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 […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US capital Washington, D.C. on Sunday reported its first case of monkeypox, a viral illness that can spread through direct contact with bodily fluids or monkeypox lesions. The case was confirmed Saturday in a resident who recently traveled to Europe, said the health authority, DC Health. “The collected samples...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Many people are feared dead after gunmen opened fire on worshippers at a church in Nigeria’s southwestern Ondo state, officials said. The attack occurred at St. Francis Catholic Church in the town of Owo. Officials at the Federal Medical Center in Owo said at least 50 injured people were rushed to […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The first suspected cases of monkeypox have been detected in the US cities of Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia, local health agencies announced Thursday. All of the cases have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for verification. The case in Los Angeles stems from a resident who [&hell...
