TEHRAN, Iran (AA): Syrian President Bashar al Assad met with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an unannounced one-day visit to Tehran on Sunday, according to local media. It was Assad’s second official visit to Iran since Syria’s civil war erupted in 2011. His last visit was in February 2019. Sunday’s meeting was ...
ISTANBUL (AA): At least 48 people were killed by gunmen in three villages in northwestern Nigeria on Friday, according to local authorities. Aminu Suleiman, a local official in Bakura in Zamfara State, confirmed the attacks on Sunday, saying that bandits on motorcycles attacked people in Sabon Gari, Damri, and Kalahe, local media reported. Nig...
SANAA, Yemen (AA): UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg has welcomed the release of Houthi prisoners by the Saudi-led coalition. On Friday May 6, dozens of Houthi prisoners were freed as part of a humanitarian initiative by Saudi Arabia to “support peace efforts” in Yemen. “I welcome the release of detainees by the Saudi-led coalition, [&hel...
RAMALLAH, PALESTINE: Israeli forces raided the village of Silat al-Harithiya in the West Bank city of Jenin, destroying the house of a Palestinian Omar Jaradat, who was accused of killing an Israeli settler last year. Clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces following the demolition. Hapless Palestinians threw stones and firebom...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA): Tunisia’s Ennahda movement has said that it refuses to engage in a “sham” dialogue that deepens the current political crisis in the country. On Thursday May 5, the Tunisian President Kais Saied had pledged to issue a decree soon to hold a national dialogue in Tunisia. “This dialogue is [a new attempt] […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Palestinian resistance group Hamas has said it is unfazed by Israeli threats to assassinate its leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar. “The Israeli campaign of threats and incitement to assassinate Sinwar or other Hamas leaders does not frighten us,” political bureau member Izzat al-Rishq said in a statement. Al-R...
ANKARA (AA): The United Nations on Saturday called for the adoption of a more strategic approach to address the Palestinian economic and fiscal crisis. The call came in a report issued by the office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO), Tor Wennesland, ahead of a meeting of the […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): With his latest feat, Sirbaz Khan on Saturday became the first Pakistani to have climbed 10 of the world’s 14 summits taller than 8,000 meters (26,247 feet). “Khan stood atop the summit of 8,586-m (28,169-ft) Kunchenjunga (Kangchenjunga), the world’s third-highest peak, at 7 am (local time) on Saturday (0115...
GENEVA (AA): The UN human rights chief on Saturday expressed deep distress over recent violent clashes between Muslims and Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia, in which at least 30 people were reportedly killed and more than 100 others were injured. “I call on the Ethiopian authorities to promptly initiate and conduct thorough, independent, and tr...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Palestine on Saturday welcomed the US opposition to Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank but said it was not enough. On Friday, the US Department of State slammed Israeli plans to advance nearly 4,000 settlement units in the occupied West Bank, saying the measure “deeply damages the prospects for a [...
