JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday criticized a US call for Tel Aviv to drop controversial judicial overhaul plans, saying Israel “is not another star on the US flag.” On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden said he will not meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House [&...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel on Wednesday hailed Azerbaijan’s decision to open its embassy in Tel Aviv, after 30 years of diplomatic relations between the two sides. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov in West Jerusalem before the opening ceremony on Wednesday. “I am pleased to host the Fore...
BERLIN (AA) – The German state of Berlin will allow Muslim teachers to wear headscarves, authorities confirmed on Wednesday. Headscarves and wearing of religious symbols by teachers will be allowed in general and can only be restricted in individual cases if it poses a danger to school peace, Berlin’s education department said, in an off...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) — The members of the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday elected Scottish National Party’s (SNP) leader Humza Yousaf as the new first minister. The 37-year-old received a chamber majority with 71 votes. Yousaf became the first Muslim to lead a major UK party, and is the first ethnic minority leader of a devolved […]...
Lisbon, Portugal (AFP): Two people died on Tuesday following a knife attack at an Islamic centre in the Portuguese capital Lisbon that wounded several others, police said. Prime Minister Antonio Costa said it was “premature to make any interpretation of this criminal act.” “Everything points to this being an isolated incident...
LONDON (AA) – Scotland’s health secretary has been elected as the chair of the Scottish National Party (SNP) following 14 days of voting by the party members. Humza Yousaf became the first Muslim to lead a major UK party and is set to be confirmed as the first ethnic minority leader of a devolved government […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A Pakistani high court on Monday granted interim bail to the country’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan in seven separate cases until April 6. A two-judge bench led by the Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court barred police from arresting Khan until the next hearing and also directed the Interior Ministry [...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A suicide bomber blew himself up in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Monday, killing at least six civilians and injuring several others. The bomber was intercepted near “the security checkpoint at the Malik Asghar intersection of the second security zone of Kabul” before reaching his target, said Khalid Zardan, a police spokesma...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 19 people were killed in US airstrikes on military bases housing “Iranian militias” in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Saturday. The UK-based group said the US airstrikes came after attacks on US military bases in eastern Syria. Five non-Syrians were among those killed in...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Six soldiers and a contractor injured in attacks on US military bases in Syria were transferred to Iraq for treatment, the US military said on Saturday. US Central Command spokesperson Abigail Hammock told the Iraq television network Rudaw that a soldier and a contractor were treated in the capital Baghdad, while two […]...
