GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian group Hamas said on Saturday that one of its members had died in an underground tunnel in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, Hamas’ armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said Shaker Dabbour, 29, from the city of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, was injured while working in a cross-border […]
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s Foreign Ministry summoned Iran’s ambassador to protest against the ongoing security clampdown in the country, an official announced Friday. “I can confirm at this point that both our ambassador in Tehran and the Iranian ambassador here in Berlin were invited for talks in the respective foreign ministri...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The Myanmar army has pledged to maintain peace and security at the border with Bangladesh. The assurance was given by a Myanmar army delegation at a meeting with Bangladesh Army Chief Gen SM Shafiuddin Ahmed at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka, according to a statement issued late Thursday night by the […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The US has announced an additional $30 million in aid for the victims of recent floods that displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Pakistan. The aid was announced by US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome during his visit to flood-hit areas in southern Sindh province, the hardest-hit region, the Prime [&hel...
NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces killed two Palestinians and wounded two others in the northern West Bank on Friday. Official Palestine TV stated: “Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces at the Huwwara checkpoint near Nablus, while two others were wounded.” Those who died were identified as Ramzi Zubarah and Im...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran summoned Germany’s ambassador Thursday over “meddlesome” remarks by a number of German officials concerning the ongoing unrest in the country. In his meeting with Hans-Udo Muzel, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani said the stance taken by German officials including Foreign Minister Annal...
ANKARA (AA) – North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the East Sea, South Korea’s military said Friday. Pyongyang launched an “unspecified” ballistic missile at a time when South Korea is set to conclude its annual 12-day Hoguk field training exercise, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff....
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Two members of Iran’s Basij paramilitary militia were killed in the northern province of Mazandaran, local media reported Thursday. The members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) force were shot in a “terror operation” in the city of Amul, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported, cit...
ANKARA (AA) – Iraq formed its new government after almost 13 months, local media reports said on Thursday. Iraqi lawmakers met to decide on the new government of the country and the government was formed as the parliament gave a confidence vote to the Cabinet led by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. Earlier this month, Mohammed Shia […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Two more Rohingya men were shot dead inside a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, early Thursday just a day after a Rohingya activist was gunned down in the camp. A group of armed and masked men barged into refugee camp-17 and opened fire at Rohingya men, killing one of them […]
