The president of Burkina Faso was arrested on Monday and detained by soldiers along with members of his cabinet, security sources said. This was one day after troops staged a mutiny. Soldiers rose up at several army bases across the West African country on Sunday. They demanded the sacking of the military top brass and […]
Investigators released a new video Friday in hopes of identifying a man seen driving the van that a Columbus mosque leader was later found dead in. Central Ohio Crime stoppers is offering an additional $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in last month’s killing of Imam Mohamed Hassan Adam. According to Columbus Police [&hell...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Justice Ayesha Malik on Monday took oath as a Supreme Court judge in Pakistan, becoming the first woman in the country’s history to reach the top court. She was sworn in by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed at a ceremony broadcast live by state media. Malik’s elevation to the apex court, though historic, […]
ANKARA (AA) – The US State Department has ordered families of its embassy staff in Ukraine to start leaving the country as soon as Monday, according to media reports. Fox News, citing US officials, said the State Department is also expected to encourage US citizens to begin evacuating Ukraine next week by commercial flights while […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Amid ongoing political tensions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said that no one in the region is interested in war. In an interview with Pink TV on Saturday night, Vucic said neither Bosniaks, Croats, nor Serbs want war. “We must work together to protect the peace. No one wants [&hel...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – After darkness suddenly enveloped the life of Ashraf Wani, 30, in 2016, when pellets fired by Indian police to disperse protesters hit his eyes, he found a way to bring light to his life by helping other victims. Living with over 600 small lead pellets in his body which […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Arab League on Sunday called for classifying Yemen’s Houthi rebel group as a terrorist organization. Last week, three people were killed in a Houthi attack on Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Cairo-based league held an emergency meeting at the level of permanent delegates on Sunday […]...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – A group of 62 Libyan parliamentarians have reiterated support to the unity government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. An initiative unveiled by the lawmakers on Sunday called for an agreement between Libya’s legislative and executive authorities in a bid to end the current political impasse in the country. Th...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Public Security Minister Omer Barlev on Sunday described settler attacks against Palestinians as “actions of a terror organization.” Barlev was referring to settler assaults on Friday against activists near the Burin village in the occupied West Bank, where 10 activists were injured, including four Israelis...
