BERLIN – NATO must avoid open military conflict with Russia that could increase the risk of nuclear war, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a recent interview. “I have said very early on that we must do everything possible to avoid a direct military confrontation between NATO and a highly armed superpower like Russia, a […]
BRUSSELS – The European Union will host the 6th Brussels conference on Syria next month, the European Commission has announced. The European Union does not forget about the suffering and “continued tragedy of the people of Syria” despite the war in Ukraine and “this is why we will host the Brussels conference on supporting the […]...
JERUSAELM – On the third Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, roughly 150,000 Palestinians flocked to the al-Aqsa Mosque. At the entrance of Ramallah’s Qalandia military checkpoint, tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered in a bid to reach the mosque, which sees the tension in the latest weeks. The Israeli authorities al...
ANKARA – A Turkish soldier was killed during a military operation in northern Iraq, Turkiye’s National Defense Ministry has stated. Furkan Gok, an infantry specialist sergeant, was killed in clashes with PKK fighters during Turkiye’s recently launched cross-border operation Operation Claw-Lock. Turkiye launched Operation Claw-Lock this w...
PARIS (AA) – This Sunday, France faces an uncertain test as voters head to the polls to elect the next president of the republic in the second and final round. Choosing between the final candidates is desolately grim for many, but for French Muslims casting their vote for either President Emmanuel Macron or far-right candidate Marine [&h...
AL-BAB/AZAZ, Syria (AA) – A civilian was killed and five were wounded in two separate terrorist attacks in northern Syria on Friday. A car bomb went off in Al-Bab city’s Zamzam neighborhood, killing one civilian, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent. Firefighters rushed to the site to put out the fire caused by the explosion [&he...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli security officers on Friday morning attacked journalists covering clashes at Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem. The officers were caught on Anadolu Agency Video News (AAVN) camera rushing at cameramen outside the mosque who were filming some officers carrying a seriously injured man. The AAVN cameraman running away from the p...
ANKARA (AA) – Two senior PKK members were killed in northern Syria, Turkish security sources said Friday. In an operation led by Turkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT), Rodin Abdulkadir Muhammed and Ranya Henan of the PKK operating in the Ayn al-Arab (Kobani) region of Syria were killed, said the sources. Rodin Abdulkadir Muh...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli police once again stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in East Jerusalem on Friday, sparking clashes with Palestinians in which 31 people were injured. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its crews responded to 31 injured people, two of them seriously hurt. It also said 14 injured were […...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – Dozens of people were killed in the northeastern Kunduz province of Afghanistan as an explosion struck a mosque shortly after the Friday prayers. Taliban’s interim government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said a total of 33 people, including children, were killed and 43 others were wounded by the blast and ...
