ANKARA (AA) – Israel’s High Court rejected a second petition on Tuesday to release a Palestinian detainee on hunger strike for nearly six months to protest his indefinite detention without trial or charge. Khalil Awawdeh, 40, was detained by Israeli forces in December and placed in custody under Israel’s policy of administrative detention. His...
LONDON (AA) – Norway has announced plans to deport lawbreaking refugees who no longer require protection. Courts in the Scandinavian country have dealt with several cases related to the “expulsion of refugees who are punished for criminal matters,” according to a statement by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, which...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 49 people arrested this month over protests in Somaliland have been released from prison amid an ongoing dispute over presidential elections in the self-declared republic. The breakaway region in northern Somalia was rocked by protests on Aug. 11 as opposition parties came out against an alleged attempt to po...
ANKARA (AA) – Amid deadly unrest in Iraq, influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Monday that he was staging a hunger strike until the violence came to an end, according to the official INA news agency. Al-Sadr “has announced a hunger strike, until the violence and the use of weapons stop,” INA said, citing a [&hellip...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The Military Prosecutor’s Office of Libya’s Defense Ministry has issued an arrest warrant for Tobruk parliament-appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha following clashes in the capital Tripoli. The prosecutor’s office made a written request to the police, intelligence services and all security services in the ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The United States has called for an immediate cease-fire between conflicting parties in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and to engage in talks facilitated by the UN. In a statement, US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland condemned the “surge in violence in Tripoli.” Norland called for allowing “humanitarian corri...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan called “highly regrettable” a claim by the Taliban government that the US is using Pakistan’s airspace for drone operations inside Afghanistan. A statement issued by Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry late Sunday said Islamabad has noted with deep concern the allegation by Afghanistan’s acting Defense Minister Mullah M...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said Monday the country’s nuclear program has become indigenous and arch-foe Israel has been unable to prevent its progress through sabotage, assassinations, and threats. Raisi was addressing a news conference in Tehran, attended by local and foreign media, and coinciding wit...
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP): Afghan defence minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid accused Pakistan on Sunday of providing airspace for US drones to enter his country, characterizing the incursions as a continuation of Washington’s “invasion”. Mujahid’s comments came less than a month after US President Joe Biden announced the k...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbia and Kosovo have agreed on a new border policy under an EU-facilitated dialogue process, said the bloc’s foreign policy chief. “We have a deal. Under the EU-facilitated Dialogue, Serbia agreed to abolish entry/exit documents for Kosovo ID holders and Kosovo agreed to not introduce them for Serbian ID holders,” Jos...
