LONDON (AA) – The British Army is “no longer regarded” as a leading global fighting force and is “unable to protect the UK and our allies,” a US general has reportedly said. Citing defense sources, Sky News reported on Monday that Defense Secretary Ben Wallace was told by the US general that the country’s fighting...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Danny Yatom, a former head of Mossad, said Monday that the Iranian military facility struck by drones on Saturday has been producing hypersonic missiles. Iran said Sunday that a workshop complex in the central Isfahan province came under attack from several micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) at around 11:30 p.m. local time (2000GMT)...
JERUSALEM (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Monday from Egypt on the second leg of his Middle East tour. Blinken was welcomed by Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen upon his arrival at the Ben Gurion International Airport. The top US diplomat kicked off his visit by calling on Israel […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi held talks in Cairo on Monday with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. A presidential spokesman reported the news, without providing any details on the content of the discussions. Blinken also met with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry following his talks with al-Sisi. Blinken arrived in E...
COPENHAGEN (AA) – Burning sacred books has nothing to do with freedom of expression, Christian and Jewish religious leaders in Denmark have said, denouncing the recent antics of extreme-right politician Rasmus Paludan. Paludan, a Danish-Swedish politician, has drawn global condemnation after desecrating the Quran outside a mosque in Copenhagen...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has avoided commenting on reports suggesting that Tel Aviv was behind a drone attack on a military complex in Iran. “We don’t have a comment on these reports. We don’t comment on Western reports,” an Israeli army spokesman said. Iran’s Defense Ministry said several drones targeted a military comp...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Azerbaijan has evacuated staff from its embassy in Iran’s capital Tehran, two days after a gunman killed one person and wounded two others there. According to the Azerbaijani media, a total of 53 people, including diplomats and their family members, flew to Baku by a special plane. The plane also carried […]
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AA) – Attacks against Islam’s holy book should be recognized as hate crimes, say former far-right politicians in the Netherlands who have converted to Islam. They say that Muslims are subjected to double standards. Former politician Arnoud van Doorn, who left the extreme right-wing Freedom Party, said that h...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye may consider Finland’s NATO bid separately from Sweden, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said. “If NATO and these countries (Finland and Sweden) take such a decision, we, as Türkiye, think that we may evaluate the applications separately, but first of all, NATO and these countries have to de...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Several underground tunnels have been reportedly found at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border allegedly used by a separatist group of Myanmar, according to local Rohingya sources. “ARSA (Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army) used those tunnels and even detained people after kidnapping them,” a Rohingya in the no man’s land at Tamb...