ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Germany and Pakistan on Tuesday agreed to work together to avert a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Addressing a joint press conference in the capital Islamabad after a delegation level meeting, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari were of the view ...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian judges continued their strike for the second day on Tuesday to protest President Kais Saied’s decision to sack dozens of their colleagues. In a statement, the Association of Judges said 99% of the judges and judicial staff suspended their work as part of the strike. Tunisian judges started a week-long [&hel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli drone crashed in the Gaza Strip Tuesday evening, according to its military. “A drone belonging to the army crashed in the northern Gaza Strip a short time ago,” the Israeli army said in a statement. It said the cause of the crash is “under investigation.” “There is no fear of […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US sanctioned on Monday two leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina, alleging they have undermined regional stability and the country’s Dayton Peace Accords. Marinko Cavara, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina president, and Alen Seranic, the Republika Srpska health minister, are being added to the US blacklist...
VIENNA (AA) – A mosque in Austria was subjected to an Islamophobic and racist attack on Monday. The words “Go back home” were written on the walls of the Yesil Mosque in Lower Austria by an unidentified individual who entered the area without permission, according to mosque officials. Türkiye’s Ambassador to Austria, Ozan Cey...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli warplanes struck some targets in Syria belonging to Assad regime forces, Syria’s state news agency SANA reported early Tuesday. Israeli air elements carried out the attack from the direction of the Golan Heights on Monday night, said SANA, citing a military source. The attack targeted some locations in the western D...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Mali’s military government will lead the country for a two-year transition period before returning to democratic rule, junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita announced late Monday in a decree. The junta had initially promised to hold elections in February this year, but later changed its mind, saying they would be held in [&he...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran will respond appropriately to any decision by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), its Foreign Ministry said Monday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Said Hatibzade said a draft resolution submitted to the IAEA Board of Governors is invalid and any anti-Iran decision would harm talks between Tehran and global...
ANKARA (AA) – Yemen’s warring sides have agreed to launch a coordination room to help pave the way for bringing the country’s seven-year war to a close. Military representatives from the Yemeni government, the Coalition Joint Forces Command and the Houthis were gathered in Jordan’s capital Amman by the Office of the Special Envoy f...
Umm Ḩajrah, Syria – (AFP): Syria is among the countries most vulnerable and poorly prepared for climate change, which is forecast to worsen, posing a further threat to the wheat harvests that are an essential income source for a war-battered population. The trend is most evident in Syria’s once-fertile northeast where wheat fields ...