JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli forces detained 19 members of Islamic Jihad in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. A military statement said the arrests were part of operation “Breaking Dawn” against the Palestinian group in Gaza. The army said the detainees were taken into custody for interrogation. Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes in the Gaza ...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – Ethiopia on Saturday said that Al-Shabaab fighters who crossed its borders from neighboring Somalia were routed and 800 of them were killed. In a Twitter post on Friday night, Mustefe M. Omer, president of Ethiopia’s Somali Region state, said that with 800 killed and 100 captured, Al-Shabab’s “misadventure in...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt said it is making contacts to restore calm to the Gaza Strip amid Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian territory. A statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Cairo was “conducting intensive communications” to “contain the situation in Gaza” and “preserve lives and property.” The statement did not provide any furthe...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli airlines have obtained Saudi permission to cross its airspace, Israeli media reported. The official I24NEWS channel said Thursday that the Israeli airlines El Al, Israir and Arkia, obtained the Saudi approval to fly over its airspace, and the approval took effect Wednesday. Saudi Arabia will also allow other fore...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The Pakistan government has announced that it is moving the country’s top court to seek the disqualification of former Prime Minister Imran Khan for receiving prohibited funds through foreign sources. Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said at a news conference in capital Islamabad that the Law Ministr...
ANKARA (AA) – Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to renew a UN-mediated truce for an additional two months, the UN envoy’s office announced late Tuesday. A press statement by UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg hailed the achievement and urged all parties to strive for lasting peace in the war-torn country. “In the com...
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – An Azerbaijani soldier was killed when “illegal Armenian armed detachments” opened fire in the border region of Lachin, authorities said on Wednesday. They targeted Azerbaijani military positions early on Wednesday, according to a statement by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. An Azerbaijani soldier wa...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least two people were killed and several more wounded in a roadside explosion in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. The blast in the Tarabunka area of Mogadishu’s Hodan district targeted a security convoy, according to a police official requesting anonymity. He confirmed that the two people killed are civilians, while so...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – The new Kuwaiti government led by Prime Minister Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad has been sworn in to power. Crown Prince Meshal Al-Sabah received the 12-member Cabinet at the Bayan Palace in the capital Kuwait City at a ceremony attended by top officials. A royal decree was issued by the country’s emir […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – All six people, including a three-star general, aboard a Pakistani army helicopter that went missing on Monday were found dead, the military confirmed on Tuesday. In a statement, the military’s media wing said the wreckage was found in the suburbs of Lasbela district of southwestern Balochistan province, some 72 kilome...
