ROME (AA) – A European investigation has led to the arrest of 15 people accused of smuggling people from Syria to EU countries. According to the investigation, the network used an unusually long and expensive route to smuggle migrants into Europe. From Syria, the migrants were headed either to Sudan, the United Arab Emirates or […...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA): Kenyan police killed 20 al-Shabaab fighters in a gun battle along the porous border with Somalia on Thursday. Al-Shabaab launched the assault, sparking an armed clash with Kenya’s elite Special Operations Group (SOG) that lasted several hours. The Kenyan specialized force’s well-coordinated efforts resulted in ...
bLONDON (AA): Britain’s Special Air Service (SAS) should be directly named in an inquiry relating to alleged unlawful killings in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013, a lawyer representing victims’ families said Wednesday. Richard Hermer’s remarks came as the Independent Inquiry Relating to Afghanistan held a hearing at the Royal Courts of...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Authorities in Pakistan announced Wednesday that they had arrested five Pakistanis on allegations of “illegal emigration” to Israel, which Islamabad does not recognize as a state. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said that all of the accused were arrested in Mirpurkhas district of southern Sindh provin...
NEW YORK (AA) – US President Joe Biden Tuesday called on Republican lawmakers in Congress for “meaningful” gun reforms following a long holiday weekend of bloodshed across the country as the nation celebrates Independence Day. The US has seen a wave of shootings from Philadelphia to Fort Worth, Baltimore to Lansing and Wichita to Chicago...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle near a security checkpoint in Pakistan’s restive North Waziristan tribal district on Wednesday, killing at least three soldiers. Three civilians were critically injured in the bombing in Miranshah, the administrative headquarters of North Waziristan, the lates...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least three people were killed and two others were wounded in an attack on the Somali capital Tuesday with improvised rockets, said an official. “The attack was by rockets. The attackers used an unconventional method to launch the rockets and they were fired from the outskirts of Mogadishu. One of the […]
ROME (AA): A European investigation has brought about the arrest of 15 individuals accused of smuggling migrants from Syria into the EU, Europol said Tuesday. According to the probe, the network used an unusually long and expensive route to smuggle migrants into Europe. Starting in Syria, the irregular migrants were taken via Sudan or the [&he...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Three African migrants have been arrested as suspects in the stabbing death of a local man in Tunisia’s coastal city of Sfax, a court spokesman said on Tuesday. Sfax, Tunisia’s second-largest city, is a departure point for many migrants hoping to reach Italy, and tensions have been rising there for months. Pol...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): The UN Human Rights Council will hold an urgent session to address the burning of the Quran following an incident in Stockholm that sparked global outrage, a spokesman said Tuesday. A Quran was burnt outside the Swedish capital’s main mosque on Wednesday, triggering a diplomatic backlash across the Muslim world...
