (AFP): A seven-year-old Indonesian girl who was the subject of a day-long rescue effort after an earthquake killed at least 310 people in West Java has been found dead, rescuers told AFP Friday. Emergency workers found the body of Ashika Nur Fauziah, also known as Cika, under rubble in the worst-hit district of […]
