MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Two victims of Nigeria’s first school abduction by violent groups have been rescued more than eight years after the incident. Maj. Gen. Waheed Shuibu said Mary Dauda and Hauwa Joseph — now in their 20s — were rescued after clearance operations by troops on the camps and enclave of the ‘Boko [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – Firefighters and other personnel are intervening by land and air to control a wildfire that broke out overnight in a forest in southern Türkiye, an official said Wednesday. The cause of the fire in Marmaris district of Mugla province is still unknown. The flames spread in a short time due to winds. […]
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish president and the British prime minister discussed bilateral relations and regional issues, the Turkish Communications Directorate said on Tuesday. In a statement, the directorate said Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Boris Johnson talked about defense cooperation and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Amid a looming global food...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian civilian was fatally stabbed by an Israeli settler on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, the Health Ministry said. The ministry identified the victim as Ali Hassan Harb, 27, who lost his life in Iskaka town in Salfit province. Harb “succumbed to a fatal stabbing to the heart by […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – UN special adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has invited the speaker of Libya’s parliament and the head of the High Council of State to meet within ten days for talks. Williams urged Aquila Saleh, the Speaker of east Libya-based House of Representatives, and Khaled al-Mishri, the head of the Tripoli-based High Council [&hel...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Due to a sharp decline in fundraising campaigns and a dysfunctional process of repatriation, Rohingya refugees camping in Bangladesh say they fear a shortage of food and an impact on their livelihoods, education, and other activities. Khin Maung, a Rohingya youth in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, lamented that the world...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria has suspended all tourism ties with Spain in a new escalation of tension between the two countries over the disputed Western Sahara region. A document dated June 19 by the Algerian Tourism Ministry asked all tour operators to immediately suspend tourism relations with Spain. The document said the suspension was ...
ANKARA (AA) – Lebanon, Egypt and Syria signed an agreement for the re-flow of gas from the “Arab Natural Gas” line on Tuesday in Beirut. Lebanese Energy Minister, Walid Fayyad, Syria’s Deputy Ambassador to Beirut, Ali Abdulkerim Ali, and Egypt’s Ambassador to Beirut, Yasser Allavi, were present at the gas agreemen...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Researchers in Bangladesh detected two cases of a more infectious omicron subvariant of the coronavirus Tuesday amid a sharp rise in infections there of the deadly disease. A research team detected the subvariant called BA.4/5 in two men in the southwestern district of Jessore. The men, between 44 and 79 years [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said Tuesday that overcoming crises worldwide requires cooperation, justice and rejection of double standards. Speaking at the opening of Qatar Economic Forum 2022 in the capital Doha, Tamim said the forum aims at “enriching dialogue on the strategic issues that are at th...
