Egypt unveils $53B Gaza rebuilding plan
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – At least 43 inmates were killed in a prison riot in Ecuador on Monday, authorities in the South American country reported. According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the incident occurred at the Social Rehabilitation Center of Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas, located about 70 km (43 miles) from the Ecuadori...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – A pro-Russian march was held in Serbia’s capital during Victory Day events to celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. Hundreds of people attended the Victory Day program celebrated across Serbia and the Republika Srpska, one of two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the ceremoni...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Pope Francis’ visit to Lebanon, which was scheduled for June, will be postponed due to “health reasons”, a Lebanese minister said on Monday. “Lebanon has received a letter from the Vatican departments officially informing of the decision to postpone the Pope’s scheduled visit to Lebanon,” Tourism ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed announced late Sunday that he is running for a second term in the country’s highly anticipated presidential election. Addressing the nation in a short video posted on his Twitter account, Mohamed said he is seeking a second term as president to continue the cou...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s national electoral body on Sunday said its chairman will not get involved in partisan politics or run for the country’s presidency in the general elections early next year. In a statement, Rotimi Oyekanmi, a spokesman for the Independent National Electoral Commission’s chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, describ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA): Syrian President Bashar al Assad met with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an unannounced one-day visit to Tehran on Sunday, according to local media. It was Assad’s second official visit to Iran since Syria’s civil war erupted in 2011. His last visit was in February 2019. Sunday’s meeting was ...
ANKARA (AA): North Korea has fired a suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, the South Korean military has claimed. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the short-range missile was launched from the eastern port city of Sinpo to the Sea of Japan at 2.07 p.m. local time (0507GMT) and it flew some [&he...
MOSCOW (AA): Russia has said that it downed three more Ukrainian fighter jets in overnight operations. Su-24, 25 and 27 were shot down by Russian air defense systems in three different areas of Ukraine, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a press briefing in Moscow. He said another 14 unmanned aerial vehicles and two […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): A young Pakistani mountain climber has scaled the world’s third-highest peak “Kunchenjunga” in Nepal, becoming the youngest mountaineer of the world to climb the three tallest peaks on the planet. Shehroze Kashif, 20, summited the 8,586-meter (28,196 feet) peak to become the world’s youngest climber to scale the third t...
Elad, Israel – (AFP): At least three people were killed in an attack in the central Israeli city of Elad as the Jewish state marked its independence day on Thursday, medics said. The Magen David Adom emergency response service said two others were in a serious condition after the incident. Two others suffered moderate or […]
