TEHRAN (AA) – A top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader and former foreign minister has emphasized the need to restore diplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia. In an interview, Ali Akbar Velayati said Iran and Saudi Arabia are “neighbors” and must “co-exist with each other.” The former top Iranian diplomat, who is an adviser on international [&he...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – Russia’s deputy UN ambassador has said that he is not ”optimistic” about the renewal of a deal brokered by Türkiye and the UN that allows Ukrainian grain and fertilizer exports. ”It depends what we get from this deal. So far, we’ve gotten very little,” Dmitry Polyanskiy told Anadolu Age...
Johi, Pakistan (AA) Slumped on a chair at his utility store in the main Johi bazaar, Nasarullah Jamali recalled the day (August 28) when some residents opted for evacuation but a majority rushed towards the dyke to try to stop floodwater. The gushing floodwaters struck the dyke on September 1. “Only 30% of the residents […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has met with representatives of Palestinian factions, including Hamas group, in Damascus. “We are restoring our relations with Syria with the consensus of our leadership,” senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya told a press conference. “We have overcome the past,” he said, t...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has said that Tel Aviv’s goal is to separate from the Palestinians. “I think, and have always thought, that we need to separate ourselves from the Palestinians,” Lapid said in an interview with Israel’s Arabic language news outlets on Wednesday. About his speech at the UN last [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have sought to improve their domestic militaries with the aid of hundreds of former US military veterans, including generals and admirals, according to a pair of recently published reports. The UAE, in particular, was described as “the hottest overseas job market for...
ANKARA (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has welcomed the decision by the Australian government to end its recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. In a statement, the Jeddah-based grouping hailed Australia’s “commitment to the two-state solution,” adding that the Australian move “aligns wit...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The Bangladesh police arrested four people on Tuesday on charges of killing two Rohingya leaders in a refugee camp. The Armed Police Battalion (APBN) said in a statement that the four people arrested are also Rohingya refugees, but from different camps in the southern district of Cox’s Bazaar. Bangladesh is currently [...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – The Lebanese army has claimed that an Israeli gunboat had violated the country’s territorial waters, the second such incident this week. A military statement said the incident took place in an area in the Mediterranean Sea opposite to Ras al-Naqoura. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli authorities on the [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s presidential spokesperson and the US national security adviser discussed bilateral issues and global developments, including the Ukraine war, in a phone call on Monday. Ibrahim Kalin and Jake Sullivan exchanged views on bilateral political and economic matters, defense and energy cooperation, developments in the Aegean ...
