ISTANBUL (AA) – Egyptian army said Sunday it had killed 10 militants in clashes in the Sinai Peninsula. A military spokesman said army forces raided a “terrorist” hideout in the northern part of the peninsula and clashed with militants inside. A cache of weapons, ammunition, and explosives were seized during the raid. At leas...
Khartoum, Sudan – (AFP): The trial of four people accused of fatally stabbing a senior police officer during anti-coup protests in Sudan opened in the capital Khartoum on Sunday. The judge ordered an investigation into allegations the four had been tortured in custody and adjourned the court until June 12. General Ali Bareema was killed ...
Jerusalem- (AFP): Thousands of flag-waving Israelis on Sunday marched into the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City during a nationalist procession that regularly stokes Palestinian anger, a year after Jerusalem tensions exploded into war. As Jewish crowds, some chanting “death to Arabs”, marched through the streets for an ...
ANKARA – The death toll from a building collapse in southwestern Iran’s Khuzestan province rose to 22, while 48 people were rescued from the rubble. Ihsan Abbasipur, the governor of the city of Abadan, told Iranian state television that the number of injured people as a result of the collapse of a 10-storey business center [&hellip...
ISTANBUL – Pushing back criticism over a decree that makes it mandatory for women to wear the face veil in Afghanistan, the Taliban government has said that the country is “predominantly Muslim” and so the order “is in line” with religious and cultural practices. “Since the people of Afghanistan are predominantly Muslim, the Afghan gover...
ISTANBUL – The Russian foreign minister has stated that Russian presence in Syria is in line with UN Security Council Resolution 2544 and is at the invitation of the Syrian regime. “We will continue to help Damascus reclaim all of its territory,” Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with RT Arabic news channel. Lavrov pointed [&helli...
RAMALLAH, Palestine – Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian teenager in occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Zaid Mohammad Ghuneim, 15, was shot in the back and neck in the village of Al-Khader, near the town of Bethlehem. He was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, but succumbed to […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday held a ceremony to honor the 26 victims of the 1992 Ferhadija massacre in the capital Sarajevo. Relatives of the victims and politicians participated in the ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the massacre. Dozens of people laid wreaths and prayed at the monument built [&helli...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Despite warnings of serious repercussions and violence, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday decided not to change the route of the controversial Israeli flag march that will pass through occupied East Jerusalem. A statement from Bennett’s office said the premier spoke over the phone with Public Security Mini...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have entered a new era in bilateral ties, the Turkish foreign minister said on Friday. Speaking at a joint news conference with Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Istanbul, Mevlut Cavusoglu said the two countries want to sign a comprehensive trade [&hel...
