ANKARA (AA) – Firefighters and other personnel are intervening by land and air to control a wildfire that broke out overnight in a forest in southern Türkiye, an official said Wednesday. The cause of the fire in Marmaris district of Mugla province is still unknown. The flames spread in a short time due to winds. […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel confirmed Tuesday that a planned visit by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to Türkiye will take place this week as scheduled. Lapid will be accompanied during the visit by the foreign ministry’s director general, Alon Ushpiz, according to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. Lapid’s visit comes amid a deep political cri...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran said Monday that it is “too early” to reopen its embassy in Saudi Arabia amid Iraqi mediation between the two regional arch-rivals. “It is too early to talk about the reopening of embassies by Tehran and Riyadh,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told a news briefing in Tehran. The spokesman was […]...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The normally cooler temperatures in the northwest of the Canadian province of Ontario have given way to a heart warning, Environment Canada forecast Monday. The warning, the first time it has been issued in 2022, covers most of the week as forecasts say the thermometer could reach 90 Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) [&helli...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – At least three people were killed and dozens went missing as terrorists opened fire on worshippers in two churches and some communities in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna State, an official said on Sunday. Samuel Atuwa, Kaduna State commissioner for internal security and home affairs, said the terrorists on mot...
Dakar, Senegal – (AFP): Clashes between youth and police left one dead in Senegal’s capital Dakar on Friday as officers blocked off access to the home of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. Three opposition figures — Dethie Fall, Ahmet Aidara and Mame Diarra Fame — were also arrested, spokesman for Sonko’s PASTEF par...
Tangiers, Morocco – (AFP): Four women have pressed charges in Morocco against French insurance tycoon Jacques Bouthier, currently under arrest in Paris on charges of raping a minor, a rights group said Friday. Bouthier is accused of various acts of “people trafficking, sexual harassment and verbal and moral violence,” between...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least three Palestinians have been killed and eight others injured as Israeli forces carried out a raid in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. “Three Palestinians were martyred and eight people were injured by the bullets of Israeli soldiers in the city of Jenin,” the Palestinian Health ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia’s president has appointed Hamza Abdi Barre as the nation’s new prime minister with a mandate to form the next government. Hamza got the job as premier from President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud who made the announcement in a televised speech from the State House in the capital Mogadishu, flanked by...
PARIS (AA) – The French border police shot and injured two migrants close to the Italian frontier, Franceinfo news reported on Wednesday. According to the report, a car carrying migrants reportedly refused to halt for inspection during a joint Franco-Italian police operation at Sospel town in the Alpes-Maritime department around 3 a.m. on Wedn...
