ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye on Monday denounced “one-sided sanctions” on Iran, and voiced hopes for the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. “We have been against one-sided sanctions on Iran and do not approve those sanctions,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told a joint press conference with Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdolla...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – At least ten people lost their lives on Monday in a toxic gas leak in the Jordanian city of Aqaba, according to local authorities. Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said 251 other people were also affected by the gas leak from a tank at Aqaba port. “Specialists and hazardous materials teams in […]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – (AFP) Iraq’s prime minister met with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in the kingdom Sunday as part of Baghdad’s efforts to mediate between Riyadh and Tehran. Mustafa al-Kadhemi, who headed to Saudi Arabia on Saturday, is expected to then visit Iran, its regional ri...
Al Mansurah, Egypt – (AFP) A trial began Sunday for an Egyptian man accused of stabbing a woman to death in a public street after she rejected his advances — a case that has sparked widespread outrage. A video went viral last week appearing to show the victim, identified as student Nayera Ashraf, being stabbed […]
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Hundreds took to the streets across Spain on Sunday to protest the lack of an investigation into the deaths of up to 37 migrants trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Melilla. Around 2,000 migrants, many from Sudan, tried to cross the militarized border fence on Friday and […]
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye, NATO, Sweden and Finland will hold a quadruple leaders’ summit in Madrid this week as part of a pivotal NATO summit. Turkish officials have held two meetings with their Swedish and Finnish counterparts so far to discuss the two countries’ NATO membership applications. Türkiye’s presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin ...
Gayan district, Afghanistan – (AFP) Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers pledged on Saturday they would not interfere with international efforts to distribute aid to tens of thousands of people affected by this week’s deadly earthquake. Even before Wednesday’s quake the country was in the grip of a humanitarian crisis, with aid...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least seven suspected militants and two Pakistani soldiers were killed on Sunday amid a clash in the restive North Waziristan tribal region, the country’s military said. The clashes, the latest in a recent string of similar incidents, took place in the Ghulam Khan area located near the Afghan border, the...
ORAN, Algeria (AA) – A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck areas of Algeria’s northwestern Oran province Sunday. The quake occurred at 8.17 p.m. local time (1917GMT), according to a statement by Algeria’s Center of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics (CRAAG). Oran’s Civil Defense Directorate in a statement said teams imm...
ANKARA (AA) – African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat called late Sunday for an “immediate investigation” after the deaths of dozens migrants trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Melilla. Around 2,000 migrants, many from Sudan, tried to cross the militarized border fence Friday and w...
