LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – Many civilians are feared dead and several others have been injured after Nigerian Air Force fighter jets bombed two communities during an operation targeting militants. The airstrikes affected residents of Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities in the Silame local government area of the northwestern Sokoto State. Local...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Five journalists from the Al-Quds Today channel were killed early Thursday when an Israeli airstrike struck their broadcasting van near al-Awda Hospital in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, according to Palestinian officials and media reports. The journalists were covering events at the hospital when the vehicle, marked with ...
İSTANBUL (AA) -Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani warned Iran on Tuesday against actions that could incite instability in Syria and held Tehran responsible for potential consequences of recent statements. “Iran must respect the will of the Syrian people, the sovereignty of the nation, and its territorial integrity. We caution them again...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The rehabilitation operation continued on Wednesday in Bangladesh after a massive fire left hundreds of Rohingya families homeless in Cox’s Bazar amid rough winter weather. Bangladesh is hosting over 1.2 million Muslim Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar, most of whom fled Myanmar in August 2017 during a military crackdown t...
MOSCOW (AA) – An Azerbaijan Airlines flight with 67 people on board, traveling from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny in Russia’s Chechnya region, crashed near the Kazakh Caspian city of Aktau on Wednesday, the Kazakh Emergency Ministry said, adding that there were 25 survivors. According to the ministry, 62 passengers and fiv...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli rights group says it petitioned the High Court to halt army attacks on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. In a statement, the Physicians for Human Rights group said the petition seeks an immediate halt to Israeli army attacks on the hospital. It also calls for establishing […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli military detonated two explosive-laden robots near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, causing loud explosions heard as far as Gaza City, witnesses told the media. Due to the intensity of Israeli fire in the area, details remain unavailable. The hospital’s director, Hussam Abu Safiya, ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Afghanistan’s interim Taliban administration has claimed that at least 46 people have been killed in a bombing by Pakistani fighter jets in the eastern Paktika province. Mullah Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for the interim Taliban administration, said that Pakistani jets bombed four locations in Paktika’s Ba...
Rohingya organizations globally have demanded justice and peaceful coexistence in Burma’s Rakhine state. This comes as fighting escalates between the military junta and the Arakan Army. In a joint statement, 28 groups urged the Buddhist dominated Arakan Army to respect the rights of minorities, including the Rohingya. They stressed the need f...
Bangladesh has asked India to extradite ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. She fled to India on Aug. 5 after a student-led uprising against her 15-year rule. The uprising left more than 700 people dead and led to a transitional government under Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain confirmed a formal request for Hasina’s ...
