ISTANBUL (AA): Kyrgyzstan’s security service on Monday detained suspects of an alleged coup attempt in the country, according to a local media report. Personnel from the Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security carried out mass arrests of “a group of people” who were “preparing to seize power by force,” Kyrgyz news agency...
ISTANBUL (AA): Saudi Arabia and the United States on Sunday called on Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary forces to agree on a new cease-fire. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America are keen to continue talks with the Sudanese negotiating delegations,” reads a statement issued by the […]...
Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan (AFP): The president of Kyrgyzstan said on Saturday his ex-Soviet republic was ready to work with the EU, which hopes to tighten ties with a region Russia sees as its sphere of influence. Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted global powers such as China and the European Union to seek a greater role […]
JERUSALEM (AA): Three Israeli soldiers were killed in a shooting near the border with Egypt, according to the military on Saturday. A military spokesman said two soldiers were found dead at an army post on the border. Shortly after the incident, an exchange of fire was reported with a gunman, as Israeli forces were searching […]
Balasore, India (AFP): At least 288 people were killed and hundreds more injured in a three-train collision in India, officials said Saturday, the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. Wreckage debris was piled high at the crash site near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha, where some carriages had been tossed [&...
ANKARA (AA): At least 50 people were killed and over 300 injured as trains collided in Odisha state in eastern India, officials said on Friday evening. “There are two passenger trains and one good train involved in the incident,” Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena told local broadcaster NDTV. According to Odisha State Disaster Management Auth...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Shelling rocked greater Khartoum on Friday, as fighting between Sudan’s warring generals intensified despite US sanctions imposed after the collapse of a US- and Saudi-brokered truce. Witnesses reported artillery fire around the state television building in the capital’s sister city of Omdurman, just across t...
TORONTO (AA): US Department of Treasury on Thursday announced sanctions on members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its external operations arm. The action targets three individuals and a company affiliated with the IRGC-Qods Force, along with two senior officials of the IRGC’s Intelligence Organization, according t...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Sudan’s army reportedly suspended participation in Saudi Arabia-hosted cease-fire talks with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The news was carried by a number of Sudanese media outlets, including Aljareeda newspaper and the Alrakoba news portal. There was no confirmation from the Sudanese army. The reports emerged as fierc...
Moscow, Russia (AFP): Russia on Wednesday claimed that it had destroyed the last major warship of the Ukrainian naval forces, which it said was stationed in the southern port of Odesa. “On May 29, a high-precision strike by the Russian Air Force on a ship anchorage site in the port of Odesa destroyed the last […]
