NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – Living without basic amenities in the caves after their houses faced repeated demolitions and attacks from Jewish settlers, coupled with restrictions from the Israeli army, residents of the Palestinian village of Tana, have learned to fill the gap by using renewable resources. Bassam Khatatbeh and his family including ...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Nine Yemeni soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in war-torn Yemen, according to the military on Wednesday. Unidentified gunmen attacked a military vehicle east of Zinjibar, the provincial capital of the southern Abyan province, killing three soldiers, the army-run Presidential Protection Brigades said in a statemen...
ANKARA (AA) – Despite political instability, Israel’s security must be preserved, the country’s prime minister has said. “We are in a period of political instability but the security and stability must be preserved,” Naftali Bennett said during a visit to the Israel Defense Forces’ Gaza division headquarters. Bennett said Israelis in cities su...
BRUSSELS (AA) – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said that he discussed Türkiye’s security concerns with Sweden’s prime minister. “(I) spoke with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Sweden’s NATO application and the security concerns raised by our Ally Türkiye,” Stoltenberg stated in a Twitter post. He stressed that “talks on th...
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish parliament has approved a motion to extend troop deployment in Libya for another 18 months as of July 2. The motion was submitted by the Turkish Presidency in the light of a request for military assistance by Libya’s UN-recognized government on June 13. “Türkiye continues its strong support for the [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt said Tuesday talks between President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reflected a “mutual understanding” on efforts to confront dangers threatening security and stability in the region. Al-Sisi met bin Salman in Cairo where he reiterated “Egypt’s commitment to the security of th...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has said that she believes the problem regarding Türkiye’s opposition to Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership will be resolved before the alliance’s summit in Madrid later this month. Marin’s remarks came at a joint press conference with her Croatian counterpart...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel said Wednesday it is building a 45-kilometer concrete wall in the occupied West Bank. A statement by the Defense Ministry said the 9-meter-high wall will replace an old security fence built around 20 years ago in the occupied territory. It will take over a year for the construction of the wall […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A deadly earthquake has killed over 1,000 people and injured nearly 1,600 in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday. “More than 1000 people were killed and over 1500 others injured in Paktika province,” Head of Information and Culture Department of the province told state-run Bakhtar News Agency. He added...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – Kuwait’s crown prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Wednesday dissolved the country’s parliament and called for early elections. “Based on our constitutional rights, we decided to dissolve the National Assembly constitutionally and to call for general elections,” he said in a televised statem...
