ANKARA (AA) – Two senior PKK members were killed in northern Syria, Turkish security sources said Friday. In an operation led by Turkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT), Rodin Abdulkadir Muhammed and Ranya Henan of the PKK operating in the Ayn al-Arab (Kobani) region of Syria were killed, said the sources. Rodin Abdulkadir Muh...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli police once again stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in East Jerusalem on Friday, sparking clashes with Palestinians in which 31 people were injured. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its crews responded to 31 injured people, two of them seriously hurt. It also said 14 injured were […...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – Dozens of people were killed in the northeastern Kunduz province of Afghanistan as an explosion struck a mosque shortly after the Friday prayers. Taliban’s interim government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said a total of 33 people, including children, were killed and 43 others were wounded by the blast and ...
KABUL (AA): At least six people were killed and 11 others injured after multiple blasts hit a boys school in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Tuesday, an official of Taliban-led interim government said. The explosions targeted Abdul Raheem Shaheed High School, which is located in the city’s district 18, said Khalid Zadran, a Kabul police s...
HOUSTON, Texas – The news of the New York City subway shooting this past week made headlines across the US and around the world. Fortunately, no one was killed. However, the subway shooting is just one of a growing number of violent incidents in NYC which highlights the underlying problem in the Big Apple: crime is […]
NEW YORK (AA) – A Syrian immigrant who has been hailed as a hero after helping New York City police catch the suspect in this week’s mass subway shooting recalled the aftermath of the horrific attack, saying that it reminded him of the civil war in Syria. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Zakaria Tahhan, 21, said […]
NEW YORK (AA) – Muslim young men who caught Frank James, the suspect in the New York City subway shooting, testified in a police station on Wednesday. A young man named Mohammad told the press after leaving the police station that they had seen James in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood with his cousin and friend […]
A Black South Carolina inmate scheduled to die by a firing squad or the electric chair later this month, is asking the state Supreme Court to halt his execution. Richard Bernard Moore is seeking the stay until judges can determine if either method is cruel and unusual punishment. Moore is set to die April 29. […]
Four U.S. Secret Service officials have been suspended after they were duped by two men accused of posing as officers and employees of the federal government. Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali have each been charged with false impersonation of a federal officer. Investigators allege the duo obtained paraphernalia, handguns and assault rifles use...
A Turkish court has suspended the trial in absentia of 26 Saudis accused of killing Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The court also ruled for the case to be handed over to Saudi Arabia. Khashoggi’s fiancee Hatice Cengiz said she would appeal the court’s decision that came amid warnings from human rights groups. The 59-year-old [&hell...
