5 newborn babies freeze to death in Gaza
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KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Torrential rains and floods have killed another 24 people across Pakistan and parts of Kashmir administered by Pakistan over the past 24 hours. At least 10 people, including women and children, were killed and several others injured when the roof of a house collapsed in the Rawlakot district of Pakistan-administe...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces detained more than 40 Palestinians, including Jerusalem Governor Adnan Ghaith, in a mass arrest campaign across the occupied West Bank. Ghaith was arrested in an Israeli raid on his home in Silwan neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, his spokesman Mauruf al-Rifai disclosed. He said Israeli forces d...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – US mediator Amos Hochstein has voiced hope for reaching an agreement on maritime border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel in the coming weeks. The US envoy held talks in Beirut with Lebanese President Michel, Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. “I remain optimistic that we...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s High Council of State on Monday re-elected Khaled Al-Mishri as its head for a fifth term. Al-Mishri obtained 65 votes out of 118, while his rival, Al-Ajili Abu Sedil, came second with 50 votes in a second round of voting, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent. Three council members abstained […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The annual inflation rate in Pakistan was at 24.9% in July, according to official figures released on Monday. The rate was at the highest level for 14 years. The rate was 21.3% in June and 8.4% in July 2021. On a monthly basis, prices increased by 4.3% in July 2022. Prices have […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Supporters of Iraqi groups close to Iran staged demonstrations in the capital Baghdad on Monday and attempted to storm the fortified Green Zone. Supporters of the Coordination Framework bypassed three military checkpoints and rallied at the gate of the Green Zone, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter at the scene. Secur...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has denied reports about taking discriminatory measures against Syrian refugees in the country. In a statement, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry said Lebanon has not taken any measures or decisions that would distinguish between the displaced Syrians and Lebanese citizens. The ministry said the global food cri...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has called for establishing normal relations with regional rival Algeria. “We aspire to work with the Algerian presidency so that Morocco and Algeria can work hand in hand to establish normal relations between two brotherly peoples,” the monarch said in a speech marking t...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – The health of three Tunisian judges who have been on hunger strike for several weeks in protest against President Kais Saied’s decision to fire 57 justices has deteriorated and they have been admitted to hospital, according to a judicial fraternity organization. A statement issued by the Tunisian Judges Associ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are concerned after a report said hepatitis was spreading in squalid makeshift tents in the border district of Cox’s Bazar. One-fifth of the adult Rohingya living in 34 refugee camps in a hilly site of Bangladesh’s main tourist hub of Cox’s Bazar, is infected with hepatitis C [&hel...
