KARACHI, Pakistan – Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who became the first-ever Pakistani leader to be voted out through a no-confidence motion, finished his nearly four-year stint with a mix of successes and failures. Khan came to power through a popular vote in the 2018 general elections, promising to bolster a crippling economy, fight corru...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran on Tuesday summoned Afghanistan’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran to protest attacks on Iranian diplomatic missions in Kabul and Herat. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said consular services at diplomatic missions in Afghanistan would cease their operations until full security was assured. It urged the Afghan auth...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s parliament on Monday elected Shehbaz Sharif, the three-time chief minister of the key province of Punjab, as the country’s new prime minister. Shehbaz, the younger brother of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, took oath of the office later in the evening. He grabbed the office following a su...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Thousands of supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party took to the streets in several cities across the country Sunday to protest his ouster in a no-confidence vote in parliament. According to local media, protests were staged in the capital Islamabad and many other cities,...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish security forces have struck targets belonging to the PKK in northern Iraq and parts of northern Syria, Turkiye’s National Defense Ministry said Monday. At least two PKK members in the Euphrates Shield Operation zone in northern Syria were killed, the ministry said on Twitter. Another PKK member identified via ...
ISTANBUL – Saudi Arabia has raised the number of Hajj pilgrims from inside and outside the kingdom to 1 million in 2022 after two years of restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah of Saudi Arabia released a statement that said Hajj is open to those under 65 years of […]
ANKARA – Armenia has accepted the document submitted by Azerbaijan on five principles to normalize bilateral ties. Ilham Aliyev made the remarks during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin during which they exchanged views on relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the post-conflict period, the Azerbaijan’s presidency s...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ( AA) – Pakistan’s parliament voted out Prime Minister Imran Khan in a no-confidence motion early Sunday, capping a month-long political turmoil. As many as 174 lawmakers voted in favor of the no-trust motion, two more than the required 172 for a simple majority in the 324-member National Assembly, the lower house of ...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – A visa exemption agreement between Israel and Morocco has entered into force, according to an Israeli diplomat on Saturday. “I am pleased to inform you that an agreement has been signed between the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco regarding visa exemption for holders of diplomatic and official passports,&#...
ANKARA (AA) – A diplomat appointed by the Taliban as their charge d’affairs in Moscow took office on Saturday, an official with the interim Afghan administration said. Abdul Qahar Balkhi, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, thanked Moscow for “accrediting the Afghan diplomat” and “facilitating the role of the Afghan Embassy i...
