MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least three people were killed and four others wounded in a bomb blast in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region on Monday. The target of the blast in Afgoye, located some 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of the capital Mogadishu, was Hussein Jibril, the town’s former deputy mayor, a police officer told […]
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Nine civilians were killed in landmine explosions in war-torn Yemen over the last three days, a local NGO said on Monday. In a statement, Yemeni Landmine Records said a woman and two children were among the victims. Eight other civilians were injured by the explosions, which took place in al-Hudaydah and […]
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish security forces killed six PKK fighters in northern Iraq, the country’s National Defense Ministry said on Monday. The PKK “terrorists” were killed in the Operation Claw-Lock region, the ministry said on Twitter. Turkiye launched Operation Claw-Lock last month to target PKK hideouts in northern Iraq’s Met...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Egypt and the European Union (EU) in the coming weeks to export natural gas to EU countries, the country’s energy minister said on Monday. Karine Elharrar told the Israeli Army Radio that Israeli and European teams are working on setting cooperation between them [&helli...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia’s best-known peace activist Abdullahi Mohamed Shirwa died in the country’s capital Mogadishu early on Sunday, officials said. He was 72. Tributes pour in the wake of Shirwa’s death after illness as Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble were amon...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The head of Sudan’s ruling military council, Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, on Sunday lifted a nationwide state of emergency that was imposed after the military seized power in a coup in October last year. In a statement, the ruling Sovereign Council said the order was lifted “to prepare the atmosphere for a [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A total of 372 civilians were killed and 754 others injured in the last three years due to mines planted by Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, according to a local NGO. The Houthis have placed thousands of anti-personnel and land mines as well as explosives of various sizes in many parts of the […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday said that East Jerusalem will remain the eternal capital of the state of Palestine. “East Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian holy sites will remain the eternal capital of Palestine,” Nabil Abu Rudeineh said in a statement cited by the state ne...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkey has called on the Israeli government to take the necessary measures to preserve the status quo in the holy places amid rising tensions over a flag march by Israeli settlers in occupied East Jerusalem. “Staging a raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir and fanatical Jewish groups under [&h...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Sunday rejected reports regarding the visit of a Pakistani delegation to Israel earlier this month. Responding to media queries, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson “categorically rejected the notion of any delegation from Pakistan visiting Israel.” “The reported visit in question was ...
