GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has condemned an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Damascus International Airport in southwestern Syria early Saturday. The state news agency SANA said five Syrian soldiers were killed in the attack. “This bombing was the latest of the Israeli aggression in the region,” Hamas spo...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Senegal’s President Macky Sall Saturday named Amadou Ba as the country’s prime minister, the presidency announced on Saturday. Sall had abolished the prime minister post following his reelection in 2019. Last year, he cited his duties as the chairman of the African Union to justify the restoration of the position bu...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AA) – Kyrgyzstan has declared a state of emergency in the Batken region bordering Tajikistan, the Emergency Situations Ministry said. The decision was taken late Friday to ensure the safety of citizens, carry out work on the evacuation and resettlement of the population, prevent human losses and mobilize the relevant force...
ANKARA (AA) – China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday called for “opposing the pursuit of one’s own agenda at the expense of other countries’ legitimate rights and interests.” Speaking at the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Xi ...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi met on Friday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The two leaders’ closed-door meeting took place on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. No further information on the meeting was released. Erdogan attended the SCO leaders...
ANKARA (AA) – A higher number of Indian Muslims are jobless and face discrimination in accessing salaried jobs and income through self-employment compared to their non-Muslim fellow citizens, according to the UK’s independent charitable organizations focusing on global poverty alleviation. In rural areas, unemployment among Muslims increased b...
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – Azerbaijan is “in favor of peace and normalization of relations,” but at the same time ready to respond to any threats, a spokeswoman for Baku’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday. “Azerbaijan is not in favor of tensions,” Leyla Abdullayeva told Anadolu Agency. “We are in favor of peace and normalization of relations....
LONDON (AA) – The controversy over the right to protest in the UK has come under the spotlight since the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The British police’s handling of anti-monarchy protesters has been severely criticized. British police arrested a woman in Edinburgh for holding an anti-monarchy sign, reading “Not my King,” targeting the ...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian President Kais Saied has said a decree is ready to call voters to legislative elections on Dec. 17. “A draft decree to hold elections on Dec. 17 is ready,” Saied said during a Cabinet meeting held in the capital Tunis on Thursday. “Personal voting does not involve exclusion of anyone,” […]
Samarkand, Uzbekistan (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed “growing ties” with Tehran as he met Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of a regional summit. “On the bilateral level, cooperation is developing positively,” Putin said, as Moscow looks to use the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation sum...
