Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia’s main opposition coalition has pressed the government to explain a days-long public “absence” of President Kais Saied, saying it had information that he was sick. Saied, 65, has not appeared in public or held any meetings since March 22, according to posts on his Facebook page — the presid...
The Hague, Netherlands (AFP): Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci was accused of leading a violent campaign against opponents during the 1998-1999 independence war with Serbia as his war crimes trial began on Monday. Thaci and three other leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) rebel group all pleaded not guilty to crimes against humanity...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan on Monday commemorated the soldiers killed during clashes between Baku and Yerevan in the Karabakh region in April 2016. “According to the plan approved by the Azerbaijan Defense Minister, remembrance events were held in types of troops, Army Corps, formations, military units, and special educational institutio...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A human rights group has termed Israel’s National Guard a militia designed for fighting Palestinians, and called for its abolition. In a statement, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (ADALA) said it has sent an urgent letter to the government’s judicial adviser, Gali Baharav-Miara, Prime Minister Benjami...
ANKARA (AA) — France has voiced displeasure over a recent decision by Burkina Faso to expel correspondents of French newspapers from the West African nation. “France reaffirms its constant and determined engagement in favor of the press freedom and the protection of journalists everywhere in the world,” the French Foreign Ministry ...
BRUSSELS (AA) – Finland will become a full-fledged member of NATO on Tuesday and its flag will be raised at the alliance’s headquarters, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. Speaking to reporters ahead of the two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers, Stoltenberg said the bloc was looking forward to a “historic week” a...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday rebutted reports regarding a trade initiative between his country and Israel, saying “all such reports are nothing but a pack of lies.” “There is no truth in such reports widely circulating on social media,” Sharif said while addressing th...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel on Monday said it shot down an “unidentified aircraft” over the southern part of the Gaza Strip. An Israeli army statement said the aircraft was detected and downed by air force units before it could enter Israeli airspace. An Anadolu correspondent in Gaza reported that there was an explosion in the […]
ANKARA (AA) – The US Embassy in Libya on Monday voiced deep concern over alleged abuses against migrants in Libya and vowed to use its powers to hold perpetrators accountable. A report by a UN fact-finding mission cited evidence on crimes against humanity committed against migrants in Libya, including women being forced into sex slavery. [&hel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said late Sunday that it destroyed an “unidentified flying object” that had entered its airspace from Syria. The flying object was shot down by Israeli warplanes in an open field, the army said in a statement. The move came after Israel staged airstrikes in suburbs of Syria’s Damascus provinc...
