ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani Taliban’s decision to break a cease-fire with the government and resume attacks in the country should be a matter of concern for the Afghan Taliban, the interior minister said on Thursday. “TTP is enjoying all sorts of facilities in Afghanistan,” Rana Sanaullah said, referring to Tehreek-e-Taliban P...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese lawmakers on Thursday failed for the eighth time to elect a new president as the country’s political deadlock continues. The voting session was attended by 111 lawmakers of the 128-member parliament. Michel Moawad, a candidate backed by the Lebanese Forces party, got 37 votes, well short of the figure needed ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 40 al-Shabaab members were killed and several others wounded in a fresh operation in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region on Thursday, authorities said. The operation in the rural area of the Mahaday town was conducted by the Somali army, intelligence and security agency, and supported by the international ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli chief of General Staff has warned politicians of the country against intervening in military decisions. Aviv Kochavi’s statement was made in response to extremist politician Itamar Ben-Gvir’s criticism of the army punishing soldiers who took action against Israeli activists last week in Hebron, a city in the southe...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said that licenses and authorizations granted so far by the US to ease sanctions it imposed on Venezuela are “headed in the right direction” but are “not enough.” The easing of the oil embargo by the US government “undoubtedly goes in the right direction, althoug...
ISTANBUL (AA) – As Qatar makes history as the first Muslim country to host the FIFA World Cup, the language of Western media outlets about the tournament is being criticized as racist, Islamophobic, and orientalist. Western criticisms of Qatar are “not about human rights, and the inconsistency is very clear. It is the old orientali...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The president of Uzbekistan on Wednesday signed laws ratifying two key agreements with neighboring Kyrgyzstan on their mutual border and management of water resources in the Andijan (Kempir-Abad) reservoir. “Thanks to the political will of the heads of state, the mutual respect and good neighborly relations between ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijani military positions in the Shusha and Aghdam districts of the Karabakh region were attacked by members of an “Armenian armed detachment,” Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. “On Nov. 30, starting from 14:40 to 15:50, members of an illegal Armenian armed detachment in the territory of Azerbaijan … u...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The United Nations has warned that 6 million people in Afghanistan face emergency level of food insecurity amid shortage of sufficient humanitarian assistance due to lack of funding. “The economic shocks, which we are experiencing these days are the primary drivers for the humanitarian needs,” UN Deputy ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to resume work on several projects that have been stalled, including a four-nation energy corridor. The much-awaited agreement was reached during a meeting between acting Afghan Foreign Minister Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Pakistan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani...
