ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan has condemned the Indian defense minister’s statement on Pakistan-administered (Azad) Kashmir, calling it “provocative” and “completely unacceptable.” In a statement late Sunday, the Foreign Ministry rejected Rajnath Singh’s “unwarranted and totally unacceptable comments...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Malaysia represents a zone of peace, freedom and neutrality, said Anwar Ibrahim, the country’s top reformer and politician, strongly suggesting against taking any side in global bloc politics. However, he added, his country cannot ignore China. Ibrahim, an academic-turned politician, was discussing the return of the so-called “...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Mohammad Yunus Gazi, once a farmer in a remote area of Bangladesh’s southwestern coastal district of Satkhira, now collects honey from Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, in the Bay of Bengal. Gazi became a beekeeper more than a decade ago as climate change-induced salinity has destroyed the region&#...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran has welcomed a statement by Jordanian King Abdullah II on seeking to enhance relations with Tehran. In a statement, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said his country awaits “practical steps” in this regard. Kanani said that without Iran’s effort to fight terrorism in Syria and Ir...
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – Forcibly displaced civilians in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province are struggling to survive in makeshift tents in scorching temperatures. The sweltering heat wave, which has turned into a global phenomenon across the world in recent days, adversely affects the lives of millions of civilians who have taken shel...
KARACHI, PAKISTAN – (AA): Heavy rains along with flash floods and windstorms have claimed 298 lives across Pakistan since June 1. Torrential downpours struck almost the entire country, including Pakistan administered (Azad) Kashmir, triggering landslides and flashfloods, and washing away bridges, houses, and animals. Almost 9,000 homes h...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – A Saudi businessman was kidnapped in Baalbek region in eastern Lebanon, local media said on Monday. Unidentified individuals lured Hussein al-Shammari on Sunday to one of the hills of Baalbek for an offer to sell him a land, before they kidnapped him and asked for a ransom, media reports said. The […]
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra on Monday cited a “positive atmosphere” regarding Syria’s relations with its Arab neighbors. “There is a positive atmosphere regarding Syria’s relationship with its Arab neighborhood,” Lamamra told a press conference in Damascus with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad. “Syria’...
ANKARA (AA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has warned Ethiopia against unilateral steps regarding a controversial dam project on the Nile River. Speaking at a joint press conference in Cairo with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, al-Sisi said he agreed with his Somali counterpart on the gravity of unilateral steps in the opera...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Three civilians were killed and three people injured during demonstrations in northern Mali against two politico-armed movements, the United Nations Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said Monday. Demonstrations Saturday in the town of Menaka against the demonstrators who threw stones at the ...
