GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has said that one of its members guarding an Israeli captive was killed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip last year. Abu Ubaidah, a spokesman for Hamas’ armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said in a brief statement that three other guards were injured in […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Fierce clashes erupted on Sunday between Iranian border guards and Taliban forces in the border region of Hirmand in Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province. Afghan media citing Taliban authorities said at least one Taliban soldier was killed and another wounded in the violence. While the Taliban authorities h...
TEHRAN (AA) – At least five people were killed and nine others were injured as flash floods wreaked havoc in parts of northern and western Tehran, Iran’s capital, early Thursday. Many people are also reported missing. According to emergency officials, the worst affected area is the mountainous Imamzadeh Davood locality in northwest Tehra...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A court in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced six men to death for “committing crimes against humanity” in 1971. Five of the convicts were present for the sentencing in the capital Dhaka. One of the accused has died since the case was launched in November 2015. A three-member tribunal convicted the defendants...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran said Thursday it had arrested a spy network accused of working for Israel’s intelligence service Mossad. “The Iranian police have arrested the chief and members of an espionage group affiliated with the Zionist regime,” the Intelligence Organization of the Law Enforcement Command said in a statement cited by the state ...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – At least 66 people were killed in terrorist attacks Wednesday in several towns in Mali, according to security sources. “The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) repelled terrorist attacks targeting positions in Savare, Sokolo and Kalumba early this Wednesday, July 27. The response, carried out with energy and professi...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Two Yemeni children were killed by a landmine explosion in the central Bayda province, according to a local NGO on Wednesday. The device exploded as the children were grazing their sheep in al-Zaher district in the province, the Yemeni Landmine Records said in a statement. The NGO, which documents victims of […]
Mosul, Iraq – (AFP): Rockets hit the vicinity of the Turkish consulate in Iraq’s main northern city of Mosul causing damage. However, no casualties have been reported. The overnight fire came after deadly shelling allegedly by the Turkish army which killed nine civilians last week, prompting anti-Turkish protests in cities across I...
SALFIT, Palestine (AA) – Five Palestinians were injured while protesting against the Israeli army’s recent demolition of the homes of two Palestinian prisoners in West Bank. The Palestinian prisoners, Youssef Assi and Yahya Marei, were accused by Israeli authorities of killing a security guard in the Ariel settlement on April 29. Their h...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia will leave the International Space Station (ISS) project in two years, the head of the Russian Space Corporation (Roscosmos) Yury Borisov has said. After 2024, it was decided to leave the ISS, Borisov added. He, however, said Russia would continue to fulfill its obligations in the program. During a meeting with [&hel...
