ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – More than 300 people have been killed and over 100,000 people displaced in Nigeria due to floods triggered by torrential rains. Speaking to reporters, Mustapha Habib Ahmed, the director general of the National Emergency Management Agency, said Monday that many residents are going through a difficult period. Over 100...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): In a war-scarred Beirut heritage house turned museum, archives of Lebanon’s troubled past fuse with artistic depictions of its grim present to portray a country seemingly in perpetual turmoil. Newspaper clippings, film negatives and diary entries from the years before Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war tell a stor...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli police has detained Sheikh Omar al Kiswani- the director of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, according to eyewitnesses. Israeli forces raided the home of al-Kiswani in al-Tur neighborhood in East Jerusalem on Monday and took him into custody, as testified by several witnesses. No reason has been provided for his [...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The death toll from floods in Pakistan has risen to 1,545 as 37 more people, including 18 children, died in flood-related incidents in the last three days, official statistics showed on Monday. A total of 678 people have died in Sindh since June 14, 306 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and 299 in Balochistan, […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – There are 50 million people trapped in modern slavery, as one in every 150 people are “either forced to work against their will or in a marriage that they were forced into,” a UN report has revealed. The International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Walk Free, an [&h...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – The death toll from the September 13 building collapse in the Jordanian capital Amman has risen to 14 with another body pulled out from under the debris. “After difficult, continuous and multiple search and rescue operations that lasted over 84 hours, the search and rescue teams were able to evacuate the […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made a public appearance in the capital Tehran on Saturday amid reports of his failing health. He took part in a ceremony to commemorate Arbaeen, which marks the 40th day after Ashura, the day Islam’s Prophet Muhammad’s grandson was killed in 680 AD. It was […]
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AA) – Kyrgyzstan has declared a state of emergency in the Batken region bordering Tajikistan, the Emergency Situations Ministry said. The decision was taken late Friday to ensure the safety of citizens, carry out work on the evacuation and resettlement of the population, prevent human losses and mobilize the relevant force...
BEIRUT (AA) – The Association of Banks in Lebanon on Friday announced the closure of all bank branches across Lebanon for three days after a series of depositors held bank staff hostage demanding withdrawal of their savings. The association said the closure is a protest against the attacks that happened against the bank employees. Accord...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The death toll from Pakistan’s ongoing floods has risen to 1,508 as 22 more people, including six children, have died in flood-related incidents in the last 24 hours, official statistics showed on Friday. Thirteen of the new fatalities were reported from southwestern Balochistan province, eight from southern Sindh provin...
