TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s judiciary has issued death sentences against five people allegedly involved in last month’s killing of a Basij paramilitary member following a high-profile televised trial. The verdict takes the total number of death sentences to 11 since the outbreak of countrywide protests in September over the death of 22-year-old...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Many shops were closed in major Iranian cities, including the capital Tehran, on Monday amid a nationwide strike. The strike came in response to a three-day shutdown call given by an anonymous group. The country has been rocked by sweeping protests triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel started on Monday demolishing a commercial border crossing with the Gaza Strip to build a barrier along the border with the Palestinian territory. Israeli forces began to bulldoze al-Mentar (Karni) crossing east of Gaza, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter at the site. The cargo terminal was first opened ...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s ruling military council and political forces on Monday signed a framework agreement meant to resolve the country’s months-long crisis. The deal was signed by army chief Gen. Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan, the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and a number of rebel movemen...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The bodies of 13 Rohingya were found Monday on the roadside of a village in Myanmar, a rights group said. The bodies were recovered from Tabinshwehti Road in Barlar village in Yangon Region’s Hlegu Township and sent to a local hospital, said Nay San Lwin, coordinator of Free Rohingya Coalition, in […]
ANKARA (AA) – UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed paid an official visit to Qatar to strengthen bilateral relations between the two Gulf nations which have not been on very amicable terms. According to the UAE state agency WAM, the visit followed an invitation from Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. It is the [&hellip...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Australia is reportedly holding discussions to “compensate” victim families for its war crimes in Afghanistan. In this regard, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has “received a number of briefings from officials about compensation.” Paying compensation to the Afghan victim families was one of the recommendations o...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Monday for yet another official visit. Herzog was welcomed at the airport by Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. On Sunday, the Israeli president had visited Bahrain — his first state visit to ...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye coordinates with its allies but does not seek anyone’s permission for its security operations in Syria, according to the Turkish presidential spokesperson. “We don’t ask for permission, we just coordinate with our allies when we face a national security threat,” Ibrahim Kalin said in an interview aired by Qatari broadcast...
ROMA (AA) – Clashes broke out Sunday in Italy after far-right and left-wing activists held separate rallies against the Russia-Ukraine war. A group of about 300 far-right and pro-Russia activists gathered in Piazzale Cadorna in the center of Milan to protest against the sending of weapons to Ukraine and the expansion of anti-Russian sanctions....
