KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The US ambassador to Sudan has warned of consequences if the northeast African country allows the establishment of a Russian military base on the Red Sea coast. In an interview with the Tayyar newspaper, John Godfrey said “there are some reports that Russia is trying to implement the agreement it signed [&hel...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Several human rights groups have called for ending Israel’s apartheid regime in the Palestinian territories. In a press conference held in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, the rights groups termed last month’s Israeli raids on Palestinian NGOs “an attempt to further silence the Palestinians.” The NG...
BAGHDAD (AA) – The US military said Wednesday it had shot down an Iranian drone in northern Iraq. “At approximately 2:10 PM local time, US forces brought down an Iranian Mojer-6 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle headed in the direction of Erbil as it appeared as a threat to CENTCOM forces in the area,” US Central Command […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Scores were injured Wednesday in clashes between Iraqi security forces and protesters in the capital Baghdad, according to local authorities. In a statement, the Cabinet’s Security Media Cell said 122 soldiers and 11 protesters were hurt in the violence. The statement called on all Iraqis “to abide by the directives of the...
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (AFP): France has offered its “full” support to the Ivory Coast in its bitter spat with Mali over 46 Ivorian soldiers who have been detained since July. The arrest of 49 soldiers (three women in the group were later released) after their arrival at Bamako airport on July 10 sparked a diplomatic […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The European Union delegation to the Palestinians on Wednesday termed the situation in the West Bank “very fragile”. Four Palestinians were killed and dozens injured by Israeli army fire on Wednesday in clashes in the West Bank city of Jenin following an Israeli military raid in the area, according to the Health […]...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians staged a rally in Gaza City on Wednesday to protest Israeli settler intrusions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem. “We reject all Israeli raids and measures in Al-Aqsa Mosque,” Ahmad Hamad, a spokesman of Hamas’ student wing, which organized the rally, told Anadolu Agency. Tensio...
NEW DELHI (AA) – The Indian government has declared the Popular Front of India (PFI) an “unlawful association” with immediate effect for five years, according to a gazette notification issued Wednesday. The action against the Muslim organization under a stringent terror law comes after police carried out raids in several stat...
ANKARA (AA) – Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched attacks on the Kurdish region of northern Iraq targeting armed rebel groups, Iranian state media reported Wednesday. The headquarters of the Komala Party, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (IKDP) and the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) were hit with miss...
TBILISI, Georgia (AA) – Over 78,000 Russian nationals have entered Georgia in the past 10 days, Georgian authorities said on Tuesday after Moscow called up reservists in the country to fight in Ukraine. While nearly 78,800 Russian citizens have entered the South Caucasian country in that period, over 62,000 have returned to their country...
