GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – An 11-year-old Palestinian girl and her brother, who have been injured in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, left the territory on Wednesday for treatment in Türkiye. The trip of the Palestinian children accompanied by their parents, has been organized upon instructions from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdog...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Leaders of Iraqi political parties have launched a national dialogue in an attempt to resolve the country’s political crisis, amid a boycott by influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. In a statement, the Sadr’s movement said it will not participate in the dialogue called by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. Tension flared up i...
NEW DELHI (AA) – The Indian Home Ministry has denied that Rohingya refugees in the national capital New Delhi would be provided housing, hours after a top Indian minister announced that these refugees would be provided shelter, amenities, and police protection. The ministry, describing Rohingya as “illegal foreigners,” said it has ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least three people were injured in coordinated attacks in troubled southern provinces of Thailand in the late hours on Wednesday. The attacks took place in Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani provinces. Videos and photographs showed petrol pumps on fire, as well as damage to other businesses such as departmental stores and trucks. ...
NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – Three Palestinians were wounded by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to medics. In a statement, the Palestinian Red Crescent said its medics transferred three injured people from Balata refugee camp east of Nablus to the Rafidia hospital for medical attention. A minor was among t...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – A huge bomb exploded during evening prayers Wednesday at a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital, killing many worshippers and injuring dozens of others, according to local media. In multiple videos posted on Twitter following the blast, blood was seen throughout the main prayer hall of Abu Bakr Siddique Mosque in Kab...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran said Wednesday it is ready for a prisoner swap with the United States. “We are ready to swap prisoners with Washington,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani told reporters in Tehran. “The US must release jailed Iranian citizens without any conditions,” he added in statements cited by the semi-official Fars news [...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US said Tuesday that many of the most pressing details to get Washington and Iran to return to compliance with the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement have been generally agreed upon. The “big issues” have been “largely settled,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters. That includes ...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed bilateral and regional issues with the Saudi crown prince in a phone call, a German government spokesman said Tuesday. The lingering war in Yemen and Ukraine and their global repercussions were also on the agenda of talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, said Steffen Hebestreit in [&h...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Six persons, including four of a family, were found dead in two houses in Jammu province of the Indian-occupied Kashmir on Tuesday night, with the police suspecting it to be a case of poisoning. In a statement, a police spokesman said a woman named Shahzada, who lives in Barzalla […]
