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TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives has said that they have submitted a proposal to the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to form a new, single government instead of opting for a dual government system. “There is still an opportunity to form a new government. A proposal has […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has warned that the European Parliament’s push to classify the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization is an attack on the country’s national security. Speaking at a weekly press conference in Tehran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said any hostile act against the ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The African Union chair has added his voice in condemnation of the incident of setting fire to Quran in the Swedish capital Stockholm. Rasmus Paludan, the leader of the Stram Kurs (Hard Line) Party, under the protection of state police, conducted the offensive act outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm on [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA) – US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, said Sunday he received assurances that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will preserve the status quo at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque complex. Nides said he was not “supportive” of the visit by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Jan. 3 to the Al-Aqsa complex. The v...
STOCKHOLM (AA) – Sweden has criticized the burning of a copy of the Quran by a Swedish-Danish right-wing extremist in Stockholm, but defended its decision to allow the planned act to go ahead. In a Twitter post on late Saturday, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said: “Freedom of expression is a fundamental part of democracy. But [&he...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – The Lebanese army declared a state of alert on Sunday as Israeli forces approached a “technical fence” that separates Lebanon from Israel. Lebanon’s state-owned National News Agency said Israeli bulldozers and a military force moved towards the fence near the Hounin Valley in southern Lebanon. The move came amid tension ...
NEW DELHI (AA) – The Indian government has blocked all social media content related to the first episode of the BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question.” The documentary pertains to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership as chief minister of western Gujarat state during the 2002 riots that killed close to 2000 people, m...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli police briefly rearrested freed Palestinian prisoner Maher Younis, local media reported on Sunday. Israeli public broadcaster KAN said Younis, 64, was taken into custody for questioning after he wrote posts on social media viewed by the police as encouraging “acts of terror.” He was later released, the broa...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan and Afghanistan on Sunday added their voices to the growing condemnation of a far-right politician in Sweden for desecrating the Quran, calling on Stockholm to take action and prevent such provocative acts in the future. “No words are enough to adequately condemn the abhorrable [sic] act of desecration o...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan and Russia have agreed to complete an oil and gas export process by end of March with Islamabad paying in “currencies of friendly countries” instead of US dollars. Russian Energy Minister Nikolay Shulginov said the two countries also agreed to explore additional avenues of cooperation. “We have discu...
