ISTANBUL (AA) – A group of scholars from Turkey and Pakistan deliberated on regional security issues Tuesday in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul. In what is described as the first Turkey-Pakistan security dialogue, Professor Rabia Akhtar from the University of Lahore said the participants discussed how the regional security architecture shap...
BRUSSELS (AA) – Israel refused to grant permission to Belgian Minister of Development Cooperation Meryame Kitir to enter the Gaza Strip, a Belgian news outlet has reported. The Israeli government “made it clear that they do not authorize any political visits to Gaza at this time,” Kitir’s cabinet said, according to public broadcaster RTB...
JERUSALEM (AA) – At least 22 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces on Tuesday during a home demolition in occupied East Jerusalem, according to medics. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medics treated 16 Palestinians in Silwan neighborhood in the city this evening following clashes with Israeli soldiers. Six other Palestinian...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Elite soldiers from the Somali National Army conducted a military operation Tuesday against the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab terrorist group in the southern province of Lower Juba, killing at least 11 terrorists. The special operation was conducted near El-Ade village on the outskirts of the port city of Kisma...
ALGIERS, Algeria – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks with Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad Ramtane Lamamra on Tuesday as the two countries marked the 60th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic relations. Lavrov “took part in the wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to the heroe...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories- A year after its devastating war with Israel, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas is faced with a dilemma: to keep up the resistance struggle or to lay low and reconstruct the Gaza Strip? On May 10, 2021, the storming of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound by Israeli forces led to violent clashes […]
BRUSSELS – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell pledged an extra €1 billion ($1.06 billion) support for the Syrian people for this year at the Brussels Syria Conference. “I am pleased to announce an additional €1 billion aid for the calendar year of 2022,” Borrell said at his opening speech at the 6th Brussels conference […]...
JERUSALEM – US President Joe Biden is considering a visit to occupied East Jerusalem during his upcoming visit to Israel in June, according to an Israeli official. The official said Biden would possibly visit Al Makassed Hospital in the city, although the plans are not yet to be finalized. If confirmed, the visit is likely […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) – About a dozen women protested in the Afghan capital on Tuesday against the Taliban’s new edict that females must fully cover their faces and bodies when in public. Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada issued a mandate over the weekend ordering women to cover up fully,...
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) – The European Union’s coordinator for talks between Iran and world powers over restoring a 2015 nuclear deal will visit Tehran this week, Iran’s foreign ministry has said. “The agenda for talks (with Enrique Mora) in Tehran is nearly finalised. “He will meet with Ali Bagheri, the Islamic Republ...
