ISTANBUL (AA/AFP) – Saudi Arabia and Syria on Thursday welcomed the resumption of consular services and flights between the two countries. “The two sides welcomed the start of procedures for resuming consular services and flights between the two countries,” said a joint statement issued at the conclusion of Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal...
Taipei, Taiwan (AFP): Taiwan’s transport ministry said Wednesday China has set up a no-fly zone north of the island for April 16 due to “space activities”. The closure comes after Beijing completed three days of massive war games around Taiwan that saw it simulate targeted strikes and practise a blockade of the island. The no...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): An Iranian delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to pave the way for reopening diplomatic missions as the Gulf rivals prepare to normalise relations, seven years after an acrimonious split. “The Iranian delegation arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday to visit and reopen the Iranian embassy and consulate in accorda...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Taliban on Wednesday said the ban on women working in Afghanistan was an internal issue of the country after the UN called the move unlawful. In a statement, Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that the UN has suspended its activities in Afghanistan and has called Taliban responsible for all the consequences...
ANKARA (AA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will pay an official visit to Türkiye on Thursday, according to Turkish Foreign Ministry. Shoukry will arrive in Türkiye at the invitation of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. “At the meetings during the visit, bilateral relations and regional developments will be discu...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US said Tuesday there is no evidence to suggest that Egypt is supplying Russia with lethal weapons after a leaked American document claimed Cairo secretly planned to supply rockets to Moscow. Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi planned to manufacture 40,000 rockets for Russia, according to the Washington Post, wh...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday decided to halt Israeli settler intrusions into Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem until the end of the month of Ramadan. Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, is expected to end later this month. A statement by Netanyahu’s office said the decision w...
Jerusalem, Undefined (AFP): Israeli forces killed two Palestinians near Elon Moreh, an illegal Jewish settlement near the West Bank city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday, Israel’s defence minister Yoav Gallant said on Twitter. A senior Palestinian official told AFP that he had been informed of the death of the two Palestin...
NEW YORK (AA) – An imam in the US state of New Jersey was stabbed during morning prayer on Sunday. Sayed El-Nakib, imam of the Omar Mosque in Paterson, was stabbed by an attacker who hid in the congregation. The attacker, Serif Zorba, 32, was caught on the mosque’s security camera jumping over the congregation […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran said Tuesday it had thwarted more than 8,000 cyberattacks in the previous Iranian calendar year that ended on March 20. Amir Muhammadzadeh-Lajevardi, CEO of Iran’s Telecommunication Infrastructure Company (TIC), said as many as 8,321 cyberattacks targeting the country’s critical infrastructure network were successfully...
