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DEAD SEA, Jordan (AA) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday called on Iraq and its neighbors to overcome divisions to ensure regional security. Macron’s remarks came during the opening session of the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership held in Jordan. Iraq is “one of the victims of regional instability,̶...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel decided on Wednesday to withhold the body of a Palestinian detainee who died while in custody a day earlier. Naser Abu Hamid, 50, died at the Israeli Assaf Harofeh Hospital on Tuesday, with Palestinians saying medical negligence caused his death. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz decided not to release Abu Hamid’s [&...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has reaffirmed Tehran’s support for the new government in Iraq, linking regional peace and security with stability in Iran. Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks on Tuesday at the Baghdad II Conference held in Jordan, which follows the August 2021 summit in the Iraqi capit...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – Azerbaijan and Armenia traded barbs at the United Nations on Tuesday over a corridor Armenia has been using to access the Karabakh region. Azerbaijan’s UN Ambassador Yashar Aliyev accused Armenia of exploiting the UN Security Council for ”manipulation, distortion and falsification” at the meeting c...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US sharply rebuked the Taliban on Tuesday for expanding restrictions on women’s education, most recently banning women from university study indefinitely. “The United States condemns in the strongest terms the Taliban’s indefensible decision to ban women from universities, to keep secondary schools...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN’s special representative in Afghanistan said Tuesday that the Taliban reject the need for any sort of intra-Afghan dialogue to form an inclusive government. Roza Otunbayeva told the UN Security Council that the country’s de facto authority considers their government ”sufficiently representative.&#...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Due to Europe’s perception of the Muslim Balkan country, Bosnia and Herzegovina is unlikely to become a member of the European Union anytime soon, according to Admir Lisica, a political researcher on the region. “I honestly believe that Bosnia and Herzegovina will not become a member of the European Union for [&he...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistani security forces on Tuesday killed “all” suspected militants who took control of a counter-terrorism facility and held several personnel hostages for three days in the country’s northwest province, officials and local media reported. “At 12:30 p.m. (local time) the SSG (special services group...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has called for pressure on Iran to strike a new and “improved” nuclear agreement. “The nuclear threat cannot fall from the global agenda. The time has come to place serious pressure on the Iranians in order to achieve a new and improved agreement,” Gantz said in [&helli...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has announced his full responsibility for the events of the 1989 coup d’état that brought him and 27 of his aides to power. “I bear full responsibility for the events of the June 1989,” al-Bashir said during a trial session aired by state television. The former [...
