JERUSALEM (AA) – Benjamin Netanyahu-led bloc got 65 seats as 97% of votes were counted in Israel’s legislative elections, preliminary results showed on Wednesday. The results cited by The Times of Israel newspaper showed that Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud Party won 31 seats in the 120-seat Knesset (Israel’s parliament). The far-right Religious ...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye has rebuffed claim made by Greece that a Turkish offshore vessel displayed weapons and obstructed search and rescue operations by entering the Greek area of responsibility and territorial waters in the Aegean Sea. On Oct. 31, a boat was assigned to carry out search and rescue operations in the south of […]
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – The League of Arab States Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit has called for ending the “crisis” in Syria. “The developments in Syria still require a pioneering Arab effort,” Aboul Gheit said during the 31st Arab Summit on Tuesday. “It is necessary to show flexibility from all parties so th...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has issued orders to the military to destroy any enemy drones in the country’s airspace after unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were spotted over areas bordering Kosovo, according to local media. Speaking to Radio Television of Serbia, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic confirmed that some...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Canada plans to add 500,000 immigrants in 2025 to ensure the economic prosperity of the country, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Tuesday. That is on top of the 465,000 immigrants Canada expects to welcome next year and up from the 400,000 that arrived last year. Fraser said the numbers are necessary […...
Ouallam, Niger (AFP): Hundreds of schoolchildren have begun attending school in the town of Ouallam in southwestern Niger, a region that for five years was plagued by attacks unleashed by the ISIS and groups linked with Al-Qaeda. The pupils come from 18 villages near Mali whose inhabitants fled to the relative safety of Ouallam in […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Developing ties between Moscow and Arab countries is in the interest of all sides, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. “The world is witnessing serious political and economic change. The formation of a multipolar system of international relations is gaining momentum, which is based on the rules of equality, jus...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has said that Tehran is “sensitive” to developments in the Caucasus region, describing peace and security in the region as important for his country. Raisi made the remarks at a joint press conference with visiting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Tehran following t...
Algiers, Algeria (AFP): Algeria’s president called Tuesday for Arab unity to face escalating “tensions and crises” as he opened the first Arab League summit since a string of normalisation deals with Israel divided the region. Abdelmadjid Tebboune told the meeting’s inaugural session that “our central and primary ...
Jerusalem, Undefined (AFP): The party of Israel’s hawkish ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu was set to come first in Tuesday’s vote, initial projections indicated, but there was no guarantee the right-wing veteran could form a government. Exit polls showed Netanyahu, Israel’s longest serving premier, could clinch a narrow majorit...
