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BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr has called for dissolving Iraq’s Parliament and holding early elections. “There will be no place for old faces anymore through a peaceful, revolutionary and democratic process and [holding] early democratic polls after dissolving the current Parliament,” al-Sadr said in a televis...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN has accused Israel of causing the displacement of Palestinians living in a Bedouin community in the occupied West Bank. In a report, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said around 100 Palestinians were forced to leave the Ras At-Teen Bedouin community near Ramallah city last month. […]...
ANKARA (AA) – The Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco has purchased the global products business of US lubricants and chemicals producer Valvoline for $2.65 billion, according to a statement by Aramco. “Valvoline’s global products business fits perfectly with Aramco’s growth strategy for lubricants as it will leverage our ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Afghanistan has received another tranche of $40 million in humanitarian cash assistance, according to the country’s central bank. The amount arrived from donor countries to help the people of Afghanistan. “This is the second tranche which arrived this week and has been handed over to commercial banks,” ...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – The US State Department announced Tuesday that it has approved the potential sale of arms to two of its key Middle East partners in separate deals with a total value of more than $5 billion. Under the terms of the first agreement, Saudi Arabia would purchase $3.05 billion worth of Patriot […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan and North Korea backed China’s position on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan on Wednesday, reaffirming their strong support for the “One-China” policy. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry in Islamabad said in a statement that the country reaffirms its strong commitment to the “...
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP): Afghans say they doubt Al-Qaeda’s chief was killed in a drone strike on Kabul as announced by US President Joe Biden, saying they don’t believe Ayman al-Zawahiri was hiding in their midst. “It’s just propaganda,” Fahim Shah, 66, a resident of the Afghan capital, told AFP. Late Monday, US Presid...
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – An Azerbaijani soldier was killed when “illegal Armenian armed detachments” opened fire in the border region of Lachin, authorities said on Wednesday. They targeted Azerbaijani military positions early on Wednesday, according to a statement by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. An Azerbaijani soldier wa...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s main opposition coalition has called for “new constitutional arrangements” to resolve the months-long political crisis in the country. “A full democratic civilian authority must be established to run transition under new transitional arrangements,” the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition said in a statem...
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP): Somalia has appointed the former deputy leader and spokesman for the Al-Shabaab group as religion minister, Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre said Tuesday. The announcement marks a sharp reversal of fortune for Muktar Robow, who has spent the last four years under house arrest after a falling-out with ex-president Moham...
