Paris, France (AFP): More than 75 people have died in Iran’s crackdown on 11 nights of unrest sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a rights group said, as Western nations pile pressure on the Islamic republic to end the violence. The semi-official Fars news agency reported Tuesday that “around 60” people have been killed, [&h...
RAQQA, Syria (AA) – Syrian regime forces detained a number of Palestinians who survived last week’s sinking of a migrant boat off Syria’s coast, a London-based NGO has said. A boat carrying nearly 170 Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian migrants, sank off the coast of Tartus last week after setting off from Lebanon. At least 94 […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi on Tuesday discussed with UN envoy Hans Grundberg efforts to maintain a UN-brokered truce in Yemen, according to the official Omani News Agency. During their meeting in the Omani capital Muscat, the officials “exchanged views on endeavors and efforts made to secure the continua...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Pakistan on Tuesday accused Armenia of committing large-scale provocations at the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border and planting landmines in the liberated territories. Speaking at a news conference to commemorate the second anniversary of the “Patriotic War” in the Karabakh region, Ambassador Khazar...
BISHKEK (AA) – Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have signed a joint protocol on demarcation of their border. Kyrgyz and Uzbek delegations met in Bishkek on Monday, after which Kamchybek Tashiev, head of the State Committee for National Security, and Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov signed the joint protocol. According to a statement by the Ky...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN chief has urged nations to put an end to the era of nuclear blackmail as the global body marked International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s call came after the war in Ukraine has raised concerns of a nuclear conflict, with Russian President Vladim...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s foreign minister has urged sanctions against Iran for the use of violence to quell protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for not wearing hijab properly. Annalena Baerbock told German news agency DPA on Monday that attempts to suppress peaceful protests wi...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has appealed to fellow NATO allies Greece and Türkiye to “work together” to ensure regional peace and security after Ankara said Athens breached international law. “Now’s not the time for statements or any actions that could raise tensions between NATO allies,” State Department spoke...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India’s investigating agencies on Tuesday conducted several raids in the capital New Delhi and other parts of the country, detaining dozens of people associated with the Popular Front of India (PFI), a Muslim organization, over alleged terror links, police said. Today’s raids have come days after India’s Nati...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The death toll from floods in Pakistan has risen to 1638 with deaths of 42 more people across the country. Since mid-June, 12,865 have also been wounded in weather-related accidents, according to the country’s National Disaster Management Authority’s (NDMA) latest data. So far, 824,169 houses have been completely destroy...
