Tunis, Tunisia – (AFP): The man charged by President Kais Saied with rewriting Tunisia’s constitution said Monday he would present a draft stripped of any reference to Islam in order to fight Islamist parties. The first article of a constitution adopted three years after the North African country’s 2011 revolution says it is ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians staged a rally in the Gaza Strip on Monday to show solidarity with hunger-striking detainees in Israeli prisons. Khalil Awawdeh and Raed Rayan have been on hunger strike for 96 days and 61 days, respectively, to protest against their administrative detention in Israel without trial or charge. Organized ...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – An Algerian court on Monday sentenced the brother of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to eight years in prison for corruption, according to the official Algeria Press Service. Said Bouteflika was convicted of issuing secret funding for a presidential election campaign that was cancelled in 2019. The Sidi M’ha...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon on Monday called on the United States to resume indirect talks with Israel to demarcate their maritime border. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with President Michel Aoun to discuss developments related to a disputed maritime area with Israel and agreed to invite US mediator Amos Hochstein to resume his ...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India on Monday said recent remarks by officials from the country’s ruling party that insulted Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) do not reflect the views of the government, with the “relevant bodies” taking strong action against these individuals. Nupur Sharma, the spokeswoman of the Bharatiya Janata...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The UK reopened its embassy in Libya on Sunday after an eight-year hiatus. The UK had closed its diplomatic missions in Libya in 2014 amid intense armed clashes in the country. “This is a demonstration of the UK’s commitment to the whole of Libya. I am proud our work touches the […]
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Many people are feared dead after gunmen opened fire on worshippers at a church in Nigeria’s southwestern Ondo state, officials said. The attack occurred at St. Francis Catholic Church in the town of Owo. Officials at the Federal Medical Center in Owo said at least 50 injured people were rushed to […]
NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA) – The voter turnout on Sunday for Kazakhstan’s constitutional referendum reached 68%. Polling stations across the country closed at 8.00 p.m. local time (1400GMT) and at 9.00 p.m. local time in western parts of the country, with over 11.7 million voters eligible to cast a ballot. More than 8.3 million pe...
GAZA CITY, Palestine – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has called for providing international protection to Palestinian children against Israeli violations. “Israel is practicing all types of crimes against Palestinian children, including killing, abduction, assassination, siege and house arrest,” Hamas said in a statement marking the Inter...
JERUSALEM – Hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem to mark the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department, which oversees holy sites in Jerusalem, said more than 450 settlers entered the site through the compound’s Al-Mugharbah Gate under ...
