Doha, Qatar – AFP Chad’s military government and dozens of opposition groups started peace talks on Sunday in Qatar as a first step towards ending a rebellion and holding elections. The landlocked African nation was thrown into turmoil by the killing of longtime leader Idriss Deby Itno in battle with rebels in the country’s n...
PARIS (AA) – France has warned Iran that its “irresponsible and dangerous” attack in Iraq can hurt the prospects of returning to the nuclear deal. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said the attack, claimed by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), “threatens the stability of Iraq and the region.” Earlier, Iran’s Islamic...
Casablanca, Morocco – AFP Royal Air Maroc took off from Casablanca for Tel Aviv on Sunday in its first direct flight since Israel and Morocco normalized ties in 2020. Aviation sources and local media sources said a Moroccan business delegation was on the inaugural flight, delayed by three months because of the Covid-19 pandemic. “...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran on Sunday claimed an overnight attack on what it said were Israeli facilities in Erbil in northern Iraq with precision-guided missiles. In a statement on Sunday, the public relations wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for Saturday’s strike in the Kurdish Regional Governmen...
ANTALYA, Turkiye – Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister has said that he expects an agreement with Turkiye and Qatar on operating the Kabul airport. Amir Khan Muttaqi said that agreement had been secured on “a number of issues regarding the Kabul Airport.” However, a few outstanding issues still had to be resolved. Spe...
BEIRUT – Lebanese authorities have said that they have received an offer from Russia to build an oil refinery in Lebanon. “We received a general offer from a private Russian company, and it may crystallize with time because similar projects take a long period of time, whether with regard to gas for electricity or fuels,” […]...
RIYADH (AA) – Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted and sentenced on different charges, including terrorism and espionage. In a statement, the Saudi Interior Ministry said the convicts, most of them Saudi nationals, included those who held “deviant beliefs,” those who targeted places of worship and government buildings, a...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Saturday demanded a joint probe into the firing of an Indian missile that landed in Pakistani territory earlier this week. New Delhi on Friday acknowledged that “in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunctioning led to the accidental firing of a missile” that landed in Mia...
ISTANBUL (AA) – UN human rights chief has acknowledged “relative peace” in Afghanistan and said the general amnesty granted by the Taliban is “significant.” Michelle Bachelet, however, said Afghans “remain uncertain about the future of their country (and) also about where their next meal will come from.” After her one-day visit to the wa...
NEW DELHI / ISLAMABAD (AA) – India has admitted that this week it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan due to a “technical malfunction” during routine maintenance. This Wednesday, “routine maintenance … led to the accidental firing of a missile. The government of India has taken a serious view and ordered a...
