Jerusalem, Palestinian Territories – AFP The Israeli ambassador to Morocco has dismissed the recent accusations against himself as “a smear campaign”. The ambassador had been recalled last week due to alleged sexual misconduct. A letter from the lawyer representing ambassador David Govrin said the diplomat had been targeted b...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least 11 people, including three Pakistani soldiers, were killed in two separate terror attacks in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said. According to the Pakistan army, three of its soldier were killed in a cross-border attack from Afghanistan in the Kurram district near the Afghan border on Tuesday. “Te...
ANKARA (AA) – Fifty Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed in recent days in provocations by Armenia, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. “A total of 50 military personnel of the Armed Forces, including 42 military personnel from the Azerbaijan Army and 8 military personnel from the State Border Organization, were mart...
ANKARA (AA) – By opening fire on a ro-ro ship in international waters, Greece engaged in banditry, said the spokesman of Türkiye’s Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on Monday. “The last time they opened fire on a ro-ro ship, let’s put it clearly, this is brigandage. This can’t be called an accident or unintended […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The newly elected Muslim cleric (mufti) of the Turkish minority in the Xanthi region of Western Thrace in Greece said Monday that discriminatory practices are being carried out against the Turkish minority in the region. Mustafa Trampa, who was elected as the new cleric on Sept. 9, told Anadolu Agency that the […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Germany crossed “the red line” when it started supplying lethal weapons to Ukraine, Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechayev has said. In an interview with the Russian daily Izvestia, Nechayev recalled that Germany bears moral and historical responsibility for the crimes of Nazi Germany, committed in Russia...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Germany and France, with the support of the US and Türkiye, want a quick solution to the Kosovo issue, Serbia’s president has said. “The great Western powers and Turkiye want to solve these problems because there is a war in Europe,” Aleksandar Vucic said in an address to the nation after […]
LONDON (AA) – The head of Britain’s largest Muslim umbrella organization has issued a statement offering condolences to King Charles III over the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and called him a “friend” of British Muslim communities. Zara Mohammed, the secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said that in times of grief, Muslims say [...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh has again warned Myanmar against firing inside Bangladesh’s territory amid the ongoing month-long heavy gunfight inside Myanmar. On September 9, a bullet from an AK-47 rifle fell 229 meters inside Bangladesh across the Tambru border in the country’s southeastern district of Bandarban, according to official s...
ANKARA (AA) – Regional adversaries Lebanon and Israel seem closer than ever to resolving their longstanding maritime border dispute through US mediation. While his shuttle diplomacy may not have borne fruit just yet, US mediator Amos Hochstein struck a hopeful note after meeting Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Friday. Hochstein said he was “...
