Jenin, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israeli troops killed two Palestinians on Wednesday whom the army accused of shooting at soldiers during a raid in the occupied West Bank. The deadly raid came as residents across Israel and the Palestinian territories braced for further violence, a day after Israeli air strikes killed 15 Gazans, including...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani authorities on Wednesday ordered the deployment of the army in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces due to ongoing demonstrations against the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The federal Interior Ministry approved the provincial caretaker governments’ requests for troops to maintain law and ...
Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP): Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested Tuesday during a court appearance in the capital for one of dozens of cases pending since he was ousted from office last year. Officials from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party urged supporters to take to the streets after his arrest but police war...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed three Islamic Jihad leaders and 10 others, including several children, Tuesday, officials in the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory said. Islamic Jihad vowed to “avenge” the deaths in the pre-dawn raid involving some 40 Israeli aircraft, which hit targ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Arab League on Sunday decided to reinstate Syria’s membership after 12 years of suspension. Addressing a press conference in Cairo, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Arab League foreign ministers agreed to resume the participation of Syrian government delegations in the League meetings. The decision was taken fol...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Gun battles and air strikes on Sunday again flared in Sudan’s capital, which has been rocked by four weeks of fighting despite the latest ceasefire efforts backed by Saudi Arabia and the United States. Multiple truce deals have been declared and quickly violated since fighting erupted between army and paramilitary ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement said the pair lost their lives during an Israeli military raid in the city of Tulkarem. Another Palestinian was injured. Local sources said Israeli forces raided the Nu...
Teknaf, Bangladesh (AFP): A Rohingya refugee delegation arrived in Myanmar on Friday to tour new facilities built for the revival of a long-stalled plan to return the persecuted minority to their homeland. Bangladesh is home to about a million Rohingya, most of whom fled a 2017 military crackdown in neighbouring Myanmar that is now subject [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – Five Indian military personnel were killed in a blast during a gunfight with freedom fighters in the Jammu and Kashmir region, the Indian army said on Friday. An official statement by the Indian military said the army has been conducting “relentless intelligence-based operations to flush out a group of terrorists̶...
Bamako, Mali (AFP): Mali’s ruling junta announced Friday a referendum on a new constitution would be held in the west African nation on June 18. Government spokesman colonel Abdoulaye Maiga read out a decree on state television saying the country was called upon “to decide on the Constitution project” in June, after missing a...
