DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – Fatalities in terrorist attacks in Africa’s Sahel region have surged by over 2,000% over the past 15 years, according to a recent report. “The Sahel region in sub-Saharan Africa is now the epicenter of terrorism … accounting for more terrorism deaths in 2022 than both South Asia and the Middle East […]
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP): In a madrassa (religious school) in the Afghan capital, rows of teenage girls sit reciting verses of the Holy Quran under the watchful eye of a religious scholar. The number of Islamic schools has grown across Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, with teenage girls increasingly attending cla...
Arlit, Niger (AFP): Towering mounds dot the desert landscape in northern Niger’s Arlit region, but there is little natural about them — they are heaps of partially radioactive waste left from four decades of operations at one of the world’s biggest uranium mines. An ambitious 10-year scheme costing $160 million is underway to...
BIRMINGHAM, UK (AA) – A 73-year-old pensioner was attacked by three men as he was walking home from a mosque in Birmingham’s Kings Heath neighborhood on Wednesday night. The victim was taken to hospital with a broken hand and cuts to his face. In the videos circulated on social media, blood is seen streaming down […]
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Tanzania Thursday for an official tour of the East African nation, where she will meet President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Harris and her delegation landed at the Julius Nyerere International Airport on Wednesday night after spending three days in Ghana. US ambassador to Tanzania ...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Burkina Faso plans to resume diplomatic relations with North Korea, the country’s Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday. The decision will allow the two countries “to maintain exemplary bilateral cooperation in several areas,” Foreign Affairs Minister Olivia Rouamba said at the end of a Council of Minis...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least four policemen, including a senior officer, were killed in a terrorist attack in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the country’s interior minister confirmed on Thursday. “Deputy Superintendent of Police Iqbal Mohmand along with three other police personnel have been martyred,” said...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Washington does not understand Türkiye’s security concerns in northern Syria and tends to think of the situation as a “security problem” when it is a “political problem,” according to the last US ambassador to serve in Syria. “I think Washington in general, and also many analysts in Washington, do not understand how [&h...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday criticized a US call for Tel Aviv to drop controversial judicial overhaul plans, saying Israel “is not another star on the US flag.” On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden said he will not meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House [&...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The European Union (EU) has removed Pakistan from its list of High-Risk Third Countries after Islamabad got off the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) list of countries under increased monitoring, also known as the “grey list” last year, Pakistan’s Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry welcomed...
