ISTANBUL (AA) – The latest changes in Iraq’s election law have caused tension in the country, especially among Iraqi Turkmens, who are losing seats in the Kirkuk region. Turkmens have demanded that the changes be reviewed, citing the country’s demographic structure as the cause behind their losing seats in Turkmen areas in th...
KABUL (AA) – At least three armed assailants were killed in an hour-long security operation after they stormed a hotel in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Monday, officials and local media reported. “The security operation has been culminated with the killing of all the three attackers,” Deputy Information Minister Zabihu...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi, held talks on Sunday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, with US Ambassador Steven Fagin to discuss Houthi rebel attacks on oil ports in the war-torn country. The discussions took up bilateral relations and the impact of the rebel attacks on living conditions in [&...
KABUL (AA) – A gun and bomb attack was carried out on a hotel in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, where Chinese nationals were also staying. According to eyewitnesses, the attack was carried out on a Chinese hotel in the Nev region of the city. It was learned that the attackers entered the hotel and started shooting […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces shot dead a teenage Palestinian girl in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, authorities said on Monday. Jana Majdi Issam Zakarna, 16, was on the roof of her home when she was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Sources told Anadolu […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Two ISIS members were killed in a US helicopter raid conducted in eastern Syria on Sunday, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. Anas, an ISIS official involved in the group’s plotting and facilitation operations in eastern Syria, is one of the officials killed, the CENTCOM said in a statement. Initial assessments indica...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Brahim Taha, along with a delegation, visited parts of Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Sunday. Türkiye’s Permanent Representative to the OIC, Mehmet Metin Eker, together with his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, and Niger,...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Seven lawmakers of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) submitted their resignations to the parliament speaker on Sunday, demanding fresh elections under a neutral government and dissolution of the existing parliament. “We tendered our resignations to the speaker in line with the party’s decision. It is a ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – One dozen rights watchdogs across the world expressed concerns Friday about “gross human rights violations” in Bangladesh. The violations, “including cases of enforced disappearance, extrajudicial killings, and torture continue to occur,” according to a statement ahead of International Human Rights Day 2022...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China’s President Xi Jinping met with Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane on Friday in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh and hailed fruitful cooperation between the two nations. Xi noted that China and Algeria enjoy traditional friendship and that their practical cooperation has yielded fruitful results, accordin...
