ISTANBUL (AA) – A total of 372 civilians were killed and 754 others injured in the last three years due to mines planted by Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, according to a local NGO. The Houthis have placed thousands of anti-personnel and land mines as well as explosives of various sizes in many parts of the […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday said that East Jerusalem will remain the eternal capital of the state of Palestine. “East Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian holy sites will remain the eternal capital of Palestine,” Nabil Abu Rudeineh said in a statement cited by the state ne...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkey has called on the Israeli government to take the necessary measures to preserve the status quo in the holy places amid rising tensions over a flag march by Israeli settlers in occupied East Jerusalem. “Staging a raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir and fanatical Jewish groups under [&h...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Sunday rejected reports regarding the visit of a Pakistani delegation to Israel earlier this month. Responding to media queries, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson “categorically rejected the notion of any delegation from Pakistan visiting Israel.” “The reported visit in question was ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egyptian army said Sunday it had killed 10 militants in clashes in the Sinai Peninsula. A military spokesman said army forces raided a “terrorist” hideout in the northern part of the peninsula and clashed with militants inside. A cache of weapons, ammunition, and explosives were seized during the raid. At leas...
Khartoum, Sudan – (AFP): The trial of four people accused of fatally stabbing a senior police officer during anti-coup protests in Sudan opened in the capital Khartoum on Sunday. The judge ordered an investigation into allegations the four had been tortured in custody and adjourned the court until June 12. General Ali Bareema was killed ...
Jerusalem- (AFP): Thousands of flag-waving Israelis on Sunday marched into the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City during a nationalist procession that regularly stokes Palestinian anger, a year after Jerusalem tensions exploded into war. As Jewish crowds, some chanting “death to Arabs”, marched through the streets for an ...
ANKARA – The death toll from a building collapse in southwestern Iran’s Khuzestan province rose to 22, while 48 people were rescued from the rubble. Ihsan Abbasipur, the governor of the city of Abadan, told Iranian state television that the number of injured people as a result of the collapse of a 10-storey business center [&hellip...
ISTANBUL – Pushing back criticism over a decree that makes it mandatory for women to wear the face veil in Afghanistan, the Taliban government has said that the country is “predominantly Muslim” and so the order “is in line” with religious and cultural practices. “Since the people of Afghanistan are predominantly Muslim, the Afghan gover...
ISTANBUL – The Russian foreign minister has stated that Russian presence in Syria is in line with UN Security Council Resolution 2544 and is at the invitation of the Syrian regime. “We will continue to help Damascus reclaim all of its territory,” Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with RT Arabic news channel. Lavrov pointed [&helli...
