ISTANBUL (AA) – The United Arab Emirates has affirmed its support for China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity amid tensions over the US House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, which Beijing considers as its “breakaway province.” In a statement, the Foreign Ministry of UAE emphasized on the “impor...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Following rival Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s call, the Coordination Framework coalition has voiced support for any constitutional path to address Iraq’s political crisis, including early elections. However, the coalition wants a government to first be formed under Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, its nominee for the post of prime minis...
BAGHDAD (AA) – UN special envoy for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert on Friday met prominent Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf to discuss the country’s political crisis, state media reported. According to the official Iraqi news agency, Plasschaert said her meeting with the leader of the Sadrist movement “went well.” Plasschaert ...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP): A senior leader of Islamic Jihad was among more than 15 people killed in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip Friday, prompting the group to warn that Israel has “started a war”. A child was among those killed in the strikes, the enclave’s health ministry said, while Israel’s m...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli airlines have obtained Saudi permission to cross its airspace, Israeli media reported. The official I24NEWS channel said Thursday that the Israeli airlines El Al, Israir and Arkia, obtained the Saudi approval to fly over its airspace, and the approval took effect Wednesday. Saudi Arabia will also allow other fore...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Hashd al-Shaabi, who is backed by Iran, has rejected the call of Moqtada al-Sadr to dissolve Iraq parliament and hold early elections. Falih al-Fayyad, in a statement to Al-Jazeera, said “the proposal of Al-Sadr to resolve the crisis can be discussed to reach a consensus, however, dissolving the parliament is a big [...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lara Hayek has been in a coma for two years since the massive explosion at the Beirut Port in Lebanon. On Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut was rocked by a massive explosion that changed the course of events and upended the lives of many people in the country. More than 200 Lebanese lost […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – After a five-month hiatus, negotiators reconvened in Vienna on Thursday for a fresh round of talks to salvage a 2015 Iran nuclear accord. Under the shadow of Tehran’s rapidly expanding nuclear program, the highly anticipated indirect talks between Iran and the US, mediated by the EU, resumed on a subdued note [&hellip...
BEIRUT (AA) – More parts of the damaged grain silos at Beirut’s port collapsed on Thursday, coinciding with the second anniversary of the blast that killed hundreds. Four more grain silos collapsed in the northern part of the port. Dust blanketed the surrounding areas following the collapse of large sections of the silos, which had...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Paul and Tracy Naggear have lived in grief since the massive explosion that tore through the Lebanese capital in 2020, killing their three-year-old daughter, and their anger boils over the stalled investigation. The August 4 mega-blast, blamed on a fire that ignited tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertiliser haphazardly store...
