MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The Somali military said Friday it thwarted an al-Shabab attack on a base in the recently liberated village of Qayib in Galmudug state. A security officer in Galmudug, who spoke to Anadolu Agency over phone on condition of anonymity, said heavily armed fighters from the al-Qaeda-affiliated group tried to overtur...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Kurdish forces in northern Syria announced Thursday the deaths of eight fighters following Turkish airstrikes that targeted their positions at Al-Hol camp. The Turkish strikes “left dead eight of our fighters responsible for protection of the camp,” the US-supported Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said in a st...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – An Algerian court sentenced 49 people to death Thursday over the brutal killing last year of Jamal Ben Ismail, who they accused of starting forest fires in the Kabylie region. The Casablanca Court in Algiers said that the 49 defendants were sentenced to death on charges of premeditated murder, arson, torture [&hel...
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has announced that it has received from Palestinian authorities the body of an Israeli who died in a hospital in Jenin in a road accident. Palestinians had held on to the deceased’s body, demanding that Israel release the bodies of Palestinians held by it. “After efforts by security […]
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese lawmakers have failed for a seventh time to elect a new president as the country grapples with deepening political and economic crises. The voting session was attended by 110 lawmakers of the 128-member parliament. Michel Moawad, a candidate backed by the Lebanese Forces party, got 42 votes, well short of the [&hel...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Gen. Asim Munir has been appointed as the new chief of the Pakistan Army for a three-year term, the country’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif announced on Thursday. Gen. Munir, who previously served as head of the country’s premier intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was the senior-most three-sta...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Malaysia’s Council of Rulers on Thursday decided to back opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim as the country’s 10th prime minister. The decision came after a meeting of the nine-member Council of Rulers, led by King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, in Kuala Lumpur after days of political deadlock. Anwar Ibrahi...
Cianjur, Indonesia (AFP): Indonesian authorities deployed heavy machinery, helicopters and thousands of personnel Thursday in a desperate effort to locate dozens trapped in rubble as hopes faded to find survivors after an earthquake killed 271 people. Some have been pulled alive from the hulk of twisted metal and concrete in dramatic rescues i...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – At least 11 civilians were killed in a terrorist attack on a camp for displaced people in northern Mali, local media reported Wednesday. Terrorists carried out an attack on the Kadji camp, which shelters civilians who fled their homes in the Gao region due to terrorist attacks. Around 60,000 people in […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali government on Wednesday announced that the country’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) backed by Somalia’s international partners have conducted an operation against the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab, killing more than 49 of its fighters. The operation was targeted at al-Shabaab men who we...
