WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that he has been “saddened” by Tuesday’s deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. Over 1,000 people were reported to have died and nearly 1,600 were injured after a jolt hit Paktika province, according to local authorities. The death toll is feared to ris...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Muslims in Uganda have protested against discrimination and exclusion from government positions by getting their MPs to write to the nation’s president. Fifty Muslim MPs in the Uganda Muslims Parliamentary Caucus (UMPC) wrote to the President Yoweri Museveni through Speaker Annet Among, in order to complain about t...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have declared their determination to launch a new era of cooperation in bilateral ties in political, economic, military, security and cultural spheres. Erdogan welcomed bin Salman with an official ceremony in the capital Ankara. According to a...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Knesset (Israel’s Parliament) on Wednesday voted in a preliminary reading of a bill to dissolve itself in preparation for early elections in October. The bill was supported by 110 lawmakers during the vote. A second and third vote is expected to be held next week. “It is expected that the procedures […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Apart from civil wars and foreign military interventions, natural disasters have caused massive death and destruction in Afghanistan over the past 60 years. Wednesday’s earthquake that struck a rural, mountainous region of southeastern Afghanistan killing hundreds of people, is one of a series of deadliest quakes that have hit th...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria has been grappling with security challenges since 2009 when the Boko Haram group emerged, first in the country’s northeast regions. Besides Boko Haram’s subversive activities, armed gangs, kidnappers, and separatist groups have exacerbated the security situation in the West African country of over 200 millio...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – China has approved a $2.3 billion loan to prop up Pakistan’s depleting foreign reserves with cash inflow expected within a couple of days. The loan facility agreement was inked between Islamabad and a consortium of Chinese banks, Pakistan’s Finance Miftah Ismail said on Twitter on Wednesday. “The Chin...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other federal agencies to help those affected by an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the US is “deeply saddened to see the devastating earthquake” that...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi state media on Wednesday hailed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Türkiye and the distinguished relations between Riyadh and Ankara. The state-run Al-Ikhbariya television said Saudi-Turkish relations “witness a new phase of development and prosperity with tangible steps between the leaderships of both coun...
ISTANBUL (AA) – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss hailed relations between her country and Türkiye during a meeting Wednesday with Vice President Fuat Oktay in the Turkish capital Ankara. “Türkiye is an important partner for the UK. We are key European NATO allies,” Truss wrote on Twitter following the meeting. “I met Vice President @fuatokt...
