ISTANBUL (AA) – A Ukrainian rocket strike killed at least 63 Russian soldiers at a Russian deployment area in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Monday. The rockets were launched from six US-made Himars systems, targeting a temporary deployment area near the city of Makiivka in the Moscow-controlled part of Donetsk region...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Amid warnings of unrest, Israel’s new national security minister has postponed his controversial visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in East Jerusalem, Israeli media reported late Monday. According to Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, Itamar Ben-Gvir postponed the visit to Al-Aqsa planned for this week after a phone call with Be...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – The new coalition in Denmark has unveiled a working agreement which includes measures on the future status of foreign residents in the country, including Syrian refugees. The coalition was formed after the last elections gave a narrow majority to the Social Democratic party of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti has called for an increased presence of NATO peacekeeping personnel in his country. Kurti said “a massive bolstering of NATO troops and military equipment” in his country “would improve security and peace” not only in Kosovo but in the entire West-Balkan re...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli intelligence service summoned the Imam (prayer leader) of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday for interrogation. A family member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Israeli forces raided Sheikh Ekrema Sabri’s home in al-Suwaneh neighborhood in East Jerusalem. “He was summoned for questi...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir plans to tour the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem this week, according to the Israeli media. Israeli public broadcaster KAN said Ben-Gvir’s office had notified the police of the minister’s plans to visit the flashpoint site on Tuesday or Wednesday. The outle...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Crowds flocked to a football kit store in Riyadh to buy Cristiano Ronaldo’s new club jersey after the five-time Ballon d’Or winner penned a two-year contract with Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr. Abdulmohsen al-Ayyban, 41, and his nine-year old son, Nayef, were among those queueing at Al Nassr club’s...
LONDON (AA) – Germany took the lead of NATO’s highest-readiness military force from France on Sunday. NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) was formed in 2014 at the core of a strengthened NATO Response Force after Russia’s annexation of Crimea and crises in the Middle East, placing thousands of troops on standby and [...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Sunday met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Brazil and discussed the situation in Syria. “We discussed the situation in Syria and NATO enlargement,” Cavusoglu said on Twitter. Cavusoglu also conveyed the best wishes of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Er...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian authorities have arrested a group of current and former players at a mixed-gender party on the outskirts of Tehran. The footballers associated with a prominent club from the Iranian capital were arrested on Saturday night during a mixed-gender party in the city of Damavand, 70 kilometers (43.5 mile) northeast of [&h...
