RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian teenager has died from injuries inflicted by an Israeli guard in West Bank last week, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA said. The 17-year-old Palestinian died of a “severe pulmonary attack” while receiving treatment at a hospital in Ramallah for injuries in his chest and abdomen, the news agency ...
Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP): Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s lawyers are attempting to launch legal challenges against his three year-sentence for graft that has ruled him out of contesting national elections. The former international cricket star was arrested at his home on Saturday and taken to jail for corruption charges he ...
JERUSALEM (AA): A 19-year-old Palestinian was killed in a raid by Jewish settlers on the village of Burqa, Palestinian state news agency WAFA reported Friday. The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that Qusai Jamal Maatan was shot dead by settlers who stormed the village, which is located east of Ramallah. The settlers also brought animals ...
Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP): Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested at his home in Lahore on Saturday after a court in the capital found him guilty of graft and sentenced him to three years in jail. The former international cricket star has long warned he would be arrested to prevent him from participating in […]
NEW DELHI (AA): India’s Supreme Court on Friday stayed the conviction of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case, paving the way for his return to parliament and contesting national elections next year. Gandhi was sentenced to two years in prison and disqualified in March in a case by a lawmaker from the […]
BEIRUT (AA): Lebanon marked the third grim anniversary of the deadly Beirut port explosion on Friday, with the justice minister pledging that the judiciary will hold those responsible accountable. On August 4, 2020, the explosion claimed 215 people’s lives and injured nearly 6,500 others, and wreaked havoc on thousands of homes, with material ...
LONDON (AA): The UK has said that it is reducing the number of staff at its embassy in coup-hit Niger. “There has been a military takeover in Niger, which has led to protests and unrest,” said the UK Foreign Office in a statement. “Protests can be violent and the situation could change quickly without warning,” [&hellip...
Portland, United Kingdom (AFP): If there’s one thing that unites the people of Portland, south-west England, it is opposition to the UK government’s plan to house 500 asylum seekers on a large barge in its harbour. From a vantage point at the top of this small town of 13,000 inhabitants, the 93-metre- (305-foot-)long Bibby Stockhol...
BEIRUT (AA): The death toll from clashes between two groups in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp rose to nine on Monday. The largest of 12 Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, the Ain al-Helweh camp located near Sidon city, has been witnessing clashes since Saturday, with six deaths recorded on Sunday, according to the state-run Nati...
TEHRAN (AA): A flight instructor and an aviation student were killed when their training plane crashed on the outskirts of the Iranian capital Tehran on Monday, state media reported. The Tecnam plane crashed in Karaj, the capital of northwestern Alborz province, 48 kilometers (30 miles) west of Tehran. The slain instructor has been identified ...
