Aleppo, Syria (AA) – Syria’s Assad regime forces continue their retreat as Aleppo International Airport, among other strategic locations, has been left to the PKK/YPG group, local sources said on Saturday. After the anti-regime armed groups entered the Aleppo city center, Assad forces handed over the Aleppo International Airport in...
ALEPPO, Syria (AA) – Armed groups opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime have seized control of much of Aleppo’s city center. The groups, which entered Aleppo’s city center on Friday, seized control of many neighborhoods in the area. After reaching Sadallah al-Jabiri Square, a central location in the city, the groups ad...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah brokered with US and French diplomatic efforts came into effect Wednesday at 4 a.m. local time (0200GMT). Under the agreement, the Lebanese Armed Forces will be deployed in southern Lebanon within 60 days, during which time Israel will gradually withd...
ISTANBUL (AA) – More than 500,000 households lost power in northwestern US states as a powerful “bomb cyclone” struck the region, bringing dangerous winds and heavy rainfall to the region. Puget Sound Energy reported 314,000 customers without electricity, while Snohomish PUD and Seattle City Light recorded 119,000 and 105,000...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani police on Tuesday said they arrested a policeman who was behind the deadliest attack on police in northwestern Peshawar city in 2023, in which over 100 people were killed and 250 others injured. Speaking to reporters in Peshawar, provincial police chief Akhtar Hayat Gandapur said police constable Muhammad Wali ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call not to escalate the situation in Ukraine, a report said Sunday. The call took place Thursday, The Washington Post reported, adding that Trump reminded Putin of the considerable US military presence in Europe. The call, if confirmed, would mark th...
ISLAMABAD / ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 26 people were killed and many others injured in a bomb explosion at Quetta city railway station in Pakistan’s Balochistan province early Saturday, police said. So far 26 people have died and 46 others are injured, Muhammad Akram, a local police official, told Anadolu over phone. Earlier, a [&he...
Republican candidate Donald Trump has surpassed 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Trump defeated his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s race by 277 to 224, securing his spot as the nation’s 47th president, according to the Associated Press. He has won key swing states, incl...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Republican nominee Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Kamala Harris secured more wins Tuesday evening as the first swing state was called in favor of the ex-president. Trump is currently leading Harris in the race to reach 270 Electoral College votes 230-192. The vice president most recently put California, Colo...
Washington state representative Riaz Khan was attacked in the city of Mukilteo on Saturday. Khan is a former member of the Mukilteo City Council and is currently the 21st Legislative District state representative for the Republican party. He was attacked by two unidentified men while he was installing campaign signs. Khan said the two men [...
