ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt said it is making contacts to restore calm to the Gaza Strip amid Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian territory. A statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Cairo was “conducting intensive communications” to “contain the situation in Gaza” and “preserve lives and property.” The statement did not provide any furthe...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Several rallies and seminars were held across Pakistan on Friday to mark three years since New Delhi stripped Indian-administered Kashmir of its special status. Islamabad commemorated the day as “Youm-e-Istehsal,” or “Day of Exploitation,” to reiterate its condemnation of the move that resulted in the annexation of the ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Afghanistan has received another tranche of $40 million in humanitarian cash assistance, according to the country’s central bank. The amount arrived from donor countries to help the people of Afghanistan. “This is the second tranche which arrived this week and has been handed over to commercial banks,” ...
LONDON (AA) – Rishi Sunak, one of the main contenders to become the British prime minister, has been criticized over his proposals to strengthen the government’s anti-terror strategy. Sunak’s plans, which include expanding the definition of extremism and vilifying individuals who are critical of the UK foreign policy, has been described by a f...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A young Bangladeshi woman, Jaeda Akhter, was trapped by an international human trafficking gang and taken to India in late 2020. She was able to return home after a year with a harrowing experience she will never forget. Akhter, 30, is a wife and the mother of a young boy. She […]
ANKARA (AA) – The treatment of Indigenous peoples in Canada was a “genocide,” Pope Francis said on his way back home after a six-day visit to Canada. “I asked for forgiveness, forgiveness for this operation that is genocidal,” Pope told reporters on the return flight from Canada, Vatican News reported on Saturday....
ANKARA (AA) – The European Union’s borders must remain open to asylum seekers, Germany’s foreign minister said in Greece on Friday, a pointed remark that increases pressure on Athens over its widely criticized policy of deadly and illegal migrant pushbacks. Annalena Baerbock’s remarks came at a joint press conference with her Greek counterpart...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy in a village near Ramallah, central occupied West Bank, on Friday. In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry said the 16-year-old succumbed to wounds he sustained from Israeli forces’ firing in the village of Al-Mughayir. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that Israel...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Turkish and Qatari agencies signed a deal Thursday to build a residential village with a 1,000-house capacity in northern Syria. The agreement to build the village in the al-Bab region for displaced Syrians was reached by the Qatari Red Crescent and Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) in...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Raed Rayan, a Palestinian prisoner in Israeli prison, suspended his hunger strike on Thursday after 113 days. Hassan Abd Rabbo, a spokesman for the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority, said Rayan suspended his hunger strike after mediation by the prisoner movement’s leaders as well as legal efforts of the Pr...
