ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s top court on Thursday set aside the deputy speaker’s ruling to dismiss a no-trust resolution against Prime Minister Imran Khan and the subsequent dissolution of the lower house of parliament by the president on the premier’s advice. The apex court, in a unanimous judgment, ordered the spe...
KYIV, Ukraine – Some 18,600 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine so far, according to the latest Ukrainian General Staff update. Ukrainian forces have destroyed 150 Russian planes, 135 helicopters, 684 tanks, 1,861 armored vehicles, 96 unmanned aerial vehicles, 76 fuel tankers, and seven boats. At least 332 Russian artillery weapons, 1...
EAST JERUSALEM: Israeli police used rubber bullets and sound bombs to disperse Palestinians gathered in front of the Damascus Gate in East Jerusalem early Wednesday and detained three people as tension escalated during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. After the Taraweeh prayer, a clash broke out between the Palestinians and the Israeli police...
BUDAPEST (AA) – Hungary on Wednesday summoned the Ukrainian envoy over “insulting” comments from Kyiv regarding Budapest’s stance on Russia. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Facebook that his country supports the Ukrainian territorial integrity and allows people who had to leave the country to enter Hungary. Stressing...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina – The 1992 Bosnian War, which started with Serbian troops’ siege of Sarajevo and left over 100,000 people killed, has still its traces alive though decades have passed. Bosnia-Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia following the referendum on March 1, 1992. Shortly after the Balkan country beca...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli forces on Tuesday arrested Jerusalem Governor Adnan Ghaith, his office said. “The governor was detained by the occupation intelligence [service] from his home,” in the town of Silwan in East Jerusalem, the governor’s office said in a statement. The Israeli police did not explain the reasons for the arrest. ...
ANKARA – Ukraine has said that some 18,300 Russian soldiers have been killed in the country as the war enters its 40th day. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has said the Russian army lost 147 aircraft, 134 helicopters and 647 tanks. At least 1,844 Russian armored vehicles, 330 artillery systems, 107 rocket […]
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish military killed four PKK members in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Monday. Turkish fire support units targeted the “terrorists after they opened harassing fire” on the Operation Peace Spring zone, the ministry said on Twitter. Since 2016, Turkiye has launched a trio of operations across ...
BAGHDAD (AA) – A mass grave believed to be of opponents of the Saddam Hussein regime was found in Iraq’s southern Najaf province, local authorities said on Monday. “The grave was discovered near one of the complexes under construction in Najaf,” the Najaf governor’s office said in a statement. It added that the grave is […]
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – Three children were killed on Monday in an attack by the Bashar al-Assad regime and Iran-affiliated terror groups, in violation of a truce in Syria’s northwestern Idlib de-escalation zone, according to civil defense forces. Regime forces and allied Iranian militias shelled the village of Maarat Naasan in northwestern Idlib ...