TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has arrested two European nationals for allegedly “fomenting chaos and social disorder,” without revealing their nationalities. In a statement on Wednesday, the Intelligence Ministry said the detainees had been sent by “foreign conspirators” to carry out destabilizing activities in the country. The two arre...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least three people were killed and several others wounded when a bomb blast targeted a security checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, an official said. Somali police spokesman Abdifatah Adan Hassan told Anadolu Agency that two security personnel were among the dead in the attack on the secu...
ANKARA (AA) – A Palestinian official on Wednesday denied reports about receiving an Israeli request to launch a joint investigation into the death of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Abu Akleh, 51, was shot dead when she was covering an Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin Wednesday morning. Another […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Health Ministry on Wednesday said the Israeli forces shot dead Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh when she was covering an Israeli raid in the northern Jenin city of the occupied West Bank. Another journalist, Ali Al-Samoudi, was shot in the back, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry....
ISTANBUL (AA) – A group of scholars from Turkey and Pakistan deliberated on regional security issues Tuesday in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul. In what is described as the first Turkey-Pakistan security dialogue, Professor Rabia Akhtar from the University of Lahore said the participants discussed how the regional security architecture shap...
BRUSSELS (AA) – Israel refused to grant permission to Belgian Minister of Development Cooperation Meryame Kitir to enter the Gaza Strip, a Belgian news outlet has reported. The Israeli government “made it clear that they do not authorize any political visits to Gaza at this time,” Kitir’s cabinet said, according to public broadcaster RTB...
JERUSALEM (AA) – At least 22 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces on Tuesday during a home demolition in occupied East Jerusalem, according to medics. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medics treated 16 Palestinians in Silwan neighborhood in the city this evening following clashes with Israeli soldiers. Six other Palestinian...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Elite soldiers from the Somali National Army conducted a military operation Tuesday against the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab terrorist group in the southern province of Lower Juba, killing at least 11 terrorists. The special operation was conducted near El-Ade village on the outskirts of the port city of Kisma...
ALGIERS, Algeria – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks with Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad Ramtane Lamamra on Tuesday as the two countries marked the 60th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic relations. Lavrov “took part in the wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to the heroe...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories- A year after its devastating war with Israel, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas is faced with a dilemma: to keep up the resistance struggle or to lay low and reconstruct the Gaza Strip? On May 10, 2021, the storming of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound by Israeli forces led to violent clashes […]
