ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye “neutralized” some 184 PKK/YPG “terrorists” as part of its cross-border anti-terror efforts, the country’s minister of national defense said on Monday. Early on Sunday, Turkish forces launched Operation Claw-Sword, a cross-border aerial campaign against the PKK/YPG, which has “ill...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – Two people were killed on Monday in an explosion that shook Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, an official said. A vehicle was targeted in the Karte Parwan 3 neighborhood killing two people, Kabul Police Department spokesman Khalid Zedran said in a statement to the press. Security teams were dispatched to the si...
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (AA) – The death toll from an earthquake in Indonesia climbed to 162, the nation’s disaster agency said on Monday. Over 700 people were also injured in the magnitute 5.6 earthquake, a statement by the agency quoted West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil as saying. The strong earthquake hit the Cianjur regency of West Java [&hell...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Sunday that her country would hopefully start importing fuel oil by pipeline from neighboring India in 2023. “Bangladesh wants to import oil from India via pipeline, and hopefully it will be done in the next year,” the prime minister’s press secretary, Ihsanul Karim,...
Doha, Qatar (AFP): The World Cup kicked off in Qatar on Sunday as the month-long football showpiece finally got under way after a tortuous 12-year build-up dogged by off-field controversies. Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani was present in the impressive Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, 50 kilometres (31 miles) outside of Doha, to [&hel...
BERLIN (AA) – A firefighter was arrested for his suspected role in an arson attack at a Ukrainian refugee hostel in northeastern Germany, the Bild newspaper reported Thursday. The 32-year-old volunteer firefighter, Nick P., was detained early Wednesday on arson charges — one month after the fire gutted the building in the village o...
LONDON (AA) – Iran tried to kill or kidnap British nationals or residents at least 10 times this year, the head of the UK’s domestic intelligence agency MI5 said. In a speech at MI5’s headquarters, Ken McCallum said Iran’s “aggressive intelligence services” were targeting individuals in the UK it deemed a threat. He said Iran […]...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Two people were shot dead Wednesday in Iran’s central city of Isfahan, hours after five people were killed in an armed attack in the country’s southwest. The latest incident took place in the Khane Esfahan area of the city when two motorcycle riders armed with assault rifles opened fire at security […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least two Pakistan Army soldiers and a suspected militant were killed in a clash in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, the military said in a statement. The gunfight, the latest in a series of clashes between security forces and suspected militants, took place in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province’...
Less than two years after fomenting a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former President Donald Trump on Tuesday formally announced that he will be making another run for the White House in 2024, delivering a speech replete with attacks on the election process. During his address, Trump called for a complete end to early […]
