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BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon’s electricity production has completely stopped after the last two functioning power plants ran out of fuel, according to a government official. “The current production of Electricité du Liban (state-run power company) is zero,” Ahmed Abbas, director of the Al-Zahrani plant affiliated with the Ministry of Energy said....
SANAA, Yemen – The United States and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held talks on increasing humanitarian aid to war-torn Yemen during a two-month truce brokered by the United Nations. A statement by the US Department of State has said that the US envoy to Yemen- Tim Lenderking, and ICRC head Peter Maurer […]
KARACHI, Pakistan – Former Pakistani army officers do not foresee any change in the military’s current approach towards the country’s “political and constitutional course” despite huge crowds turning up in support of former Prime Minister Imran Khan following his ouster. Khan, whose Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The main border crossing between Iran and Afghanistan was closed on Saturday following skirmishes between Iranian border guards and the Taliban forces. According to official sources, Taliban authorities in the Islam Qala district of western Afghanistan’s Herat province were paving a road in the border zone with ...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish commando teams on Saturday launched a large-scale operation in northern Syria in response to the killing of a Turkish police officer allegedly by the PKK. The operation was supported by artillery fire, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said in a statement. The ministry said that any attack would be met with [&he...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday for the second time since the disputed region’s autonomous status was scrapped by his government on Aug. 5, 2019. He is scheduled to launch power and other projects valued at nearly $5 billion from a […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq on Saturday launched a large-scale military operation against the ISIS in five provinces, according to the defense ministry. A ministry statement said the offensive targets ISIS remnants in the provinces of Anbar, Nineveh, Salah al-Din, Diyala and Kirkuk. Forces from the army, border guards and the pro-government Hashd al-S...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel will close the Erez (Beit Hanoun) crossing to Palestinian workers in the Gaza Strip as of Sunday, the military announced on Saturday. A statement said the closure will remain in place until further notice in the wake of rocket fire from the Palestinian territory. “Following the firing of rockets [&helli...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – A fifth round of tension-easing talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia has resumed in Baghdad after more than six weeks of pause, a news agency affiliated with Iran’s top security body said Saturday. The marathon talks between the two estranged Middle East neighbors, underway since April last year, were “temporarily suspended”...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Thousands of Bangladeshis held demonstrations in the capital city of Dhaka on Friday to protest the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden and Israeli aggression against Palestinian Muslims. Demonstrators marched under the banner of Islami Andolan Bangladesh. They carried colorful banners and festoons, calling on al...
