Wuchkai, Afghanistan – (AFP) A ruined village in eastern Afghanistan, just 10 kilometres (six miles) from the epicentre of this week’s deadly earthquake, is struggling back to life as aid trickles into the isolated region. Wuchkai, three hours away from the nearest town of any substance, can only be reached by a narrow, rutted dirt...
Kabul, Afghanistan – (AFP) An Afghan freed after 15 years of detention in the United States’ notorious Guantanamo Bay prison arrived home Saturday to a hero’s welcome. Asadullah Haroon had languished without charge for years at the US detention centre in Cuba after being arrested in 2006 while working as a honey trader travel...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan’s King Abdullah II has said he supports the formation of a NATO-style military alliance in the Middle East region. “The kingdom works actively with NATO and sees itself as a partner of the alliance, having fought shoulder-to-shoulder with NATO troops for decades,” he said in an interview with CNBC network. […...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The death toll of migrants who died trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Melilla rose to 27 on Saturday, according to the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH). Around 2,000 migrants, many from Sudan, tried to cross the militarized border fence on Friday. At first, five people […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The European Commission has released €2 million ($2.11 million) for emergency relief assistance to those affected by the current floods in Bangladesh and India. The support will benefit the affected and displaced people in the worst-hit regions of the two neighboring countries and be channeled through the EU’s hu...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s Ennahda movement has called on the authorities to unveil the identity of those plotting to assassinate Tunisian President Kais Saied. On Thursday, the Interior Ministry said there were plots to assassinate Saied and to “damage state security and create chaos.” “Ennahda condemns any assault on state institutions,...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The top diplomats of Iran and the European Union on Saturday expressed readiness to resume stalled nuclear talks in Vienna, signaling an end to a three-month deadlock. Addressing a joint presser following their talks in Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and European Union foreign policy chief Josep B...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemen warned Saturday that its wheat stock is about to run out. “The global food crisis and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict have their impact on wheat imports to Yemen,” Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Waed Badhib, said in statements cited by the state news agency Saba. He said around 46% of […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – In a phone call with Sweden’s premier on Saturday, Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Stockholm needed to change its attitude on the PKK group and its Syrian branch, the YPG. Sweden’s application for NATO membership was on the agenda in the call with Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, accordi...
Cairo, Egypt – (AFP/AA) Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday hailed Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani’s visit to Egypt as an “important step” for developing ties between Cairo and Doha. Al-Sisi and Tamim held talks in Cairo on Saturday where they discussed bilateral relations and regional developments, t...
