TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s armed forces downed hostile simulated drones on Sunday during large-scale military drills organised from the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz to the northern part of the Indian Ocean. During the drills, condemned Zolfaghar 1401, Iran’s indigenously-developed Mersad air defense system was used to detec...
ANKARA (AA) – With Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again at the country’s helm, Israel’s 37th government is being called the most right-wing administration in its history. The important ministerial posts that were fully finalized immediately before his swearing-in are mainly filled by right-lea...
Tripoli, Lebanon (AFP): Two migrants died and another 200 were rescued when their boat sank off Lebanon’s northern coast, from where increasing numbers make the risky journey to flee a collapsed economy. An AFP correspondent in the impoverished port city of Tripoli said men, women and children — mostly refugees from Syria but also ...
SANAA, YEMEN (AA) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels have said they are seeking a permanent cease-fire in the war-torn Arab country. “We are working to get to a clear stage in Yemen where we can reach a truce or a permanent cease-fire,” rebel spokesman Mohammed Abdul-Salam told the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV. He said his group has […]
NEW DELHI (AA) – India and Pakistan have exchanged lists of nuclear facilities as well as civilian prisoners and fishermen in their custody, Indian authorities said on Sunday. According to the Indian External Affairs Ministry, New Delhi and Islamabad switched the list of nuclear installations and facilities under the Agreement on the Prohibiti...
Paris, France (AFP): Iran’s security forces fired on a crowd in the Kurdish-populated west on Saturday, killing a 22-year-old, a rights group said, more than 100 days after the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini sparked nationwide protests. The Islamic republic has been rocked by demonstrations since Amini died in custody on September 16...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – “2023 should be Rohingya Home Year,” read a placard held up by a refugee boy as nearly 1,000 Rohingya people in a refugee camp in the southern border district of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh on Saturday held a rally, demanding a peaceful and dignified return to Rakhine State of their home […]
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Syria’s Kurds could soon face a tripartite ultimatum to cede territory, analysts predict, as Syrian, Turkish and Russian defence ministers met this week in Moscow — the first such talks since Syria’s war began in 2011. Russia has long backed the regime in Damascus, while Turkiye supports Syrian rebel gr...
Naypyidaw, Myanmar (AFP): Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another seven years in jail as her long series of trials ended on Friday, with the Nobel laureate now facing more than three decades behind bars. A prisoner of the military since a coup last year, Suu Kyi, 77, has been convicted on […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s main opposition political party and some of its allies on Friday held simultaneous demonstrations in the capital Dhaka from different venues, to press home the 10-point demands, including the formation of an election-time neutral government and stepping down of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The main opposi...
