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Jenin, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israel’s army closed areas near the Gaza border to civilians Tuesday, citing a risk of reprisals, following the overnight arrest of two senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad members, the military and Palestinian sources said. A Palestinian security source, who requested anonymity, told AFP that one of tho...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The interim Taliban administration on Tuesday condemned the drone attack carried out by the US in Afghanistan on Sunday. “It is a clear violation of international principles and the Doha agreement,” said Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the interim government, in a statement. The US drone strike killed al-Qaeda leader...
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces detained a leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad group in a raid in the occupied West Bank. Bassam al-Saadi was arrested after Israeli forces raided the Jenin refugee camp late Monday. His brother-in-law was detained in the raid during which Israeli forces engaged in a firefight with Palestinian gunmen. The...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least two people were killed and several more wounded in a roadside explosion in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. The blast in the Tarabunka area of Mogadishu’s Hodan district targeted a security convoy, according to a police official requesting anonymity. He confirmed that the two people killed are civilians, while so...
NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian home in the West Bank, in the latest spate of demolitions in the occupied territory. Israeli forces raided the town of Sebastia in Nablus and brought down the house citing ‘lack of permit’ in Area C, mayor Mohammed Azem said. He said the house, built years […]...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Israel has said that it has signed a contract to build the headquarters of the Israeli Embassy in Morocco. “I am pleased to share this photo of this historical moment of signing the contract of establishing a permanent embassy in Morocco,” Israeli Ambassador David Govrin said on Twitter. The Israeli diplomat [&helli...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – The new Kuwaiti government led by Prime Minister Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad has been sworn in to power. Crown Prince Meshal Al-Sabah received the 12-member Cabinet at the Bayan Palace in the capital Kuwait City at a ceremony attended by top officials. A royal decree was issued by the country’s emir […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has announced his Cabinet members after lengthy discussions. He announced this at a news conference held in the capital Mogadishu. He appointed Mukhtar Robow Ali Abu Mansur — a former al-Shabaab deputy leader who had defected from the group and renounced violence R...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – All six people, including a three-star general, aboard a Pakistani army helicopter that went missing on Monday were found dead, the military confirmed on Tuesday. In a statement, the military’s media wing said the wreckage was found in the suburbs of Lasbela district of southwestern Balochistan province, some 72 kilome...
Dakar, Senegal – (AFP): President Macky Sall’s ruling coalition claimed victory in Senegal’s legislative elections but the opposition rejected the assertion as a “prefabricated majority.” “We won 30 departments” out of the 46 in the west African country and overseas constituencies, Aminata Toure, head ...
