Tunis, Tunisia – (AFP): Tunisians are voting today on a constitution that would give President Kais Saied almost unchecked powers. This is a key moment in his plan to overhaul the political system in the country which was the birthplace of the Arab Spring. The referendum is taking place a year to the day after […]
Baghdad, Iraq – (AFP): Artillery bombardment by Turkish forces killed nine people in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region. Following the bombing in Iraqi territory, Baghdad has called for a withdrawal of Turkish forces from Iraq’s borders, and has warned Ankara that it should handle its “domestic problems” with PKK ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s foreign minister said Saudi Arabia has expressed its readiness to advance the tension-easing talks between the two countries. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in an interview, noting progress in the Iraq-brokered talks that have been underway since last April. Iran’s top diplomat said they received a message...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – A soldier was among eight people killed in a violent attack on a military base near Mali’s capital Bamako, according to military sources. Seven militants were shot dead as Malian forces “vigorously repelled” the attack by Katiba Macina, a group affiliated with the al-Qaeda and ISIS, according to a military statement. [&he...
GENEVA (AA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has rejected Myanmar’s preliminary objections in a Rohingya genocide case brought by Gambia. In its judgment, which is final and without appeal, the ICJ unanimously rejected the first, second, and third preliminary objections raised and the fourth objection with one dissenting ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The main Syrian opposition group has urged Algeria to stop supporting Bashar al-Assad, stressing that the regime lacks legitimacy with Syrians. The request came in a letter to Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra by Salem al-Meslet, president of the Syrian Opposition Coalition. The letter was published on the group&#...
Jisr ash Shughur, Syria – (AFP): A Russian air strike killed seven people, four of them children, in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib region on Friday, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead included four children “who are siblings… as a result of Russian air strikes”, in the Jisr al-Shu...
Tripoli, Libya – (AFP): At least 13 people have been killed in fighting that flared overnight between armed groups in Tripoli, emergency services said Friday, the latest violence to hit the Libyan capital in months of rising political tensions. The fighting had broken out after midnight in an area of parkland, sowing terror among Tripoli...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Over 100 al-Shabaab fighters who crossed the border from Somalia into neighboring Ethiopia’s Somali state were killed on Friday by local paramilitary police, according to Somalia’s national TV. The operation took place in Ethiopia’s Afder region and came after the group members crossed the border late Thursday. “Aroun...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Fifteen people have died from drowning and collapsed houses caused by heavy rains in Niger, officials said Thursday. “The statistics of the Directorate General of Protection show that 2,237 households, or 18,921 people were victims of bad weather and fifteen people lost their lives as of 19 July 2022,”...
