ISLAMABAD (AA) – Amid the economic crisis facing the country, Pakistan’s Finance Minister Miftah Ismail resigned hours after an alleged conversation between top ruling party leaders against him surfaced on social media. “In a meeting with Mian Nawaz Sharif and PM Shehbaz Sharif today, I have verbally resigned as Finance Minister. I will ...
GENEVA (AA) – Widespread fear and insecurity among Myanmar’s civilian population has forced over 1 million people from their homes, a top UN official has said, warning of rising fears of starvation in the country. More than 1 million people have been displaced, including 45,500 who have moved to neighboring countries, and “now live in [&hellip...
Paris, France (AFP): Iran’s judiciary chief vowed no leniency Sunday to those participating in the protests against the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police. The warning from Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei came after nine nights of protests and street clashes, and it echoed earlier comments by Iran&#...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese banks will resume operations on Monday after a week-long closure in protest against holdups by depositors demanding access to their savings. In a statement, the Association of Banks in Lebanon said the banks will reopen on September 26, saying every bank will decide its own channel for banking operations. At least [&hell...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has summoned the British ambassador in Tehran to protest against what it called the role of London-based Persian language media in “instigating riots” in the country. In a statement on Sunday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said the envoy was summoned in response to “hostile environment” created b...
TEHRAN (AA) – Protests that erupted after the death of a young woman in police custody continued in Iran on Friday, with Iranian state TV reporting that the death toll from the unrest reached at least 26. “Unfortunately, 26 people, including members of the police, lost their lives during the events,” an anchor on state [&hell...
ANKARA (AA) – Azerbaijan on Friday accused Armenia of violating a truce and targeting its military positions along the border, marking the end of a lull in violent clashes that claimed dozens of lives last week. Armenian forces fired on Azerbaijani positions “in the directions of Kokhanebi settlement of the Tovuz region, Keshdak and Barmagbina...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has alleged that the West wants to prolong the war in Ukraine. “Despite casualties and destruction, Western countries openly declared that they want to prolong the war to deplete and weaken us,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine. “Moscow will not allow Ukraine to [&he...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany is ready to grant asylum to Russian deserters who oppose their country’s partial mobilization, the country’s interior minister said Thursday. “Deserters threatened with serious repression can as a rule obtain international protection in Germany,” Nancy Faeser told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newsp...
ANKARA (AA) – The international community is losing interest in improving the conditions of living for Rohingya, the Turkish foreign minister said on Thursday, urging the international community to do more for the minority Muslims forced to flee Myanmar five years ago. “Rohingya Muslims have been deprived of their fundamental right...
