RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian youth succumbed to injuries on Sunday, which he had sustained from Israeli army fire in the West Bank city of Jenin earlier this week, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement said Hamad Mustafa Abu Jelda, 24, had been seriously injured in an Israeli military raid in the […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 73 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody due to medical negligence since 1967, a local NGO said on Saturday. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said the latest victim was Palestinian female Sa’diya Farajallah, who died in Israeli custody in June. “Israel is still holding the bodies of...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The death toll from Pakistan’s catastrophic floods has risen to nearly 1,400, with 36 new casualties, including 15 children. These updated statistics were reported in the last 24 hours on Friday. The country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) confirmed 35 new fatalities in southern Sindh province...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – As floodwaters recede in various inundated areas across Pakistan, the country braces for a string of secondary disasters, which experts warn could be “more disastrous and lingering.” From disease outbreaks to severely damaged infrastructure and the looming threat of food security, the South Asian nuclear country ...
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – Five civilians were killed and eight others injured in an airstrike carried out by Russian warplanes on the Idlib de-escalation zone on Thursday. Four Russian warplanes took off from the Hmeymim air base in Latakia and carried out a total of 16 attacks on the quarry in the village of Hafsarjah […]
BEIRUT (AA) – A bomb exploded on Thursday inside the house of Lebanese Minister of Public Work and Transport Ali Hamieh, who is affiliated with the Hezbollah group. The official Lebanese news agency stated: “A bomb tied to electrical wires exploded in the garden of Minister Hamieh’s house in his hometown of Taria in Baalbek [...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – At least nine people, including two soldiers, were killed Wednesday in separate terror attacks in Burkina Faso, according to media reports. Unidentified gunmen raided Tassiri village in the north of the country, killing seven civilians, said reports. In another terror attack that killed two soldiers, a roadside mine...
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA) – Kazakhstan has officially changed its Republic Day, moving it from December 16 to October 25, with the previous day honoring the sacrifices of the country’s heroes. The decision was taken by parliament after adopting a bill declaring October 25 the Republic Day. Kazakhstan’s Culture Minister Dauren Aba...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday called on the US to refrain from violating Afghanistan’s airspace, saying Washington has not provided any proof of the killing of al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in their country. A drone strike carried out by the U.S. last month killed al-Zawahiri in Kabul, that, according to US Presiden...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – A manhunt continued Tuesday in Canada for the second suspect in a stabbing rampage that left 10 people dead and 18 wounded. Myles Sanderson, 32, was said to have been spotted Tuesday on the James Smith Cree Nation reserve, the scene of most of the stabbings that took place Sunday, in […]
