NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – Somalia’s military said it repulsed an al-Shabaab attack on a military base on Wednesday morning, killing at least 20 terrorists and injuring dozens more. The group tried to storm a base in Yasooman, an area in the central Hiran region, around dawn, the military said in a statement. The attack was […]
N’Djamena, Chad (AFP): Chad’s ruler Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has said that a “government of national union” would be created in the coming days to steer the course toward new elections following a forum on the country’s future. The government “will put its heart and soul into ensuring that the will of the Ch...
Paris, France (AFP): Iranian protesters remain defiant with students staging sit-ins and some industrial workers going on strike despite restrictions by the government. Videos posted on social media indicated that protests flared at various points in the capital and other cities over recent days, with women burning headscarves and shouting slo...
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AA) – After some days of calm, a heavy gun battle between the Myanmar army and the country’s rebel force “Arakan Army” has again started along the border with neighboring Bangladesh. “There was heavy firing throughout the night and we could not sleep at all in fear,” Mohammad Azizul Haq Rana, a ...
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AA) – A global human rights watchdog has accused Bangladeshi authorities of launching crackdowns on opposition political parties. In a statement, Human Rights Watch said: “Opposition groups are reporting an escalation of repression by Bangladesh authorities and attacks by the ruling party (Awami League) supporter...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A video showing Muslim men tied to poles and being beaten by the state police in the western Indian state of Gujarat has emerged. The victims were targeted for allegedly throwing stones at a Hindu religious event last week. Indian Muslims have increasingly been subjected to systematic police violence, lynching by radical [&hell...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has started to test the pumping of gas from the disputed Karish gas field amid tension with Lebanon, according to local media. Israeli Channel 12 reported that Israel’s security establishment has given the US gas drilling company Energean the green light to start its tests. Public broadcaster KAN said full pumping [&hel...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AA) – Kyrgyzstan canceled the military drill of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the country’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday. Kyrgyzstan decided to call off the “Indestructible Brotherhood-2022” military drill of the CSTO military alliance that was scheduled to be held on its territory from...
ANKARA (AA) – The United Nations has said at least 100 Palestinians have been killed by Israel in the occupied West Bank this year. “I am alarmed by the deteriorating security situation, including the rise in armed clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem,” Special...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s Ennahda movement has renewed its call for rallying efforts to confront what it calls “coup” in the North African country. “The existing authority headed by [President] Kais Saied is responsible for spoiling political life and turning the economic crisis into a catastrophe that threatens the people’s ...
