5 newborn babies freeze to death in Gaza
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A high-profile delegation from the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) visited Rohingya camps in the southeastern coastal district of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh on Tuesday to learn more about the situation of the Muslim minority that was forced to flee their native Myanmar due to military persecuti...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian prisoner in Israel has died because of lack of treatment, according to Palestinian authorities. In a statement, the Commission of Detainees Affairs said Nasser Abu Hamid, 50, breathed his last at the Israeli Assaf Harofeh Hospital. The commission said the Israeli policy of medical negligence by prison a...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Two Syrian regime soldiers were wounded in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the vicinity of the capital Damascus on Tuesday, reported Syrian regime news agency SANA. The agency quoted an unnamed military source as saying: “At about 00:30 local time around dawn, Tuesday, Israeli forces carried out air aggression wi...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The World Bank on Tuesday approved $1.692 billion in financing for the rebuilding of the flood-hit areas of southern Pakistan. “World Bank’s Executive Board today approved $1.692 billion in financing for five projects to support people living in flood-affected areas of Sindh Province in Pakistan,” an ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Militants launched fresh attacks on security forces on Tuesday, amid talks between the Pakistani government and militants who have been holding several personnel inside a counter-terrorism facility in the country’s northwest province for the past three days, officials and local media reported. A group of militant...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany on Monday called on Iran to show “political will” to resolve the standoff over a nuclear probe following the visit of a UN nuclear watchdog delegation to Tehran as part of its inquiry into undeclared uranium particles found in Iran. “Iran must now come up with technically plausible answers, which now […]
Baabda, Lebanon — AFP Nour is raising her four-month-old daughter in Lebanon’s most overpopulated women’s prison, struggling to get formula and nappies for her baby as the country’s economy lies in tatters. “I don’t have enough milk to breastfeed, and baby formula isn’t readily available,” said t...
ISTANBUL (AA) – In its first sitting, the Malaysian parliament has elected a new speaker. Johari Abdul was elected the new speaker of the parliament, locally known as Dewan Rakyat, replacing Azhar Azizan Harun. Johari’s name was proposed by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim which was supported by deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Besides ad...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Strongly opposing what it called “military buildup” by Japan, China has said that Tokyo has no justification for “creating hype on the so-called China threat.” “Japan’s new defense policy documents disregard facts, deviate from its commitments on relations with China and the common understandings between the two countries, and ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russia and China will conduct a joint naval exercise, dubbed Naval Interaction-2022, in the East China Sea from December 21-27, the Russian Defense Ministry has said. “The main goal of the exercise is to strengthen naval cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China and maintain peace...
