DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Benin has decided to lift the measures required for the crossing of its borders as part of its management of the coronavirus pandemic. “As of Thursday, June 16, 2022 at midnight, entry into Beninese territory, both by land, air and sea borders, is free of the presentation of any document related […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Over 135,000 Rohingya and Kaman Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state have been arbitrarily and indefinitely detained in the last decade, an international rights watchdog has said. “Myanmar authorities’ crimes against humanity of apartheid, persecution, and imprisonment have deprived Rohingya of their liberty and threaten...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The Libyan Parliament has approved a budget for the government of Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha amid a political rift in the country. “The 89.6 billion Libyan dinars ($20 billion) budget was unanimously approved,” the parliament’s spokesman, Abdullah Blihaq, said in a statement. The government of Bashagha, a former interi...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has received $1.6 billion in arrears from the Iraqi government for imports of natural gas, Oil Minister Javad Owji has announced. In a Twitter post, Owji said the debt from previous years was received “a few hours ago” following “several months of negotiations” between the two sides, credi...
COLOGNE, Germany (AA) – More than 800 mosques in Germany have been the targets of threats and attacks since 2014, but in most of the cases, the crimes were not properly investigated, according to Brandeilig, an initiative of rights group FAIR International. The group, which has founded Germany’s first reporting center for attacks on mosques, [...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Thursday received a written message from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz on bilateral relations between the two Gulf neighbors. The message was delivered by Saudi Ambassador Prince Mansour bin Khalid bin Farhan, who discussed with the Qatari ruler ways of boosting relations [&h...
TEHRAN – (AA): Iran has said it still believes that negotiations can succeed to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, despite a recent rebuke from the UN nuclear watchdog. Tehran last week condemned as “unconstructive” a move by the International Atomic Energy Agency to censure the country for failure to cooperate o...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Egypt, Israel, and the EU on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding in Cairo to export Israeli gas to Europe. Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar shared a video on her Twitter account of the signing of the trilateral deal. “Today, Egypt and Israel together made commitment to share our natural gas with [...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel will open the Taba border crossing with Egypt around the clock as of July 3, its transport minister has said. “After hard work by the Ministry of Transportation and the Taba Border Crossing, the terminal will open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, starting on July 3,” Merav Michaeli […]
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – More than 20 people, including those who had been displaced from their homes, were killed on Sunday near Menaka in northeastern Mali, a pro-government armed group said Wednesday. “Armed men broke into a camp not far from the locality of Izingaz, commune of Ihinita, circle of Tidermene, Menaka region, on June...
