MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The multimillion-dollar khat trade between Somalia and Kenya resumed on Sunday after a break of over two years, a sign of thawing tensions between the East African neighbors. Cargo planes carrying tons of khat (locally known as miraa) landed at the Aden Adde airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The khat […]...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Guinea-Bissau’s president and chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Sunday called on the Burkinabe to support the country’s transition government. Umaro Sissoco Embalo made the call after meeting with Burkina Faso leaders, including transition President Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo...
ANKARA (AA) – Greece has recently been deliberately eroding terms and conditions of the Lausanne Peace Treaty, Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan alleged on Sunday. In a video message on the 99th anniversary of the Lausanne Peace Treaty, he said: “The terms and conditions of Lausanne Peace Treaty, particularly the rights of the Turkish m...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in the Gaza Strip held protest demonstrations on Sunday against the administrative detention policy of Israel. The protest was organized on Sunday by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in front of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City. Protest...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra is in the Syrian capital Damascus to meet top officials of the Syrian regime. According to a statement by the Algerian Foreign Ministry, the visit is scheduled for two days as part of Algeria’s preparations for the Arab League summit in November this year. Early this...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye has slammed Greece’s decision of closing more schools belonging to the Muslim Turkish minority in Western Thrace as religious discrimination. “Discrimination is rule in Greece,” Tanju Bilgic, the Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. Sharing some numbers about the Turkish minority in Western ...
ANKARA (AA) – The US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Sunday praised a PKK/YPG member who had been killed by Turkish forces in northern Syria on Friday. “Salwa Yusuk (AKA Ciyan Afrin), a Deputy Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) – along with 2 fellow female fighters – was killed in an attack near Qamishli, […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia will receive $470 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to help in efforts to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the drought-stricken country. The commitment was made by USAID chief Samantha Powers during a meeting with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Somalia on...
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AA) – A prominent Iraqi politician warned his country Friday against provocations in the aftermath of the Duhok attack that killed nine people earlier this week. Stressing that Türkiye had expressed a willingness to cooperate in uncovering the truth about the attack, former governor of Ninevah Governate, Atheel al-Nujaifi,...
Duzdanchisma, Afghanistan – (AFP): When fighting erupted between Taliban forces and a breakaway group led by one of their former commanders in northern Afghanistan last month, many fled to the mountains. For days they walked across the rocky terrain, unsure what lay ahead or when they might return to their home Sar-e Pol province’s...
