DHAKA, Bangladesh – The World Bank will lend Bangladesh $250 million to support the country’s reform efforts to sustain growth following the COVID-19 pandemic and to enhance resilience to future shocks, including climate change. The Bangladesh First Recovery and Resilience Development Policy Credit — the first in a series of two cr...
ANKARA – According to the Turkish National Defence Ministry, Turkish security forces have “neutralized” a total of 26 PKK militants since the launch of Operation Claw-Lock in northern Iraq. The operation successfully continues as planned, the ministry said in a statement. According to the ministry, the new operation was launched af...
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON: The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is the time of the year when Muslims all over the world cherish all that they have been blessed with. Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan in order to attain righteousness and learn self-restraint. Fasting in the Holy Month is one of Islam’s five main […]
ANKARA – Last week the Pakistani army conducted “retaliatory” strikes inside Afghanistan in Khost and Kunar provinces, allegedly against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)- a militant group. The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid condemned the attack. Shabir Ahmed Osmani, director of information said at least 41 people includin...
ANKARA – With the exit of Americans and the Afghan Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, there was a general sense of relief in Pakistan that its security woes along its western borders will be over. However, over the past many months, activity in this region has witnessed an increase, forcing Pakistan to conduct air raids inside […]
ANKARA – Turkiye has slammed a Swedish far-right politician for burning the Muslim holy book. The Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu while commenting on the hateful incident has said, “neo-Nazi movements have led to increased Islamophobia.” Urging collaboration against any form of racism and Islamophobic rhetoric, Mevlut Cav...
ANKARA (AA) – Recent events caused by Israeli radical groups and security forces in Palestine were on the agenda in a phone call on Tuesday between the presidents of Turkiye and Israel. “We are deeply saddened by the fact that more than 400 Palestinians were injured and 18 people, including children, lost their lives in […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Dozens of Palestinians suffered temporary asphyxiation during clashes with Israeli army in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday, according to witnesses. The violence erupted after local residents in the town of Burqa, north of Nablus, organized an anti-settlement rally in response to a march organized by Israeli s...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said Tuesday that the government formation crisis is hampering normal life in the country. This came in a speech marking the 41st anniversary of the founding of the Badr Organization, a faction of the pro-government Hashd al-Shaabi militia. “We strive to find solutions, but unfortuna...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Hundreds of Israeli settlers on Tuesday forced their way into Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a Palestinian agency. In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department, which oversees holy sites in Jerusalem, said 622 settlers stormed the site in groups under heavy police protection and...
