TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – The chairman of Tunisia’s constitution-drafting committee on Sunday disavowed the country’s new charter. “The draft constitution includes gross risks and paves the way for [the creation of] an outrageous dictatorial regime,” Sadok Belaid said in a message published by the local Assabah newspaper. He said the draft, ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine on Sunday called for piling pressure on Israel to halt excavations around the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem. In a statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry urged the US administration and the international community to intervene “to halt Israeli diggings under and around Al-...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A young Palestinian on Sunday succumbed to his injuries sustained from Israeli army fire in the occupied East Bank a day earlier, according to a local medic. Kamel Alawneh, 19, was shot in the abdomen by Israeli forces in the town of Jaba’ near the city of Jenin on Friday. “He, […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – With seven more people dying in the last 24 hours, the death toll in Bangladesh’s floods has risen to 102, authorities said on Sunday. According to a daily flood report by the health directorate, the casualties were reported in 11 of 28 flood-affected districts between May 17 and July 3. Of […]
Tripoli, Libya – AFP A bulldozer was used to smash through part of a gate during the storming of Liby’a parliament on Friday, which allowed other demonstrators to enter more easily, while cars of officials were set on fire. Later protesters began to break through the building’s walls with construction equipment. The parliamen...
Tehran, Iran – (AFP) A series of strong earthquakes rocked southern Iran on Saturday, killing at least five people and causing damage to dozens of buildings, state media reported. The quakes, including two of magnitude 6.0, struck west of the major port city of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province, the US Geological Survey said. The [&hell...
Damascus, Syria – (AFP) An Israeli strike wounded two civilians on Saturday in the Syrian government’s heartland on the war-torn country’s west coast, the defence ministry said. “The Israeli enemy carried out an air strike” at about 6:30 am (0330 GMT) near the town of Al-Hamidiyah, the ministry said in a statement...
LAHORE, Pakistan (AA) – A delegation of British Sikh soldiers which visited Pakistan this week appreciated its efforts to preserve the two most holy sites of Sikhism. The two most revered shrines of the Sikh religion are Nankana Sahib, the place where Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion, was born, and Kartarpur, where […]
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Security has not improved in Burkina Faso after the military coup, and the transitional authorities are under pressure from terrorists. Armed groups that began attacking Burkina Faso in 2016 have become increasingly abusive, committing hundreds of killings, summary executions, and rapes, as well as widespread loot...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – The Ugandan Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC), Muslim members of parliament and Muslim leaders condemned those on Friday who sell pork near Islamic burial sites. MPs and Muslim leaders said those who roast pork do not care if they bring their businesses near burial sites even if funeral ceremonies for Muslims are [&hel...
