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JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s security cabinet on Sunday approved the deduction of NIS 600 million ($176 million) from the taxes of the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to local media. Maariv newspaper said the deducted money is the same amount that was transferred by the PA to Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails and to their families [&he...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah warned Sunday that Israeli gas drilling vessels in the disputed Karish field are within the range of its missiles. The Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar TV released a video showing a naval missile being prepared for firing along with a text reading “playing with time is useless.” The clip...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – An Omani delegation arrived in Sanaa on Sunday for talks with Houthi rebels on the extension of a UN-brokered truce in Yemen, according to a rebel spokesman. Mohammed Abdul-Salam said the talks will focus on the truce and “proposals by UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg to address humanitarian and economic […]
ANKARA (AA) – The US Embassy in Baghdad has called on Iraq’s political rivals to abstain from violence amid tension following the nomination of a new prime minister. In a statement, the embassy said it is “closely monitoring the unrest in Baghdad … (and) concerned by reports of violence.” It renewed calls for Iraqi parties [&...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Fresh demonstrations erupted in Sudan on Sunday to demand the restoration of civilian rule in the country. Thousands of protesters rallied in the capital Khartoum, with demonstrators blocking a number of roads with barricades and burning tyres. Security forces shut roads leading to the Presidential Palace and the headqua...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has said that it will accelerate the establishment of a joint industrial zone with Jordan. “This is an initiative that will increase employment to both countries, will advance our economic and diplomatic relations, and will enhance the peace and friendship between our two countries,” Prime Minister Yair Lapid told a Cab...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Local Senegalese citizens and the country’s diaspora voted in Senegal’s general elections on Sunday to choose members of the 165-seat parliament to govern for the next five years. Voting booths and polling stations opened at 0800 GMT, with local media reporting a moderate turnout. “There was no major inciden...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Indicating that the next round of talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal could come soon, Iran’s lead negotiator has said that his country seeks a “swift conclusion” to the negotiations. Ali Bagheri, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, took to Twitter to announce that Tehran has responded to European Unio...
RIYADH (AA) – Saudi Arabia has reiterated that it will not change its firm position on the Palestinian issue, despite its decision to open its airspace to all international aircraft, including those from Israel. This was stated by Mohamed al-Atiq, the acting charge d’affaires of the Saudi Arabia’s permanent delegation to the UN, during a [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has conveyed to the interim administration in Kabul that Beijing supports extending the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan. “China hopes to push the alignment of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with the development strategies of Afghanistan,” China’s top diplomat Wang Yi told Afghan interim Fo...
