BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue has said that Western countries expect more understanding of the European Union’s proposal for normalizing ties between Serbia and Kosovo. Miroslav Lajcak’s remarks came after his meeting with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti in the Koso...
GENEVA (AA) – The collapse of the rule of law and judicial independence in Afghanistan is a human rights catastrophe, UN experts have warned. “Lawyers, judges, prosecutors, and other actors involved with the legal system in Afghanistan face grave risks to their safety, and those still practising must navigate a deeply challenging, ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine has welcomed a response by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to a request it made to issue an advisory opinion on the legality of the Israeli occupation and its impact on the Palestinian people. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said it received an official letter from the ICJ […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli army forces in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement said Tarik Odeh Maali, 41, was shot and killed by Israeli forces near the town of Kufr Nimeh, northwest of Ramallah. The Israeli army said a Palestinian […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – A senior Somali army commando was killed Friday and several wounded when al-Shabaab fighters launched an early morning attack on a military camp in central Somalia, said officials. The attack involved car bombs at a military base in the newly liberated Galcad town in Galmudug state that resulted in multiple casu...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – At least 50 women recently abducted in northern Burkina Faso have been found, local sources reported Friday. “The women abducted on the night of 12-13 January 2023 in Arbinda by terrorists have been found,” the National News Agency said, citing “reliable sources” without disclosing further ...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed held talks with the Taliban about women’s rights, a spokesperson said on Friday. UN’s top female diplomat Amina Mohammed, Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, and Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Political, Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least five Palestinians sustained injuries on Friday as Israeli forces opened fire to disperse anti-settlement rallies in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources. Sources told Anadolu that rallies took place in the villages of Kafr Qaddoum, Beit Dajan, and Beita in northern West Bank, and in Qalan...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A US military base in southeastern Syria came under attack from three drones on Friday, resulting in casulaties to some of the US’s partner forces. Two of the drones were shot down, but a third hit the al-Tanf Garrison, resulting in injuries to two members of the Syrian Free Army who required […]
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Demonstrators in Burkina Faso’s capital Friday demanded France’s ambassador leave the country and called for the closure of a French military base, an AFP journalist saw. Carrying placards with slogans such as “French army, get out”, several hundred people gathered in a central Ouagadoug...