Jerusalem, Undefined (AFP): Two Palestinians were killed in the West Bank Friday, one of them by a settler as a surge of Israeli-Palestinian violence shows no letup. Tensions remained high a day after Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin had, on a visit to Israel, called for de-escalation ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in […]
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AA) – The UAE has announced the dispatch of telecommunication equipment as humanitarian support to “reconstruct Türkiye’s telecommunication infrastructure in earthquake-affected areas.” The Emirati Etisalat Group has announced “sending telecommunication equipment worth AED20 million ($5.5 mill...
MOSCOW (AA) – Uzbekistan’s parliament has decided to hold a nationwide referendum on constitutional amendments on April 30. “On March 10, after a detailed article-by-article study of all proposed additions and amendments to the current Constitution of Uzbekistan, the parliament decided to schedule a national referendum on the...
MOSCOW (AA) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that “a visible hand” from the US “triggered” protests in Georgia. “The situation that triggered these popular unrest has nothing to do with the Russian Federation…. At the same time we see that someone’s hand is not ‘invisible’, ...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on May 14, the country’s president has said. “With the authority given by Article 116 of our Constitution, I signed the decree for renewing the elections on May 14, which were scheduled to be held on June 18, 2023,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at [&he...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The EU has announced support to Rohingya refugees with €1 million ($1.06 million) in emergency humanitarian aid after a fire broke out in Bangladesh’s biggest refugee camp. “The EU has released €1 million in emergency humanitarian assistance” to ease the “devastating consequences” of the fire in the Cox’s Bazar district’s...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to resume bilateral diplomatic ties after several days of deliberations between top security officials of the two countries in Beijing. According to Iran’s state media, Iran’s top security official Ali Shamkhani held several rounds of talks with his Saudi counterpart in the Chin...
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish foreign minister on Friday discussed NATO enlargement with the alliance’s chief and his Finnish counterpart, according to diplomatic sources. Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke to NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto in separate phone calls. Finland officially applied for NATO membership along w...
BERLIN (AA) – German authorities were warned about the mental health of the gunman who shot and killed 7 people in Hamburg, police confirmed on Friday. Hamburg police chief Ralf Martin Meyer said they received an anonymous letter in January, which said Philipp F. could be suffering from mental problems, and suggested that his weapons [&h...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik has said that the Republika Srpska (RS) would declare independence from Bosnia and Herzegovina if its territorial integrity was threatened. “If you try to take our properties from us, we will separate the RS. If this is a take it or leave it situation, we will […]
