MOSCOW (AA) – An Azerbaijan Airlines flight with 67 people on board, traveling from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny in Russia’s Chechnya region, crashed near the Kazakh Caspian city of Aktau on Wednesday, the Kazakh Emergency Ministry said, adding that there were 25 survivors. According to the ministry, 62 passengers and fiv...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Afghanistan’s interim Taliban administration has claimed that at least 46 people have been killed in a bombing by Pakistani fighter jets in the eastern Paktika province. Mullah Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for the interim Taliban administration, said that Pakistani jets bombed four locations in Paktika’s Ba...
BALIKESIR, Türkiye (AA) – A blast at an explosives production facility in Türkiye’s western Balikesir province Tuesday left 12 people dead and several others injured, according to authorities. According to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, 12 were killed and 4 others injured in the explosion in Karesi district. Earlier, Balikesir Governor...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump raised concerns Saturday about “ridiculous” tolls for US ships passing through the Panama Canal. He threatened to demand the canal’s return to American control if Panama failed to address the issue. Trump described the Panama Canal as a vital national asset for the US in a post on ...
A mass grave has been discovered near Damascus which reportedly contains the remains of at least 100,000 people killed by the Bashar al-Assad regime. According to Syrian Emergency Task Force, a US-based advocacy group, the site, located in al-Qutayfah — 40 kilometres north of the capital — holds a chilling testament to the regime’s bruta...
Anadolu has released footage showing an alleged mass grave site in the Husseiniya district of Syria’s capital Damascus. The footage strengthens claims of potential war crimes in the region. The site is close to the airport in southeastern Damascus. It is suspected more than 100 pits, each about 20 meters deep, were used as graves, [&hell...
RIYADH/ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have condemned a decision by Israel to expand settlement building in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. The UAE warned that the move will lead to increased tensions and an escalation in the region. In a statement issued by its Foreign Ministry, the decision [&h...
HOUSTON, United States (AA) – Thousands of residents in Southern California are being forced to evacuate their homes Tuesday because of a fast-spreading brush fire in Malibu, which has already scorched 2,200 acres of land. The blaze started just before midnight local time Monday in Malibu, 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Los Angeles, an...
ANKARA/DAMASCUS, Syria (AA) – Ba’ath Party rule in Syria collapsed early Sunday when Damascus fell out of the hands of regime control and Bashar al-Assad fled the country. Anti-regime groups entered the capital on Saturday, capping off a series of rapid and dramatic developments since late last month. After 13 years of civil war, t...
ATHENS (AA) – Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, human rights group Amnesty International said in a report released on Thursday. “Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,” the UK-based...
