Nablus, Palestinian Territories (AFP): A Palestinian shot by Israeli troops near a flashpoint holy site in the occupied West Bank died of his wounds on Thursday, Palestinian officials said. A hospital official in Nablus in the northern West Bank said the 20-year-old was shot overnight. He was identified as Waseem Abu Khalifa, who died from [&h...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA/AFP) – The Israeli army has stormed and ordered the closure of seven Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the occupied West Bank’s Ramallah and Al-Bireh cities. The NGOs that were raided are Addameer for Prisoner Care and Human Rights, Al-Haq Center, Bisan Center for Research and Development,...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least three people were injured in coordinated attacks in troubled southern provinces of Thailand in the late hours on Wednesday. The attacks took place in Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani provinces. Videos and photographs showed petrol pumps on fire, as well as damage to other businesses such as departmental stores and trucks. ...
NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – Three Palestinians were wounded by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to medics. In a statement, the Palestinian Red Crescent said its medics transferred three injured people from Balata refugee camp east of Nablus to the Rafidia hospital for medical attention. A minor was among t...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – A huge bomb exploded during evening prayers Wednesday at a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital, killing many worshippers and injuring dozens of others, according to local media. In multiple videos posted on Twitter following the blast, blood was seen throughout the main prayer hall of Abu Bakr Siddique Mosque in Kab...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least 20 people were killed in a collision between a passenger bus and an oil tanker in northeastern Pakistan on early Tuesday morning, officials said. The collision – the second in less than a week – took place near northeastern Multan city on a motorway when the bus heading from […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed 75 people in Sudan and injured dozens since June, local authorities said on Tuesday. The rains have caused the collapse of 12,511 homes and damaged 24,275 others, the National Council for Civil Defense said in a statement. On Sunday, the United Nations said […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – A Palestinian man was killed on Monday by the Israeli police in the Kafr Aqab town of the occupied northern Jerusalem. In a statement from the Office of Jerusalem Governor of the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian victim was identified as Mohammad al-Hasham. He was shot from a close range after Israeli police [&helli...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Flooding caused by fresh rain spells across Pakistan killed at least 16 people over the past 24 hours, besides washing away houses, roads, and bridges, and leaving thousands of people stranded, local media and officials said on Monday. Torrential rains along with flashfloods that hit southwestern, northeast, and southe...
Cairo, Egypt (AFP): Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through a Coptic Christian church during Sunday mass, forcing worshippers to jump out of windows. The blaze, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the Abu Sifin church in densely populated Imbaba, a working class district […]
