TEL AVIV, Israel – In a rare move, Israeli prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against a Jewish settler accused of vandalizing a mosque in the occupied West Bank. The vandalism was part of a series of anti-Palestinian riots perpetrated by hundreds of settlers last month. The U.S. recently called on Israel to take action against [&he...
ANKARA (AA): Iran said Wednesday it had deported around 18,000 irregular Afghan migrants to Afghanistan. “Some 17,926 Afghan migrants were deported in the last 10 days,” police chief of the northeastern Khorasan-e-Razavi province, Majid Shoca, said in a statement cited by the Mehr News Agency. He said the Afghan migrants were repatriated throu...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan on Wednesday received $1 billion in financial assistance from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, in a televised speech said that the financial assistance – second in two days – will help “resolve” the country’s foreign reserves problem. On Tuesday, Pakistan ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian was injured and three others were detained in an Israeli military raid in the city of Jericho on Wednesday, according to medical sources and witnesses. Israeli forces raided the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp near Jericho and searched a number of houses there, witnesses said. Clashes erupted between Israeli for...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Sudan has extended the closure of the country’s airspace until July 31 amid clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. In a statement, the Civil Aviation Authority said Sudan’s airspace will remain closed to all flights until July 31. Only humanitarian aid and evacuation flights will b...
JERUSALEM (AA): A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli army forces in the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to Israeli media. Israeli Army Radio claimed that the Palestinian was killed while attempting to plant an explosive device near the Israeli settlement of Neveh Tzuf’ in the central West Bank. Public broadcaster KAN, however, ...
DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria has withdrawn the accreditation of two local journalists working for the BBC. The Syrian Ministry of Information has accused the British broadcaster of engaging in false and politicized reporting. The ministry said the accreditations were withdrawn after noticing subjective and false information being spread about...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least eight people including six children were killed on Sunday when the modified auto-rickshaw they were travelling in struck a landmine, said local officials. The incident took place between the village of Jicibow and town of Bulaburde in Hirshabelle state. Ibrahim Abdi Ali, a security official, who spoke to Anado...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA): Italy has lifted its air embargo on Libya, head of the Tripoli-based government Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh said on Sunday. “The Italian government informed us of its decision to lift its air embargo that was imposed on Libya 10 years ago,” Dbeibeh said in a statement. “Flights will resume next September,” he added. [&hellip...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA): Jordan said Sunday three terror suspects were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces. In a statement, the Public Security Directorate said two of the three men had recently escaped from a rehabilitation center, while the third was involved in the killing of a security officer last December in the […]
