Algiers, Algeria – (AFP): The son of a French anti-imperialist tortured and killed by the French army during Algeria’s war of independence has said he cannot forgive and that the “truth” is more important than apologies offered by Paris. Maurice Audin, a mathematician and communist who supported Algeria’s struggle...
N’Djamena, Chad – (AFP): Six opposition leaders arrested after violent anti-French protests in N’Djamena were on Monday handed one-year suspended sentences for disturbing public order. They were also fined 10 million CFA francs, or about 15,000 euros. Those charged included Max Loalngar, coordinator for Wakit Tamma, Chad̵...
ANKARA- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he will attend the Group of 20 meeting in Indonesia later this year despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s expected participation. “… the work of the G20 is critical at this time of global economic uncertainty,” Albanese said during a brief interaction with...
ANKARA – Over 77% of voters in Kazakhstan have approved constitutional amendments that seek a new governance model according to the Foreign Ministry. As many as 77.18 % of the voters in the June 5 referendum “approved the proposed amendments, paving the way for changing 33, or one third articles of the document initially adopted [&...
ANKARA – The Russian Embassy in Libya will resume work soon, according to the Russian presidential envoy for the Middle East and Africa. Mikhail Bogdanov told reporters that the opening of the Russian Embassy in Libya will be “very soon.” Russia relocated its embassy in Libya to neighboring Tunisia in 2014 for security reasons. The […]...
ANKARA – Turkish security “neutralized” two PKK fighters in northern Iraq, according to the National Defense Ministry. The “terrorists were neutralized” in the Operation Claw-Tiger zone with support from the Air Force, the ministry said on Twitter. “Our fight against terrorists in northern Iraq continues wit...
HEBRON, Palestine – Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated in the West Bank city of Hebron to protest high prices. Demonstrators blocked roads with trucks amid chants condemning price hikes. “We call on the Palestinian government to urgently intervene to stop the rising prices and to subsidize basic commodities,” Amjad al-Atrash, an organ...
SFAX CITY, Tunisia – The head of Tunisia’s Ennahda movement, Rached Ghannouchi, has said that the end of the “coup” is imminent. “I salute the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) for refusing to participate in the farce national dialogue,” Ghannouchi told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting in the southeastern city of Sfa...
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has warned against Israel’s attempts to encroach on the country’s energy wealth. “The attempts of the Israeli enemy to create a new crisis, by encroaching on Lebanon’s water wealth […] is a matter of extreme seriousness and would trigger tensi...
Kuwait City, Kuwait – (AFP): Anger in the Middle East spread Monday over comments made by an official of India’s ruling party about the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him), with various countries summoning New Delhi’s envoy and a Kuwaiti supermarket removing Indian products. The United Arab Emirates became the latest country...
