ANKARA (AA) – North Korea has warned of “sustained, resolute and overwhelming” military measures in response to joint drills by the US and South Korea. In a statement, the North Korean military confirmed carrying out a four-day military operation from November 2 to 5 in order to “demonstrate a thoroughgoing and resolute will ...
NICE, France (AA) – The French government is under fire from both sides of the political spectrum over a contentious proposed law on immigration. A draft of the law was unveiled this week and the bill will be up for parliamentary debate next year. It has already stirred up a political storm in France, with […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday held a phone conversation with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to discuss financial assistance to Ukraine, the grain deal and strengthening sanctions against Iran. “Discussed macro-financial aid to Ukraine for the current year & 2023 with President of the ...
Alty, Sudan (AFP): One of the longest rivers in the world which has been a source of life for one of the world’s earliest civilizations is disappearing. The clock is fast ticking on the Nile. Climate change, pollution and exploitation by man are putting existential pressure on the world’s second longest river, on which half [&helli...
Karachi, Pakistan (AFP): The assassination attempt on former prime minister Imran Khan and his accusation it was a plot involving a senior intelligence officer have pushed Pakistan into a “dangerous phase”, analysts say. Khan escaped with bullet wounds to his legs from an assassination attempt Thursday as he led supporters on a hig...
Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP): Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan left hospital on Sunday, a senior aide said, three days after being shot in the legs in a failed assassination attempt. The shooting and Khan’s accusation that his successor Shehbaz Sharif was involved have significantly raised the political temperature in a country tha...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – A main opposition bloc has called for the formation of a national salvation government to address Tunisia’s economic and social problems. In a statement on Sunday, the National Salvation Front accused the government of failing to provide basic commodities to the citizens. “The coup regime does not have any economic policy...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The head of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Military Council, Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, has warned loyalists of former President Omar al-Bashir against interfering in the army’s affairs. “The military institution does not support any faction or party,” Al-Burhan said in a speech aired by state television. “Stay away from the...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A three-day conference discussing “Our vision for liberation in Palestine” began Saturday in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul. Palestine is a “fundamental problem in the world,” said Hasan Turan, a lawmaker and chairman of the Palestine Committee at the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye. “The occupier, Israel, is every...
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – Six civilians were killed and 75 others injured when Syrian regime forces shelled a refugee camp in northeastern Syria, according to civil defense sources on Sunday. The sources with the White Helmets civil defense agency said regime forces attacked the Maram refugee camp north of Idlib with cluster bombs. The injured [&hel...
