KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): At least 17 civilians, including five children, were killed, in an airstrike in south Khartoum, Sudanese activists reported on Sunday. The attack targeted a residential neighborhood in Mayo suburb in the Sudanese capital late Saturday, the South Belt Emergency Room said in a statement. Eleven people were also injured in t...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Clashes resumed on Saturday between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the capital Khartoum, according to witnesses. Sounds of artillery shelling and fighting with heavy weapons were reported in south Khartoum and in Bahri, northeast of the capital, witnesses said. “Military aircraft targeted RSF forc...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA): Five freedom fighters were killed in an encounter with Indian security forces in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday, police said. Additional Director General of Kashmir Police Vijay Kumar claimed that those killed, in a joint operation by the army and the police, in the Jumagund area of Kupwara, wer...
ISTANBUL (AA): More than 100 people have been killed in clashes in North Darfur state in western Sudan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Thursday. “Violent clashes in and around camps for the displaced in North Darfur have killed over 100 people,” Grandi said on Twitter. “There are shocking reports of horrific [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA): The Philippines said on Wednesday that it is working on accepting Afghan refugees who worked on various US government projects in Afghanistan, but that they will remain in the Southeast Asian country temporarily until Washington issues special immigration visas. “The government is carefully studying the proposal,” th...
ISTANBUL (AA): China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said Beijing was ready to play its “positive role” in achieving internal reconciliation in Palestine and holding peace talks with Israel. “The fundamental solution lies in the establishment of an independent state of Palestine that enjoys full sovereignty on the basis of the ...
Nablus, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in a West Bank raid while four Israelis were injured in a separate shooting incident, as fresh violence hit the occupied territory Tuesday, officials said. The Palestinian health ministry said 19-year-old Faris Abdel Moneim Mohammed Hashash “was shot dead by the I...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Violent clashes resumed in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Tuesday between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to witnesses. Sounds of artillery shelling and heavy and light weapons were heard in Bahri, northeast of Khartoum and south of the capital, witnesses said. Military aircraft were also seen f...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Palestinian group Hamas on Monday denied reports about holding talks in Egypt for a long-term truce with Israel. Last week, delegations from Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups held talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo on developments in the Palestinian territories. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh also visi...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA): Iran said Monday that Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan will visit Tehran soon. Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani told reporters that bin Farhan will participate in the reopening of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran. He, however, did not specify a date for the visit. There was no comment from the […]
