KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Tensions are running high between Pakistani and Afghan border forces after Islamabad shut its southwestern border with Afghanistan for cross-border movement for an “indefinite period,” according to official sources. The Chaman border – also known as ‘Friendship Gate’ – which connects Pakistan...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkish authorities have claimed that the perpetrator of the deadly attack on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue took the orders to carry out the heinous act from the YPG/PKK Kurdish nationalist group in Syria. Footage from 1,200 surveillance cameras showed the perpetrator’s movements until she arrived at Taksim to leave the bomb and t...
ERBIL, Iraq / TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said that it had launched fresh aerial strikes against Kurdish armed groups in northern Iraq. State media quoted IRGC officials as saying that the “terrorist positions” in northern Iraq were targeted with missile and drone strikes early Monday. One person was killed ...
BALI, Indonesia (AA) – President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday met in Indonesia’s Bali on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit. “As leaders of two nations, we share responsibility, in my view, to show that China and the US can manage our differences, prevent competition from becoming anything ever nea...
Doha, Qatar (AFP): One week from kickoff, the World Cup trophy returned to Qatar on Sunday, teams and fans started arriving and safety barriers went up across Doha ahead of one of the most controversial football tournaments ever. The trophy which will be presented on December 18 returned from a world tour of 51 countries […]
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran’s judiciary on Sunday issued preliminary sentences to some of those arrested over recent protests in the country, with one of them receiving the death sentence. A person who had “set fire to a government building” was sentenced to death on charges of “disturbing public order and peace, assembly ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has condemned remarks by the leaders of Germany and France in support of the ongoing anti-government protests over the death of an Iranian woman in police custody. Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Sunday termed German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s remarks on protests in Iran as “interventionist and p...
ANKARA (AA) – Spain has extended the mandate of the Patriot missile defense system that was deployed in Türkiye’s southern Adana province in 2013 to contribute to the country’s air defense, according to Turkish security sources. The sources told Anadolu Agency that Spain has extended the mandate of the system and the duty per...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iraq has denied reports that President Abdul Latif Rashid had met with Israeli delegates during the UN climate summit COP27 in Egypt. Media reports suggested that Rashid had attended meetings with Israeli officials during the COP27 in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. Iraq and Israel have no diplomatic relations [...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has hailed a UN vote for allowing the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to look into the nature of Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. On Friday, the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted a Palestinian draft resolution to request a legal advisory opi...
