Niamey, Niger- AFP An increase in suspected militant attacks in western Niger has forced more and more people to flee their homes, according to the UN humanitarian agency. “Forced displacement has intensified over the first five months of 2022 because of escalating violence by non-state actors who attack civilians and security forces,...
Sanliurfa, Turkey- AFP Hundreds of thousands of refugees are stranded in Turkey’s Sanliurfa province, which shares a long border with Syria. Civil war in Syria is estimated to have killed nearly half a million people and displaced millions since it began with a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests in 2011. A new wave of economic ...
LAHORE, Pakistan (AA) – Clashes were reported in many cities of Pakistan as authorities ordered security agencies to take action against followers of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan who is asking the government to announce a date for fresh elections. Khan, who was removed after a parliamentary no-trust motion last month, announced a ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – A series of bomb attacks killed at least 14 people in two cities of Afghanistan, security sources said Wednesday. Five deaths were reported when an explosion targeted worshippers inside Prophet Zechariah Mosque in Kabul, said police spokesperson Khalid Zadran on social media. At least nine people were killed and...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – A Taliban spokesman in the Qatari capital of Doha told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday that negotiations between the Afghan interim government along with Turkiye and Qatar have not stopped. Mohammed Naim Wardak from the group’s political office said an agreement signed with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) concerned ground ope...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has said it is “appalled” by “jarring” photographic evidence of China’s widespread rights abuses against its minority Muslim Uyghur population. “This new reporting further adds to an already damning body of evidence of the PRC’s atrocities in Xinjiang,” State Depart...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid received his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. The meeting, which is expected to last for more than an hour, will be followed by a joint press conference by the two top diplomats. Earlier on Wednesday, Cavusogl...
Jerusalem, PALESTINE – (AFP): A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in clashes that erupted during a Jewish pilgrimage to the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said Wednesday. The ministry identified the youngster as Ghaith Yamin, 16, who died of a head wound “after being shot by Israeli forces&...
ANKARA – The Norwegian Child Welfare Services (Barnevernet) has long been criticized for controversial decisions against migrant families, most of which were Muslim, hailing from crisis-ridden Middle Eastern and North African countries. Since 2015, the Barnevernet’s practices, mostly taking away children from their families by citi...
ISTANBUL – The death toll from a building collapse in southwestern Iran has risen to 11, with officials fearing more people could still be trapped under the rubble. Mohammad-Hassan Nami, chairperson of the Crisis Management Organization, said 11 bodies have been recovered so far while the number of injured people increased to 32. Efforts are [...
