Netanyahu rejects 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – At least 24 people, including eight children and 12 women, drowned and dozens of others went missing after a passenger boat capsized in Bangladesh’s northern district of Panchagarh on Sunday, officials said. “With 24 confirmed casualties, we fear the death toll may rise as the rescue operation is still going on,” [&hel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The killing of a Palestinian man by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank was an “extrajudicial execution,” Palestine said on Saturday. Israeli forces “executed without trial educator Mohammad Abu Kafiyya, 36, living in the village of Beit Ijza, northwest of Jerusalem,” Palestine’s Foreign Ministry said in...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye and Saudi Arabia discussed relations between the two countries, sources said Saturday. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held a meeting with Turkish Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati at the Al-Salam Palace in the Saudi Arabian province of Jeddah, according to the source who requested anonymity due to restrictions on s...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least 14 people, including nine from one family, were killed by armed insurgents in Burkina Faso’s Bam province, media reports said Saturday. The attack occurred Wednesday between the villages of Bayen Foulgo and Komsilga in Zimtanga commune, the Burkina Information Agency public news service reported, citing sec...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least 18 people were killed in a mosque attack in Zamfara state in Nigeria, media reports said Saturday. Armed perpetrators opened fire on worshippers who had gathered for Friday prayers in the Ruwan Jema region, according to national media. Many injuries were also reported. Zamfara police spokesman Muhammad Sheh...
ANKARA (AA) – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said Sudan is in need of a “civilian-led political transition” in order to realize the aspirations of the Sudanese people. Guterres made the remarks during his meeting with the head of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council, Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, late Friday in Ne...
ANKARA (AA) – The United States and four European countries have reiterated support to inclusive presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya “in the shortest time possible.” This came in a joint statement issued by the representatives of the US, UK, France, Italy and Germany in Libya following their closed meeting in New York...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday called for decisively confronting protesters with unrest over the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody increasingly turning violent. Speaking to the family of a member of the paramilitary Basij force killed in ongoing protests in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Ra...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran on Saturday criticized Ukraine’s decision to downgrade its diplomatic ties with Tehran, vowing an “appropriate” response. In a statement, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said Kyiv’s decision was spurred by “unconfirmed reports” and the “creation of media space” by for...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – A Moroccan court sentenced 12 Sudanese migrants to three years in prison for attempting to scale a border fence separating the North African country from Spanish territory, a local NGO said Saturday. In a statement, the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) said a court of appeals in the northern city […]
