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...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The death toll from an attack by insurgents in Burkina Faso’s northern town of Seytenga has risen to 86 as seven more bodies have been found, local authorities said Wednesday. “The intervention units deployed in the commune of Seytenga since the tragedy occurred have discovered seven new lifeless bodies betw...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Eight people lost their lives in a fire that broke out late Tuesday in Iran’s capital. According to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency, an explosion occurred followed by a fire during a birthday party at a cafe in Tehran’s Shahriar suburb. Four children were among the dead, according to Iran’s Red […...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA): The death toll from an armed attack by insurgents in the northern Burkina Faso town of Seytenga rose to 79, as 29 more bodies were found on Tuesday, an official said. The insurgents had stormed the town of Seytenga and attacked civilians on the night of June 11-12, said Wendkouni Joel Lionel […]
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye will discuss with Russia and Ukraine steps to ensure exports of Ukrainian grain to the world, the Turkish president announced. At a meeting with young people in the eastern province of Van, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would discuss the issue of a grain export corridor with Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Over 50 wedding guests were abducted by bandits on a road in Nigeria northwest’s Zamfara State, but later about 20 escaped, said a local official. The victims, most of them phone accessories traders, were returning from a wedding party of one of their colleague when bandits ambushed their buses along the [&helli...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Two Yemeni soldiers were killed and four others injured by Houthi shelling, according to the army on Sunday. A military statement said it documented 91 Houthi violations of a UN-brokered truce in the provinces of al-Hudaydah, Taiz, Ad-Dali, Hajjah and Marib. “These violations resulted in the death of two army soldiers...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Moroccan authorities have banned a controversial British film about the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). In a statement, the Moroccan Cinematographic Centre (MCC) said “The Lady of Heaven” was banned from being screened or commercialized in Morocco. The ban came hours after the Council of Ulema, Mor...
