NEW DELHI (AA) – India has condemned the visit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretary general to Pakistan-administered ‘Azad Kashmir’ as well as his comments on Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) during his visit to Pakistan. OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha, along with a delegation, had visite...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has announced fresh sanctions on dozens of European Union and British officials and entities, accusing them of “deliberate actions in supporting terrorism”. In a statement, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said it was designating 23 individuals and 9 entities, including prominent lawmakers and military figures. “Due to the...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The European Union has called on Yemen’s Houthi rebels to engage constructively with UN efforts to address the crisis in the war-torn country. “The EU urges the Houthis to abandon maximalist positions and engage constructively with the UNSE (United Nations Special Envoy),” the EU Council said in a statement publ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A nationwide protest erupted in Bangladesh following the arrest of a major religiopolitical party leader in the capital Dhaka early Tuesday. “Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Ameer (chief) Dr. Shafiqur Rahman was arrested from his residence at around 1 am on 13th December. We are vehemently condemning and protesting his ar...
Rabat, Morocco (AFP): Morocco’s national airline is operating 30 extra return flights to jet euphoric fans to Qatar for Wednesday’s historic World Cup semi-final against France. “In order to allow the many Moroccans wanting to support the national team at its peak and experience the emotion of the World Cup semi-final, Royal ...
NEW DELHI (AA) – Troops from India and China clashed last week along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto border between the two countries in India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, officials said Monday. An official statement issued by a defense spokesman Monday evening said that on Dec. 9 in the Tawang […]
LUSAKA, Zambia (AA) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday that it was alarmed after the bodies of 27 migrants believed to be Ethiopians were found abandoned over the weekend in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka. “This tragedy comes less than two months after the bodies of 30 Ethiopian migrants were discovered in a...
ANKARA (AA) – Greece never misses a chance to raise tensions in the Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, Turkiye’s national defense minister said on Monday. On Athens’ recent military drills and violation of the demilitarized status of Aegean islands, Husuli Akar said: “Greece is making every attempt to increase the te...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Officials from Türkiye and Norway last week met Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Muse Bihi Abdi, the leader of the unrecognized breakaway region of Somaliland. The Somali leader told Turkish Special envoy Aykut Kumbaroglu and Norwegian envoy Heidi Johansen that he is determined to resume talks with So...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijani ecologists representing NGOs have protested against the illegal exploitation of natural resources in the region where a Russian peacekeeping contingent is stationed. The protests were held on the Lachin-Shusha road, where activists set up tents and refused to leave until they were permitted to enter the region...
