NEW DELHI (AA) – The death toll from the collapse of a suspension bridge in India’s western Gujarat state has risen to 141, according to an official. Devendrasinh Jadeja, a senior fire department official in Morbi district, told Anadolu Agency the rescue operation continued overnight and the death toll had reached 141 by Monday morning. [&hell...
ANKARA (AA) – Iranian forces announced on Friday they had thwarted a bomb plot in Shiraz, the site of a deadly attack earlier this week by the ISIS. According to official Iranian news agency IRNA, Shiraz Governor Lutfullah Shaybani said “security forces successfully prevented a planned bomb attack on one of the busy streets in […]...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Two members of Iran’s Basij paramilitary militia were killed in the northern province of Mazandaran, local media reported Thursday. The members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) force were shot in a “terror operation” in the city of Amul, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported, cit...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army arrested 30 Palestinians on Thursday during raids in several cities and towns in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners Club, a non-governmental organization, stated that the Israeli army “carried out a campaign of arrests that targeted 30 Palestinians from several governorates...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Two more Rohingya men were shot dead inside a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, early Thursday just a day after a Rohingya activist was gunned down in the camp. A group of armed and masked men barged into refugee camp-17 and opened fire at Rohingya men, killing one of them […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) -At least 13 people have been confirmed dead and 40 others injured so far in an attack on Shah Cheragh shrine in Shiraz after an armed assailant on Wednesday evening opened indiscriminate fire. The incident took place at around 5.45 p.m. local time (1415GMT) when people were preparing for congregational evening prayers, [&hel...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN has warned that cholera is rapidly spreading throughout Syria and asked for $34.4 million for a three-month response plan. The money is needed to assist more than 160,000 people with health services and 5 million with water, sanitation, and hygiene assistance. “More than 24,000 suspected cholera cases have be...
LONDON (AA) – Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday announced his new Cabinet, with the unity of his increasingly fractured party his top concern. Alongside the premiership itself, the three big offices of state in the UK are the chancellor, home secretary, and foreign secretary. Jeremy Hunt, a centrist, will remain c...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least 10 soldiers were killed and around 50 others wounded when suspected terrorists attacked an army base in Burkina Faso’s Sahel region on Monday, the army said. The attack targeted the 14th Inter-Arms Regiment in Djibo. A provisional assessment showed that 10 soldiers were killed in the fighting and about [&he...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces killed at least five Palestinians during raids in the occupied West Bank on Monday. Four Palestinians were killed in the city of Nablus and another in Nabi Salih, near Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The ministry said 22 others were wounded. According to a report by Palest...
