ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The Turkish foreign minister has called for collective efforts to protect the rights of Muslims and ease the sufferings they face across the globe, including in Palestine, Kashmir and Cyprus. Addressing the Islamabad meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mevlut Cavusoglu touc...
RAMALLAH, Palestine – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for halting Israel’s looting of Palestinian water resources. “How long will the world remain silent about the fate and life of our Palestinian people being held hostage by the [Israeli] occupier through its racist practices and its control over our resources and o...
BELGRADE, Serbia – Bosnia’s state court has sentenced former Serb soldier Predrag Bastah to 35 years in prison for committing war crimes during the 1990s. The court in the capital Sarajevo sentenced Bastah to 20 years in prison. But as he is already serving a sentence for other wartime crimes, the court imposed a combined […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US said Tuesday that it is unclear whether Iran will ever agree to a nuclear deal, but if it is willing to make “difficult decisions,” one could be reached “very soon.” “We are still working through a number of difficult issues. As I said before, the onus is on Tehran to […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s Transitional Legislative Assembly was inaugurated Tuesday, with academic Aboubacar Toguyeni elected as its head. Toguyeni received 59 votes out of 70 in a secret ballot in the nation’s capital, Ouagadougou, beating two challengers. The 58-year old teacher-researcher succeeds Bala Alassane Sakande, whose man...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US sanctioned Sudan’s Central Reserve Police (CRP) on Monday due to alleged “serious human rights abuses” it carried out against anti-coup protesters. In announcing the penalties, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US was acting to “hold to account those perpetrating abuses and to det...
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired drones and missiles at Saudi water and energy desalination facilities causing no causalities, but a temporary drop in output at a refinery. The drone strikes and ballistic and cruise missiles used by Houthis hit Yanbu’s gas plant, the Yasref refinery in the Yanbu Industrial City on the Red [&he...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen announced that it has thwarted a booby-trapped boat attack south of the Red Sea. A coalition statement said the boat was destroyed in al-Hudaydah in western Yemen. The statement said the attack targeted navigation south of the Red Sea, without giving further details. According to the [&helli...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh on Sunday announced the formation of a committee to hold dialogue on drafting an election law. Dbeibeh told a ministerial meeting that the committee will include independent figures representing the country’s different regions, the state news agency reported. He added that t...
KHARTOUM, Sudan –At least 35 people have been killed and hundreds injured in the violence between March 5 and 12 in Sudan’s Darfur region. Ibrahim Adam Osman, a member of the local Doctors Committee, said hundreds were admitted into Elgenena hospital since the violence started. “What we saw is a massacre with brutal attacks against [&hel...
