AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – The Jordanian parliament has approved a proposal to expel the Israeli ambassador as a mark of protest over offensive statements by the Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The Zionist minister had made derogatory statements denying the very existence of the Palestinian nation. In a speech in Paris, Smotrich denied th...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has said that relations with neighboring Morocco have reached a point of “no return.” “We regret that the relations between Algeria and Morocco had reached a point of no return, Algeria’s position was a reaction,” Tebboune told Al Jazeera channel in a recent interview....
GENEVA (AA) – The denial of girls’ education in Afghanistan is “manifestly discriminatory,” said a UN rights official on Tuesday, urging the interim Taliban government to open schools to girls at all levels. “The denial of a secondary school education and of access to university is manifestly discriminatory, profo...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said that the military will not take part in politics in the future. “We are establishing an army that will not participate in politics in the future,” al-Burhan said in a televised speech. “There is no military personnel staging a coup, it is […...
Washington, United States (AFP): The United States on Tuesday joined denunciations of Israel’s far-right finance minister for denying the existence of Palestinians, calling his remarks “dangerous.” “We found those comments to not only be inaccurate but also deeply concerning and dangerous,” State Department spokes...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Saudi Arabia, home of the holiest shrines in Islam, has announced that the fasting month of Ramadan will start on Thursday. The kingdom’s supreme court ruled on Tuesday evening that the Islamic calendar month of Shaban, which precedes Ramadan, ends on Wednesday, meaning Ramadan will begin the following day, th...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli warplanes early Wednesday launched an airstrike on Aleppo airport in northwestern Syria, the Syrian regime’s news agency SANA said. Citing an unnamed military source, the news agency said missiles targeted Aleppo International Airport, causing “material damages.” “The Israeli enemy launched an aerial act of aggression wit...
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP): At least 12 people were killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by a strong earthquake felt across thousands of kilometres, but the region appeared Wednesday to have dodged the mass casualties usually associated with a tremor of such scale. The United States Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.5 quake was centred near J...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye and Iraq on Tuesday reiterated their commitment to combat all forms of terrorism. It is clear that terror groups “such as the PKK, Daesh/ISIS, and FETO pose a threat to both countries,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a joint news conference with Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in [&hell...
Jindayris, Syria (AFP): Thousands of angry Kurds rallied in rebel-held northern Syria on Tuesday after pro-Turkish fighters killed four fellow Kurds who were celebrating their Nowruz new year festival. “They killed my children for no reason,” Kuli Maho, 70, cried as she wept for her three sons and a grandson. Some people waved Kurd...
