WASHINGTON (AA) – The US House of Representatives approved on Thursday an amendment to the annual defense spending bill that restricts the sale of F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits to Türkiye. The amendment put forward by New Jersey lawmaker Frank Pallone passed 244-179 with strong Democratic support and 60 votes of approval comin...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Gaza Strip is facing the fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Palestinian Health Ministry has announced. A ministry statement said the seaside territory has seen a rise in virus infections in recent days. The ministry said the new COVID-19 wave is caused by the BA5 omicron subvariant. The […]
Banjul, Gambia – (AFP) A Gambian court on Wednesday sentenced five former members of the intelligence service to death for the murder of a political activist during the rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. High Court Justice Kumba Sillah-Camara pronounced the sentence against the former head of the National Intelligence Agency, Yankuba Badj...
JERUSALEM (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, responding to an earlier request, has finally invited the family of slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to a meeting in Washington. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Wednesday told reporters aboard US President Joe Biden’s plane flying to Israel that Blinken had spok...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the international community’s special political mission in Yemen. The authorization was set to expire July 15 but the vote extends the UN Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) for one year. The vote was conducted in an exceptionally rare fashion w...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) on Wednesday lifted force majeure on the terminals of Zueitina and Brega after almost four months of closure. In a statement, NOC said a tanker was allowed to carry condensate for use in power generation in Libya’s eastern region. Outgoing NOC chairman Mustafa Sanalla said negotiatio...
LONDON (AA) – More than 50 detainees and unarmed men were killed by British troops in Afghanistan, according to newly obtained military reports and an investigation by the BBC. BBC Panorama program on Tuesday night looked into documents of operations by the Special Air Service (SAS) – a British elite unit used in special operations […]...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Iran’s capital Tehran on July 19 to take part in a trilateral meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to a Kremlin spokesman. Putin will also hold a separate bilateral meeting with Erdogan, Dmitry Peskov told a p...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi health authorities on Monday reported a major surge in coronavirus infections in the Arab country. “COVID-19 infections rose by 30 percent compared to previous waves of the pandemic,” Riyad Abdel-Amir, Public Health Director at the Health Ministry, said in statements carried by the state news agency. He, however, said that...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 12 soldiers were killed and several others wounded when a gun battle erupted Monday between units of security forces in Somalia’s Puntland state in the port city of Bosaso, said an official. The firefight took place at the entrance of Bosaso International Airport. Puntland Security Minister Abdisamad Ga...
