JERUSALEM (AA) – A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli police in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday when he tried to resist his arrest. Israeli authorities alleged that the man tried to stab the police officers who were trying to arrest him. Police shot the young man while he was on Al-Wad Road, near the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least five miners were killed Thursday in a coal mine accident in Kazakhstan’s central region of Karaganda, said an official. The accident took place early morning due to an explosion caused by a sudden release of methane gas, Kazinform said quoting Arman Kalykov, a senior official of the JSC ArcelorMittal Temirtau […...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was injured in firing during his long march in the Wazirabad area of southeastern Punjab province on Thursday. According to local media, unidentified assailants opened fire on Khan‘s vehicle near the Allah Ho Chowk in Wazirabad. “Imran Khan got a minor injury as a bulle...
Jerusalem, Undefined (AFP): The party of Israel’s hawkish ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu was set to come first in Tuesday’s vote, initial projections indicated, but there was no guarantee the right-wing veteran could form a government. Exit polls showed Netanyahu, Israel’s longest serving premier, could clinch a narrow majorit...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The death toll in protests in Iran over the death of a young woman in police custody has risen to 253, a Norwegian-based NGO said on Tuesday. In a statement, Iran Human Rights said 34 children and 19 women were among the victims. The NGO said the highest death toll was reported […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – The interim Taliban administration has approved the restoration of a historic synagogue in Herat, western Afghanistan. Restoration of the Yu Aw Synagogue will start in two months and will take nearly 18 months, Zalmay Safa, the director of Herat’s department for the safeguarding of historic monuments, told Anado...
Jerusalem, Undefined (AFP): Israelis began voting Tuesday in their fifth election in less than four years, with the hawkish ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu campaigning for a comeback alongside far-right allies. The latest ballot follows the collapse of the so-called “change” coalition, which united eight disparate parties who succeed...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army demolished two Palestinian-owned homes in the West Bank on Monday. Azzam Jaber said Israeli bulldozers razed his three-storey house in al-Baqaa town, east of Hebron, citing lack of a building permit. An under-construction house was also demolished in Yatta town, south of Hebron, for lack of a constru...
Jericho, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israelis on Sunday shot dead a Palestinian who, according to the army and medics, had rammed his car into soldiers in the occupied West Bank. The incident near the city of Jericho came amid mounting violence across Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. “An assailant accelerated...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least 15 people, including 13 soldiers, were killed in an attack on a military vehicle in eastern Burkina Faso, the army said on Sunday. The attack attributed to armed terrorists occurred on Saturday in the rural commune of Kikideni, in the Gourma province. A unit of the military detachment of […]
