ANKARA (AA) – Firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr on Wednesday called the Iraqi judiciary to dissolve Parliament by the end of the next week. Al-Sadr ruled out in a tweet that the Parliament will convene to dissolve itself citing that it has “blocs that adhere to the quota (system) and are involved in corruption and […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Two Rohingya refugee leaders were killed in a crammed Bangladeshi refugee camp, causing panic among the persecuted people, a senior police official said on Wednesday. Abu Taleb (40), a community head at a camp in the Ukhia sub-district, and Syed Hossain (35), another community leader of the same camp in the […]...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Nigerian army has arrested five men allegedly involved in the attack in June on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo state. Chief of Defense Staff Gen. Lucky Irabor announced the news at a press conference in the capital Abuja. On June 5, gunmen reportedly detonated explosives in the church, after […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union has urged a probe following the recent upsurge of violence in Gaza because innocent civilians, including children, were killed, an EU official said. “There is a need (for investigation) because civilians have been harmed or killed, including children,” said Peter Stano, the lead spokesperson of the EU’s diplo...
ANKARA (AA) – Key players in the Libyan and Turkish construction sectors will gather at The Urban Expo & Forum 2022 in Istanbul on Oct. 3-4. The two-day event, which is expected to welcome more than 200 Libyan businesspeople, aims to create an environment for the two countries to sign deals for new infrastructure and […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – August 9 marks the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The day is observed annually to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. However, on that day, Israel began occupying the eastern part of Jerusalem, along with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and Syrian Golan Heights during the ...
ROME (AA) – Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti said the risk of a new conflict between Kosovo and Serbia is high, as the situation in the area changed after the Ukrainian war. Arguing that Russia was behind the tensions they experienced with Serbia, Kurti noted that “before the invasion of Ukraine, the possibilities were few, […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in the country’s central Konya province on Tuesday. “I am starting the sports activities of the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games. I congratulate all those who contributed to this on behalf of myself and my nation. Good luck,&...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Russia’s increasing cooperation with Iran should be viewed as a major danger to the international community, the State Department said Tuesday as Moscow sent an Iranian satellite into orbit. A State Department spokesman told Anadolu Agency the US is aware of Russia’s launch of “a satellite with significant s...
LONDON (AA) – The UK leadership candidates must address Islamophobia within the Conservative Party, according to the head of the country’s largest and most diverse Muslim umbrella organization. Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Nusrat Ghani recently said that the party is institutionally Islamophobic and her “Muslimness&...
