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RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has condemned an Israeli court decision to approve a cable car project in the occupied East Jerusalem. A ministry statement termed the cable car project as “an integral part of Israel’s Judaization campaign in Jerusalem with a view to eroding its Palestinian, Islamic and Christian ide...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians staged a rally in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to commemorate the Nakba Day, which marks the creation of the state of Israel in historical Palestine. Observed on May 15 annually, the Nakba Day, or the Catastrophe Day, marks the 1948 forced expulsion of nearly 800,000 Palestinians from their […]
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye has killed 10 more PKK fighters in northern Iraq, the Turkish National Defense Ministry reported on Sunday. “We continue to put locks on the nests of terror,” the ministry said on Twitter. The PKK men were killed by Turkish forces under the country’s Operation Claw-Lock, raising the total to 95. Th...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye on Sunday condemned an attack in Afghanistan against a staff member of a primary school run by Turkish Maarif Foundation. “We strongly condemn this heinous attack targeting an official of Turkish Maarif Schools which have significant contributions to education in Afghanistan and hope that the perpetrators are ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali lawmakers from both houses of parliament who gathered in a hangar inside heavily fortified Mogadishu International Airport elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as president Sunday, defeating incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also known as Farmajo. Mohamud, who was Mohamed’s immediate predecessor as ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least 43 people were killed over the weekend in separate attacks attributed to terrorists in Burkina Faso. The first attack occurred between Salmossi and Markoye in the province of Oudalan in the Sahel region, leaving six people dead, including five army auxiliaries and one civilian. Eight other volunteer militia...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Mali’s military junta announced Sunday that it has decided to withdraw from the West African multi-national military force G5 Sahel, citing a lack of progress in uprooting an insurgency. The G5 Sahel, which comprises Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, was created in 2014 and its anti-insurgent force launched ...
LAHORE, Pakistan – With alarm bells ringing all over the world over global warming, new farming technologies are helping the young generation reduce waste and keep the earth healthy. A survey by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics in 2018 found that some 39% of the country’s labor force was engaged in agriculture, with the sector [&h...
TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisian opposition leader Ghazi Chaouachi, who is the Secretary-General of the Democratic Current, has announced on social media that he will appear before court after a judicial investigation was opened against him on charges of “disturbing public order.” “I was informed a while ago by the Bar Association of a de...
ANKARA – Protests continue in Iran over hike in food prices and a shortage of commodities in the country. Protests were reported in the cities of Borujerd and Dorud in the western Lorestan province, in Gunkan and Farsan in Chaharmahal Bakhtiari province and the city of Dehdasht in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in southwestern Iran. [&hel...
