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...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN Human Rights Office on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the imminent amputation of the fingers of eight men convicted of burglary in Iran, urging the country’s authorities to call off their planned action. “We also call on Iran to urgently revise its criminal penalties to do away with any form […]
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – The Khor Mor gas field in Iraq’s eastern province of Sulaymaniyah was attacked with missiles, local media reported on Wednesday. Security forces launched an investigation to identify the perpetrators of the incident, Iraqi media outlets reported. The Shekhan district of the country’s Duhok governorate also came under a missi...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Floods caused by heavy rains in Bangladesh have killed at least 42 people and spread waterborne diseases, with calls mounting for food and potable water. The deaths were mainly due to snake bites, drowning, landslides and other injuries, according to the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room of the D...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Authorities in Indian-occupied Kashmir sounded a flood alarm in Srinagar after the region’s largest river breached the danger mark on Wednesday. The warning comes with advice to people living near large water bodies to remain vigilant. Locals have been cautioned against venturing near uphill streams that are ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas is preparing to restore relations with the Syrian regime after a 10-year hiatus, a Palestinian source said on Tuesday. “The two sides will open a new phase in their relations in the coming period,” the source, who preferred to remain unnamed, told Anadolu Agency. The source [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Syrians who fled the war in their country and took refuge in Türkiye remain committed to exercising their right to return to their homeland when the necessary humanitarian, security and political conditions are met, said a joint statement by numerous NGOs on Tuesday. More than 200 organizations attended a meeting organize...
Cairo, Egypt – (AFP) Saudi and Egyptian companies signed agreements worth a total of $7.7 billion during a visit to Cairo by the Saudi crown prince, state media in both countries said. The deals were related to “infrastructure, logistical services, port management, agri-foods, the pharmaceutical industry, fossil fuels and renewable...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US reiterated Tuesday that it remains committed to reopening a consulate in Jerusalem, Palestine. “In the meantime, we have really reenergized the relationship between United States and the Palestinian Authority, but also with Palestinian people,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters at a ...
