ANKARA (AA) – Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh will visit Saudi Arabia on Monday, the first such visit in years, according to a Palestinian source. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Haniyeh will lead a high-profile delegation during the visit to the oil-rich kingdom. The delegation will hold talks with Saudi officials [...
ANKARA (AA) — Japanese authorities arrested a suspect at the site from where Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated after a loud explosion was heard in the western city of Wakayama. The 24-year-old man was “arrested over explosion at prime minister Kishida speech site | NHK-PM Kishida was uninjured after a man threw what appears [&he...
Sanaa, Yemen (AFP): Hundreds of prisoners of war, including Saudis, were freed on Saturday as part of a cross-border exchange between a Saudi-led military coalition and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. The flights connecting Saudi Arabia and Houthi-held territory in Yemen were part of ...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Saturday as paramilitaries and the regular army traded attacks on each other’s bases, days after the army warned the country was at a “dangerous” turning point. The paramilitaries said they were in control of the presidential place as well as Khartoum airport, clai...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): An Iranian delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to pave the way for reopening diplomatic missions as the Gulf rivals prepare to normalise relations, seven years after an acrimonious split. “The Iranian delegation arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday to visit and reopen the Iranian embassy and consulate in accorda...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Four policemen were killed during a clash with militants in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday. The attack took place in the Kuchlak area near Quetta, Balochistan’s capital, during a search operation launched following Monday’s bombing, provincial Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo said. ̶...
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP): Visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed Tuesday for “massive” international support for Somalia as it battles a devastating drought and a grinding insurgency. Guterres, who arrived in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu earlier on Tuesday, described his trip as a visit of “solidarity.&#...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Two policemen were among four people killed in an explosion which targeted a security vehicle in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Monday. The explosion – the latest in a host of terrorist attacks – occurred on a busy street of Quetta city, Balochistan’s capital, near a police vehicle, which was on a […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Six civilians were killed in a landmine explosion in Deir Ez-Zor province of Syria on Monday, according to the state news agency SANA. SANA said the explosion took place as people were searching for truffles in al-Bishri district, south of Deir Ez-zor countryside. The landmine was planted by “ISIS terrorists,” t...
JERUSALEM (AA) – More than 1,500 Israeli settlers on Monday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Passover. In a statement, the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said that 1,532 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque. It said that the settlers stormed the compound in 2...
