KHARTOUM, SUDAN (AA) – Thousands of pro-democracy protesters in Sudan marched Thursday in Khartoum and other cities against the ruling military. The protesters, who took to the streets after a short break at the beginning of August, chanted against the army and demanded that military generals step down from power. “We want full civilian ...
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP): Since the Taliban swept back to power in August last year, hundreds of fighters have returned to school — either on their own or pushed by their commanders. The word “Taliban” actually means “students” in Arabic, and the hardline Islamist movement’s name stems from the religious sch...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Bystanders hailed as a hero an armed customer who held bank staff hostage for hours Thursday in Lebanon because he couldn’t access funds frozen after the country’s economic collapse. The suspect, identified only as Bassam, was armed with a rifle and had doused the interior of the bank with gasoline, security ...
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AA) – Main Iraqi Shia rival blocs urged their respective supporters on Thursday to demonstrate on Friday in different parts of the country. A committee of the Iran-aligned Coordination Framework, headed by former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, encouraged supporters to rally near the walls of Baghdad’s fortified Gree...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Three Indian soldiers and two freedom fighters were killed in a gunfight in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Two more soldiers were injured in the early morning shootout in the Rajouri district, according to the Indian military. The army’s 16 Corps said on Twitter that two freedom fighters [&hel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A 10-year-old Palestinian girl died on Thursday of her injuries that she suffered in an Israeli offensive on the blockaded Gaza Strip last week, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. “Our crews are working to transport the body of Lian Al-Shaer after she died of wounds she sustained during the recent aggression on […...
ANKARA (AA) – Iran on Wednesday seized a vessel in the Persian Gulf, accusing it of carrying smuggled fuel, and detained its 12-member crew. Mujtaba Kahramani, a senior judiciary official in the southern Hormozgan province, said a ship “loaded with smuggled fuel” was seized near Qeshm, an island in the Strait of Hormuz. The operation […...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The number of drought-related displacements in Somalia has surpassed the million mark for the first time since January 2021, the UN humanitarian agency said. In a statement on Tuesday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that during the month of July, 83,518 people were displaced by ...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Ben Abdul Rahman said Wednesday he had informed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the desire of his counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune to open new horizons in relations between the two countries. The Algerian premier conveyed the message during his meeting with President Erdogan on Tu...
DUHOK, Iraq (AA) – Six years ago, an Ezidi woman escaped from an ISIS prison cell. She still takes pills to fall asleep. Sara Revo, 70, lost her son eight years ago in a ISIS terrorist attack on the Sinjar district of Iraq. Now, she lives with her grandchildren in the Sharya Refugee Camp in […]
