Ramallah, Palestinian Territories – (AFP): A Palestinian died in the occupied West Bank Thursday after being shot in the stomach by Israeli forces, the Palestinian health ministry said, in the latest bloodshed in the territory. The ministry said 27-year-old Mahmud Fayez Abu Ayhour was killed in Halhul, north of the flashpoint city of Heb...
An explosion at a major liquefied natural gas plant in Texas on Wednesday heightened fears of pollution and other impacts in nearby communities—and served as the latest example of the threat the booming LNG industry poses to the climate. The blast at Freeport LNG’s export terminal on Texas’ Quintana Island was reported around noon ...
KARACHI, Pakistan / ANKARA (AA) – At least 22 people were killed Wednesday when a passenger van plunged into a ravine in southwestern Pakistan, according to an official. The accident occurred while the van was negotiating a sharp turn in the mountainous range of Killa Saifullah district which is 333 kilometers (206 miles) from Quetta, [&...
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – An explosion from an attack by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) injured three civilians in Iraq’s northern province of Erbil late Wednesday, according to officials. Security forces were dispatched to the area on the Erbil-Pirmam highway, media outlets reported. Vehicles sustained damage from the blast, but no casualtie...
TRIPOLI, Libya – Three members of Libya’s western forces were killed during a military training in Tarhuna city, according to local media. The fatalities occurred during a live-fire exercise by the Tripoli-based Rada Forces, also known as the Special Deterrent Forces. There was no comment yet from Libyan authorities on the report. Rada ac...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – At least 17 people were killed and several others injured after a passenger train derailed in east Iran early on Wednesday, local officials said. The train was heading from Mashhad in northeastern Iran to the central city of Yazd when it derailed from the track near Tabas, a city in eastern […]
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s foreign minister has tested positive for COVID-19 and cut her Pakistan visit short, the ministry said Tuesday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Christofer Burger said the result of the rapid antigen test Annalena Baerbock took was positive and she canceled her planned appointments, according to the German news agency...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli drone crashed in the Gaza Strip Tuesday evening, according to its military. “A drone belonging to the army crashed in the northern Gaza Strip a short time ago,” the Israeli army said in a statement. It said the cause of the crash is “under investigation.” “There is no fear of […]
Tunis, Tunisia – (AFP): The man charged by President Kais Saied with rewriting Tunisia’s constitution said Monday he would present a draft stripped of any reference to Islam in order to fight Islamist parties. The first article of a constitution adopted three years after the North African country’s 2011 revolution says it is ...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The UK reopened its embassy in Libya on Sunday after an eight-year hiatus. The UK had closed its diplomatic missions in Libya in 2014 amid intense armed clashes in the country. “This is a demonstration of the UK’s commitment to the whole of Libya. I am proud our work touches the […]
