JENIN, Palestine (AA) – Three Palestinians were shot dead by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. “Three martyrs, shot dead by the Israeli army in Jenin,” the ministry said. Witnesses told Anadolu that Israeli forces raided the city of Jenin and opened fire on two Palestinians. Ten...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan Army said on Thursday that eight militants were killed in a military operation in the northwestern South Waziristan tribal region, adding that two children were also killed during the exchange of fire with the terrorists. The operation was carried out on the basis of a tip in the remote Zinghara […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A local court on Thursday extended the suspension of a police operation to arrest former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on a judicial order in the northeastern city of Lahore for another day, according to local media. Justice Tariq Saleem Shaikh of the Lahore High Court ordered the government and security […...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): Eleven people were killed and more than 3,500 injured during celebrations for Iran’s traditional fire festival ahead of the Persian New Year, state media reported Wednesday. The fire festival, called Chaharshanbe Suri in Farsi, is celebrated every year on the night of the last Tuesday of the Iranian calendar year, whi...
Lahore, Pakistan (AFP): Pakistan police appeared Wednesday to have given up an attempt to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan, ending a siege of his residence after violent clashes with hundreds of his supporters. AFP correspondents and witnesses near Khan’s home in the plush Zaman Park suburb of Lahore said police and paramilitary r...
BRUSSELS (AA) — Warning of escalating violence between Israelis and Palestinians, the EU’s foreign policy chief said on Tuesday that the bloc should do all it can to achieve peace in the Middle East. “The European Union should do all for a peaceful settlement in the Middle East conflict,” Josep Borrell pointed out while speak...
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan took to streets across the country Tuesday to protest the attempted arrest of their leader on a court order, according to officials and local media. Heavy contingents of police backed by water cannons and armored personnel carr...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): The Lebanese pound sank to a historic low against the dollar on the parallel market Tuesday, foreign exchange dealers said, as banks in the crisis-hit country resumed an open-ended strike. The Lebanese pound, officially pegged at 15,000 to the dollar, was trading at 100,000 against the greenback, dealers said — a d...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A fire in a slum located in an industrial area of Bangladesh’s capital gutted nearly 100 shanties Monday night, according to eyewitnesses and local residents. The fire erupted in the Tejgaon area of Dhaka around 7.50 p.m. local time (1350GMT) and was brought under control after nearly three hours of hectic [&hell...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has granted amnesty to 82,000 people, including 22,000 protesters, according to the judiciary chief. Addressing a meeting of the top judiciary council, Mohseni Ejei said so far 82,000 people have been pardoned following a decree issued by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last month. Of these, 22,000 people ...
