TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The death of a 22-year-old Iranian woman in police custody has drawn reactions from different segments of Iranian society. And footballers are no exception. The death of Mahsa Amini, which is still under investigation, has sparked angry protests across Iran in the past two weeks, now extending to the football field [&hellip...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – French Ambassador to Morocco Helen Le Gall said Thursday she was ending her tenure in the North African nation. The diplomat said her 3-year tenure in Morocco was full of “fruitful cooperation and rich meetings.” The envoy’s departure comes amid ongoing tension between Rabat and Paris, fueled by the tightening of [&hellip...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Shots were heard early Friday around Burkina Faso’s presidential palace and the headquarters of its military junta, which seized power in a coup last January, witnesses told AFP. Several main roads in the capital Ouagadougou were blocked by troops and state television was cut, broadcasting a blank screen ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A 7-year-old Palestinian child died Thursday while being chased by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement said Rayyan Suleiman, from the town of Tuqu near Bethlehem city, had fallen from a height while running away from Israeli soldiers. He was pronounced dead...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Suspected separatist rebels killed five soldiers and a civilian in an attack in Nigeria, police said on Thursday. Rebels from the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) carried out the attack near Umunze, a town in Nigeria’s southeastern state of Anambra, late on Wednesday, according to a police spokesman. The official ...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq has summoned the Iranian ambassador in Baghdad to lodge protest against drone and artillery strikes in the country’s northern Kurdish region. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed al-Sahhaf said the envoy was handed a strongly-worded note of protest against the ongoing attacks in the Kurdish region. Earlier, on Wednesday, the mi...
ANKARA (AA) – Iran has summoned the French charge d’affaires in Tehran over Paris’ hardline and offensive stance on ongoing protests over the death of an Iranian woman in police custody. A Foreign Ministry statement said the envoy was summoned in the absence of the French ambassador, whose term ended, to protest French statements regardi...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel is expected to receive a US final draft for a maritime border deal with Lebanon within a few days, according to the Israeli media. Public broadcaster KAN said Israel’s security cabinet will convene next week to discuss the draft. According to the channel, US mediator Amos Hochstein may meet with the […]
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said Wednesday that one of its soldiers was wounded when the Armenian military opened fire on Azerbaijani positions in the western Kalbajar border region. It said in a statement that Azerbaijan’s military positions in the direction of the southwestern part of the Kalbajar pro...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Eighteen candidates vying for Nigeria’s presidency started on Wednesday their nationwide campaigns ahead of next year’s general elections. “Presidential campaigns start on 28th September 2022,” Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revealed in its timetable. Nigerians...
