BAIDOA, Somalia (AA) – At least 18 al-Shabaab men were killed in military operations in central Somalia, the army said on Thursday. A key base used by the group was also destroyed in raids by the Somali military in Buq Aqable, a district in the Hiran region. The operation successfully targeted “stations, offices and other […]
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The Spanish ombudsman has collected testimony from 201 victims as part of its newly launched investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. The independent probe began a little over two months ago and is Spain’s first official investigation into the depths of abuse and pedophilia at the hands of Catholic [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – Six irregular migrants, including two babies and three children, lost their lives on Tuesday when Greek forces pushed them back to Turkish territorial waters in the Aegean, said the Turkish Interior Ministry. The Turkish Coast Guard found the lifeless bodies of six irregular migrants, including one woman, and rescued 66 mig...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday staged a protest to demand their rights to the natural gas off the coast of Gaza and to establish a waterway to link Gaza with the world via the Mediterranean Sea. At the invitation of Palestinian groups in Gaza, Palestinians held an event in the […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – At least five people were killed and seven others injured in a building collapse in Jordan’s capital late on September 13. The country’s Public Security Directorate confirmed the casualties from the incident, which occurred in the Jabal al-Weibdeh neighborhood of Amman. Rescue and evacuation teams of the civil ...
Khartoum, Sudan – (AFP): Thousands of Sudanese protesters took to the streets to press demands for a return to civilian rule following a military coup last year. Sudan has been rocked by waves of demonstrations since the armed forces led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan grabbed power in October. The takeover upended a transition to [&he...
JERUSALEM / RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli army killed two Palestinians in a shootout in the northern West Bank. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa, citing a local security source, said two civilians were killed by Israeli army fire at the Al-Jalama military checkpoint. The source said the two men were from the town of […]
ANKARA (AA) – Fifty Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed in recent days in provocations by Armenia, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. “A total of 50 military personnel of the Armed Forces, including 42 military personnel from the Azerbaijan Army and 8 military personnel from the State Border Organization, were mart...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Three Palestinians were injured in an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday. Israeli forces raided the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, triggering protests, to which the Israeli army responded by live fire. Three Palestinians, including a woman, were injured by Israeli fire during the...
LONDON (AA) – The head of Britain’s largest Muslim umbrella organization has issued a statement offering condolences to King Charles III over the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and called him a “friend” of British Muslim communities. Zara Mohammed, the secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said that in times of grief, Muslims say [...
