Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AFP): Cradling a pink stuffed animal as she sleeps in a United Arab Emirates hospital, a nine-year-old Syrian earthquake survivor is recovering from the wounds that nearly claimed her life, believing her mother is still alive. Sham Sheikh Mohammed, who suffered severe crush injuries in a 40-hour ordeal under th...
Putrajaya, Malaysia (AFP): Malaysian anti-graft authorities have questioned former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin following allegations that his party misused public funds meant to fight Covid-19. Muhyiddin was prime minister for 17 months between 2020 and 2021, at the height of Malaysia’s battle against the coronavirus, and now leads a...
Maaret Masrin, Syria (AFP): Syrian medics have launched the first cholera vaccination campaign in the rebel-held northwest since a deadly outbreak began last year, amid increased fears of contagion after last month’s devastating earthquake. Health workers are going door to door to inoculate people in homes and displacement camps in the I...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): The motorcycles that buzz along the streets of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, have a story to tell. Once the preserve of men and a sign of male status in this West African country, today they are used ubiquitously by women — and are a prized tool of emancipation. When […]
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s election commission has postponed the March 11 election for state governors, the country’s election commission said. “The commission has taken the difficult but necessary decision to reschedule the governorship and state House of Assembly elections which will now take place on Saturday 18th March...
ANKARA (AA/AFP) – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has hailed Egypt’s role in easing tensions between Israel and Palestinians. Austin met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday as part of a regional tour that also included Jordan. Egyptian Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Mohamed Zaki attended the meeting. ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has said talks are underway on Syria’s return to the Arab League. “There is a consensus in the Arab world that the situation in Syria is not acceptable,” bin Farhan said in an interview with Saudi-run Al Arabiya television. “There is a dialogue on the […]
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar has said that around two million people benefitted from humanitarian aid dispatched by Doha to the victims of last month’s devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said in a weekly briefing that the Qatari aid is estimated at over $68 million. “The Qatari response to [&he...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The Pakistan Army has claimed to have killed six suspected militants in a security operation in a northwestern district of the country. The operation took place in Dattakhel area of the restive North Waziristan tribal district, which borders Afghanistan and has been a hotbed of militancy since Pakistan’s alliance...
ANKARA (AA) – A Turkish delegation will visit Russia’s capital next week for ‘technical talks’ ahead of a planned Turkish, Russian, Iranian, and Syrian foreign ministers’ meeting, the Türkiye’s foreign minister has said. “An offer came from the Russians to hold a meeting at the technical level in prepa...
