HEBRON, Palestine (AA) – Israeli authorities on Wednesday closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. “Israel shut the mosque to Muslim worshippers for two days due to the Jewish holiday of Sukkot,” Nidal al-Jabari, the director of the Waqf Department in Hebron, said. He […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. The Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department, which oversees holy sites in Jerusalem, said in a statement that 776 settlers had stormed the Islamic holy site since morning. Accor...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – Somalia’s military said it repulsed an al-Shabaab attack on a military base on Wednesday morning, killing at least 20 terrorists and injuring dozens more. The group tried to storm a base in Yasooman, an area in the central Hiran region, around dawn, the military said in a statement. The attack was […]
Kashmiri pro-freedom leader Altaf Ahmed Shah, who had been in prison for the past five years for advocating the right to self-determination for Kashmiris, passed away on Monday night, a few days after he was diagnosed with late-stage renal cancer, according to his family. Altaf Ahmed Shah, 66-year-old, was a leader of a prominent pro-freedom ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has started to test the pumping of gas from the disputed Karish gas field amid tension with Lebanon, according to local media. Israeli Channel 12 reported that Israel’s security establishment has given the US gas drilling company Energean the green light to start its tests. Public broadcaster KAN said full pumping [&hel...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least nine people of a family were killed after the roof of their dilapidated house collapsed in northern Pakistan on Sunday, police and local media reported. The incident occurred on the outskirts of the remote Chilas district, located some 376 kilometers (233 miles) from the capital Islamabad. The deceased were [&...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Just a week ago, 34-year-old Ibrahim Traore was an unknown person, even in his native Burkina Faso. But in the space of a weekend, he catapulted himself from army captain to the world’s youngest leader — an ascent that has stoked hopes but also fears for a poor and chronically troubled […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners at an Israeli jail in the occupied West Bank refused their meals on Thursday in a show of solidarity with 30 fellow inmates who are on a hunger strike. Some 900 Palestinians took part in the protest at the Ofer prison located near Ramallah, according to the […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least 11 people were killed and 12 wounded as a passenger bus collided with a truck in southern Sindh province of Pakistan on Thursday. According to police, the passenger bus was traveling on Indus Highway from Bahawalpur to Karachi, the port city of Pakistan. “All the injured and bodies have been […]
ANKARA (AA) – The World Health Organization has issued a medical product alert for four contaminated medicines detected in Gambia which have been potentially linked with acute kidney injuries and 66 child deaths. “The four medicines are cough and cold syrups produced by Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited in India. WHO is conducting further i...
